2015 Cabrinha
Just a reminder this Saturday is our prizegiving at Naval Point Club on
28 June at 7:30 pm
We will also have something to eat as well, so we will have a small cover charge of $10 and if you feel like dressing up for mid winter, go for it!
Would you please return your trophies to Allan Taylor at Groundswell as soon as possible so we can hand them out again to the successful winners to be announced on the night.
See you at Naval Point! –
For more info , go to www.cwa.org.nz. , CWA Facebook.
Come even if you are not a member, catch up with all the other wind addicts ..
Also remember the new season is not far away, so if you want to help out, the club is always looking for keen volunteers to give a hand ..
More good wind coming.
Prepare for a Monday morning session on the Estuary, Hi tide @ 9am.
Followed by low tide (3pm ) afternoon session at the beach .
Monday Forecast :
Northeast rising to 35 knots gusting 45 knots in the morning, then easing to 25 knots gusting 35 knots in the evening. Sea becoming very rough in the morning, easing in the evening.
Use full links for more info :
-Live wind data – Lyttelton wind
-Up to date forecast – Metservice Windguru
– Tide details – Tides –
For the speed freaks
35-45kts marine means 40-50 kts at GreenPark……lets go.
Water level 1.22 on Thursday so plenty of that.
Should be very fast conditions.
Contact Mike Sinclair if you keen on going.
Ring shop , or email for his contact .
Bring your chains, the track will be boggy.
Green park wind data link here
Good luck !
UPDATE TUESDAY.
Strong wind advisory.
Tuesday : Northeast 25 knots gusting 35 knots. Sea rough. Poor visibility in rain developing this evening.
Wind on the way.
Monday WAS good for kitesurfing/windsurfing.
Strong wind advisory.
Tuesday :
Northeast 25 knots gusting 35 knots. Sea rough. Poor visibility in rain developing this evening.
Monday :
Easterly 10 knots rising to northeast 20 knots in the morning and to 25 knots gusting 35 knots in the evening. Sea becoming rough in the evening.
Estuary
Tide on the Estuary from 2pm till Dark . High tide approx 4pm..
Greenpark huts.
Nice forecast for Monday,TUESDAY (also Friday, Saturday)
Monday : Easterly 10 knots rising to northeast 20 knots in the morning and to 25 knots gusting 35 knots in the evening.
Sea becoming rough in the evening. Fair visibility in scattered rain.
Nb; Greenpark is usually 30-50% more wind speed. Bring your 5 metre!
lake level is 0.96m which means plenty of water (we need above 0.85 to sail).See you there!
Contact the shop […]
CWA Drop in wave event ..Wednesday the 26th of feb provided all the ingrediants necessary for a great DROP IN wave contest,- 20 knots, good sized waves and 25 riders ready to smash, slash, float and carve it up.
And so at the crack of 6pm all hell broke lose as the riders headed out for an epic expression session to show there skills to the judges and maybe make it to the TOP 8.
Aerials, dodging and some awesome wave riding soon dominated the ocean vista in front of the judges tower (aka, da sand dunes).Lucas and John Thyne were first to make the cut followed by Aaron, Jason Tweedie, Karl, Alex Bec, Matt Dimock and Jo Scorgie.In the windsurfing final we had Al Taylor from Groundswell tearing it up, Taylor Boyd also getting plenty of wave action and being cheered on by his fans ( his mum was there).That left […]
The Easterly wafted in on Thursday , which allowed a couple of heats for the juniors, but most of the action happened on Friday.
In the end, Friday produced a solid Easterly which allowed all the essential heats to be run .
Top three OPEN :
Open
1st – Marc Pierre Jacobs
2nd – Geoffrey Waterson
3rd – Jackson Mills
Junior
( Sponsored by Groundswell $1000 CASH )
1st – Lukas Walton-Keim
2nd – Alessandro Del Moro
3rd – Adam Cookson
Legends
1st – Olly Brunton
2nd – Bradley Rossi
3rd – Blair Cooke
Womens
1st – Danielle Durrant
2nd – Su Kay
3rd – Tici Fettermann
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