Steve
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| posted on 31-10-2003 at 06:39 |
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Borth this weekend
Anyone coming to Borth this weekend. Good forcast. I'll be getting there for the Friday afternoon session.
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AndyW
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| posted on 31-10-2003 at 08:53 |
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I think I might do Bala for the day on Sunday. It should be a nice n choppy SWly.
In fact I can't remember the last decent SWly?
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Nick
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Registered: 11-5-2003 Member Is Offline Mood: don't like winter.....too dark
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| posted on 31-10-2003 at 11:40 |
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Love to join you fellow Midlanders but for some long forgotten reason, during the winter I choose to spend my Saturday afternoons
running around muddy fields with 29 other fatties, chasing an oval ball. I'll struggle to get a pass for Sunday too.
The FON weekend in October is now just a distant, albeit pleasant memory. It would be good to re-demonstrate my mastery of:- rigging in
a gale, how to transform your treasured Mistral Flow into a lethal glider, how not to gybe etc etc.
Living in Droitwich, Bala is probably no closer time wise than Borth ..... but I've never sailed there before and want to see what it's
like. l'll see what I can do - maybe come up with the family on Sunday.
So I might see you there Andy.
Cheers
Nick
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AndyW
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| posted on 31-10-2003 at 12:19 |
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Nick, that would be good.
I haven't sailed Bala in a long time. It only works in a SWly but the valley creates a funnel so it can be good.
I launch from the main car park just past the leisure centre.
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?X=292000&Y=335000&scale=25000&coordsys=gb
I too will be sorting out my pass out from the kids. I might have to bribe them on Saturday maybe McD's, sweets anything they want
really...!
There looks like a decent swell for the weekend and I don't want to trash my kit or my self so I thought a quick trip to Bala and back
to Shrewsbury before dark!
Cheers,
Andy
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justal
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| posted on 31-10-2003 at 14:55 |
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I hope you're not both chickening out and going to Bala on Sunday becasue Borth will be too big and scary!!! 
If it does get as big as the charts look as though it will, then we may sail from the estuary and out towards graveyards, as that means
we launch in flat water, sail out through the flat water in the channel and then have a big area of flat wter to play in behind the
Dovey Bar, but also have waves breaking on the ear and at both Ynyslas side and Graveyards side of the estuary mouth. This means we can
play in the waves as much as we want, but also retreat to the relative safety of the flat water whenever we want... And, if you get
munched by a wave you end up geting washed back into the lagoon behind the bar which is much nicer than swimming after your kit in the
rip off the Golf Course Car Park!!
Lets just hope the forecasts are right.
Al.
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Nick
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| posted on 31-10-2003 at 15:12 |
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Chickening out .... me!? The waves were big enough for me back on the 4th so God knows what they'll be like on Sunday.
I'd love to come to Borth again Al, it's just a time thing!
However, we've got a rare night out (sans enfants) on Saturday so I'll see if I can work my charms! Out of interest, what are the
tides doing on Sunday... the estuary might be more realistic for us mortals!
Have fun,
Nick
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justal
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| posted on 31-10-2003 at 15:56 |
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LOL.
High tide is about 2.30pm. As I said, if its too mad on the sea-front we'll launch from the estuary as well.
Don't drink too much on Saturday!!
Al.
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AndyW
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| posted on 31-10-2003 at 16:07 |
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I'll decide on the day, I wanted a quicker trip this weekend although it is very tempting.
Nick, if you like I can U2U my mobile number to you so you can txt me to find out where I'm headed.
I'm not launching from the golf course in that swell, not yet anyway.
The tide isn't very big this weekend so it might be shallow in the estuary but I get what you're saying about going out through the
channel, sounds good!
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Nick
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| posted on 31-10-2003 at 16:11 |
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That's cool Andy, think I'll decide on the day too..... the odds are 50-50 at best though!
Cheers
Nick
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justal
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| posted on 31-10-2003 at 16:12 |
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If you end up at Bala and see the elusive Radical Rob, then let him know we've missed his grumbling here at Borth.
Al.
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AndyW
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| posted on 31-10-2003 at 16:20 |
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Will do Al.
I haven't seen Radical Rob since last winter. It was a freezing cold day, air about 6 degrees, water in negative and we were the only
ones out...
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macdonaldal
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| posted on 31-10-2003 at 16:22 |
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Al - r u oing to be out this Sat ? - I fancy a bit of kitesurfing
Do you think do think the estary or the golf course side will be best on Sat ?
Alex
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Spencer
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| posted on 31-10-2003 at 17:18 |
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Hi all... i'd be up for a sail at Borth this W/end but have had a cold since the FON meet on the 6th...nearly a month of having a
cold,finally went to the doctors yesterday,hopefully these pills will work soon!!! Have fun every one that does get out,sounds like
Borth has been & is still going off....
Spence...
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justal
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| posted on 1-11-2003 at 07:23 |
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Sorry to hear about that Spencer....must have been something in the water.
The forecast is still looking good for tomorrow, and maybe even for later today. And, the surf was going off big time yesterday.
Will you be able to make it to Pembrokeshire in a couple of weekends time??
Check out this thread http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk/forum/viewthread.php?tid=869. It looks as though I'll be there on my
own at the moment.
Al.
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Joe
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| posted on 1-11-2003 at 09:34 |
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Hi guys,
here I am back again in Telford. The forecast looks very promising for tomorrow and my family agreed to come along, too.
So I hope to meet a few of you there tomorrow. Al, will Anna be around as well?
I think I'll be at the beach by around noon time.
Looking forward to a good session with wind, waves and friends.
Joe
PS: Say hello to Radical Rob for me, if you happen to see him. Thanks.
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justal
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| posted on 1-11-2003 at 18:04 |
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Hi Joe... I'll be here, as will Anna, and Steve is here too. Richard will be out windsurfing too I should imagine, and Ben is up for it
too.
We've got my parents staying this weekend, so I don't know if I'll be able to sail all day. I'll probably go out first thing in the
morning. If its really windy and a proper SW then we might sail from the Lifeboat Station.
Al.
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AndyW
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| posted on 3-11-2003 at 12:22 |
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Al,
No sign of Radical Rob at Bala and there were quite a few people out there. Don't know what's happened to him!
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Nick
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| posted on 3-11-2003 at 12:44 |
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Andy - sorry I couldn't join you at Bala on Sunday ....but I couldn't get a pass in the end. Even if I had I was in no fit state for
sailing after a bruising game of rugby on Saturday.....still aching now! Think doing both in the same weekend is unrealistic so will
have to decide on one or the other. The way I'm feeling now a shortened rugby season (mid nov-mid march) looks favourite option!
Al - sorry to hear about your expensive swim ... did the mast go thru the luff? .... must have been hard to let go of the rig......r u
insured for it?
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AndyW
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| posted on 3-11-2003 at 13:40 |
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Nick,
You didn't miss too much, not the best conditions, very up and down wind. I thought it was Bala being crap but it turns out it was the
wind!
I used to play football on Saturday afternoons but retired early for windsurfing! I also worked some Saturdays back then so I wasn't
always available for football. Now just have to wait for the wind to blow, you just can't win...
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justal
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| posted on 3-11-2003 at 18:31 |
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quote:
Originally posted by Nick
Al - sorry to hear about your expensive swim ... did the mast go thru the luff? .... must have been hard to let go of the rig......r u
insured for it?
The mast didn't go through the luff as it broke right by the boom... I just couldn't get back with it all even though the sail was
still intact.
I thought I was insured, but found out that my policy expired on 1st November.... the day before!!!.... Things haven't got much better
so far today!!
Al.
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