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| **G'Day from Western Australia\\ | **G'Day from Western Australia\\ | ||
| Paul Reavley** \\ | Paul Reavley** \\ | ||
| - | 11/15/23 #34729 | + | 11/15/23 #34729 |
| Wilson, Denise and I (I'm using Denise's laptop) got to Perth all in one piece without anything major misplaced or forgotten. The wind and waves in front of our place in Sorrento were absolutely rocking when we arrived. We haven't seen it quite that good since then - so far. Ana got here okay also, but with a bit more of a flight delay for her connecting flight. She has her surfski and Wilson and Denise hope to get their NKs soon this afternoon. | Wilson, Denise and I (I'm using Denise's laptop) got to Perth all in one piece without anything major misplaced or forgotten. The wind and waves in front of our place in Sorrento were absolutely rocking when we arrived. We haven't seen it quite that good since then - so far. Ana got here okay also, but with a bit more of a flight delay for her connecting flight. She has her surfski and Wilson and Denise hope to get their NKs soon this afternoon. | ||
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| View in front of our place - Finish for the Fenn race this Saturday and the Doctor the following Saturday will be on the beach - kind of at the far right corner of the water you can see. | View in front of our place - Finish for the Fenn race this Saturday and the Doctor the following Saturday will be on the beach - kind of at the far right corner of the water you can see. | ||
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| Paul | Paul | ||
| - | **Dan Mayhew** 11/16/23 #34730 | + | **Dan Mayhew** 11/16/23 #34730 |
| Thanks for the update Paul. Glad everyone made it safe and sound. Looking forward to the downwinder reports and videos! | Thanks for the update Paul. Glad everyone made it safe and sound. Looking forward to the downwinder reports and videos! | ||
| **kas@gorge.net** \\ | **kas@gorge.net** \\ | ||
| - | 11/16/23 #34731 | + | 11/16/23 #34731 |
| So excited for you all! Please keep the commentary and photos coming💪 | So excited for you all! Please keep the commentary and photos coming💪 | ||
| **Stacey Wenger** \\ | **Stacey Wenger** \\ | ||
| - | 11/17/23 #34733 | + | 11/17/23 #34733 |
| - | So excited for TEAM USA!!! Paul, thank you for your newsy update— please Do keep ‘em comin’ as time permits. Would love to see a picture of you and your teammates in the Team USA T-shirts that Wilson created!\\ | + | So excited for TEAM USA!!! Paul, thank you for your newsy update— please Do keep ‘em comin’ as time permits. Would love to see a picture of you and your teammates in the Team USA T-shirts that Wilson created!\\ |
| Stacey C | Stacey C | ||
| **Denise Weeks** \\ | **Denise Weeks** \\ | ||
| - | 11/17/23 #34734 | + | 11/17/23 #34734 |
| Our two MOST STOKED members did an additional pre race-week race on Thursday—the Sunset Series #1, 11k from Port Beach to City Beach. Unfortunately, the wind didn’t get the message. But these guys rock. | Our two MOST STOKED members did an additional pre race-week race on Thursday—the Sunset Series #1, 11k from Port Beach to City Beach. Unfortunately, the wind didn’t get the message. But these guys rock. | ||
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| The official WA Race week starts today. Whoo hoo. Fingers crossed I can find my way up the coast. | The official WA Race week starts today. Whoo hoo. Fingers crossed I can find my way up the coast. | ||
| - | High Five.jpegDone and dusted.jpeg | + | {{:locales:australia:sunsetseries1.jpg?direct&300x169|sunsetseries1.jpg}}{{:locales:australia:sunsetseries2.jpg?direct&300x169|sunsetseries2.jpg}} |
| - | **Eli Holmes** 11/18/23 #34735 | + | **Eli Holmes** 11/18/23 #34735 |
| Ditto! Please lots of updates and reports on, like, everything so we can vicariously enjoy with you! | Ditto! Please lots of updates and reports on, like, everything so we can vicariously enjoy with you! | ||
| **Kevin Olney** \\ | **Kevin Olney** \\ | ||
| - | 11/18/23 #34736 \\ | + | 11/18/23 #34736\\ |
| Awesome to see the NW paddlers tearing it up down under! And Austin top 5 against the big dogs!! West Coast Downwinder: | Awesome to see the NW paddlers tearing it up down under! And Austin top 5 against the big dogs!! West Coast Downwinder: | ||
| - | https://bluechipresults.com.au/results.aspx?CId=11&RId=1676&fbclid=IwAR3a59BBPEV625Yf37o52yad4La3eq74eMI2_K82q6vYxulQOoCMYK8Z7po_aem_AUOoRigpdRuasToZWbPVp7wn6QO2Djm30hMWhi_dzTgoy-e4GZom82X6VQJoD6xzsOI | + | [[https://bluechipresults.com.au/results.aspx?CId=11&RId=1676|https://bluechipresults.com.au/results.aspx]] |
| **Denise Weeks** \\ | **Denise Weeks** \\ | ||
| - | 11/18/23 #34739 | + | 11/18/23 #34739 |
| Yes, Austin represents! Whoo hoo! | Yes, Austin represents! Whoo hoo! | ||
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| **Paul Reavley** \\ | **Paul Reavley** \\ | ||
| - | 11/18/23 #34740 | + | 11/18/23 #34740 |
| - | My 2 cents addition to Denise's fine race account: For me the conditions probably couldn't have been much better. After getting totally wasted on Friday doing a practice run on the second half of the course, I had serious doubts about being up for the full 24 km race. But the wind & waves started light but surfable then built to what I believe Ana calls medium Doctor level. Plenty big for ordinary paddlers like me. The set-up is kind of like the complement of north shore Kauai with dominant waves coming from our left instead of our right. So I work up speed on smaller wind waves and decide when to try to drop in on one of the bigger, faster waves going right. Sometimes that turns out being a bomb I have to go straight with and hang on to and sometimes it may be a bit smaller and angled in a way I can diagonal across and stay with awhile. But none of these rides are free for me and once I get on one I have to work to stay on because there is enough turbulence and intersecting waves that I will be knocked off any rides right away if I don't keep paddling. Very few paddle down moments for me. | + | My 2 cents addition to Denise's fine race account: For me the conditions probably couldn't have been much better. After getting totally wasted on Friday doing a practice run on the second half of the course, I had serious doubts about being up for the full 24 km race. But the wind & waves started light but surfable then built to what I believe Ana calls medium Doctor level. Plenty big for ordinary paddlers like me. The set-up is kind of like the complement of north shore Kauai with dominant waves coming from our left instead of our right. So I work up speed on smaller wind waves and decide when to try to drop in on one of the bigger, faster waves going right. Sometimes that turns out being a bomb I have to go straight with and hang on to and sometimes it may be a bit smaller and angled in a way I can diagonal across and stay with awhile. But none of these rides are free for me and once I get on one I have to work to stay on because there is enough turbulence and intersecting waves that I will be knocked off any rides right away if I don't keep paddling. Very few paddle down moments for me. |
| I seem to be the only one of our group who has gotten any paddling video footage so far (Denise has some beach start shots) but I don't have my laptop here so it will be awhile before I can post anything - maybe not until the FILM FESTIVAL?? Are you working on your videos??? | I seem to be the only one of our group who has gotten any paddling video footage so far (Denise has some beach start shots) but I don't have my laptop here so it will be awhile before I can post anything - maybe not until the FILM FESTIVAL?? Are you working on your videos??? | ||
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| **Stacey Wenger** \\ | **Stacey Wenger** \\ | ||
| - | 11/18/23 #34741 | + | 11/18/23 #34741 |
| Love it, Paul! Keep it coming!!\\ | Love it, Paul! Keep it coming!!\\ | ||
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| **Paul Reavley** \\ | **Paul Reavley** \\ | ||
| - | 11/20/23 #34744 | + | 11/20/23 #34744 |
| Today Van Douglas, Jeff Castleberry, and I got to paddle one of the classic Perth downwind runs - the Snapper. The wind looked good and the run today was lining up our wind and waves with our direction so there was some good paddle down surfing. Brian Kummer was a little zapped from travel and his previous day's paddle so he graciously offered to shuttle us. Apart from a little late recognition that one of the ships in "our path" was moving and not stationary and a bit of wind drop toward the end, we had a great run. Denise and Wilson did a City Beach to Sorrento Run with Denise checking out the Trigg Buoy that comes into play for the Doctor race. | Today Van Douglas, Jeff Castleberry, and I got to paddle one of the classic Perth downwind runs - the Snapper. The wind looked good and the run today was lining up our wind and waves with our direction so there was some good paddle down surfing. Brian Kummer was a little zapped from travel and his previous day's paddle so he graciously offered to shuttle us. Apart from a little late recognition that one of the ships in "our path" was moving and not stationary and a bit of wind drop toward the end, we had a great run. Denise and Wilson did a City Beach to Sorrento Run with Denise checking out the Trigg Buoy that comes into play for the Doctor race. | ||
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| **Paul Reavley** \\ | **Paul Reavley** \\ | ||
| - | 11/20/23 #34745 | + | 11/20/23 #34745 |
| (Unfortunately it looks like the next couple of days may hit 100 deg. F - will be a record for Perth for Nov. 21 if it gets that hot. But the heat may squash the wind for the next 4 - 5 days and may damper the Doctor race on Saturday.) | (Unfortunately it looks like the next couple of days may hit 100 deg. F - will be a record for Perth for Nov. 21 if it gets that hot. But the heat may squash the wind for the next 4 - 5 days and may damper the Doctor race on Saturday.) | ||
| **Mary Harmon** \\ | **Mary Harmon** \\ | ||
| - | 11/20/23 #34746 | + | 11/20/23 #34746 |
| Thanks for the updates, Paul. It is so great to hear about the races and the paddles you guys are doing all the way over in Western Australia in the Indian Ocean! | Thanks for the updates, Paul. It is so great to hear about the races and the paddles you guys are doing all the way over in Western Australia in the Indian Ocean! | ||
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| **Paul Reavley** \\ | **Paul Reavley** \\ | ||
| - | 11/20/23 #34747 | + | 11/20/23 #34747 |
| Oh, and by the end of our shuttle Brian had just about stopped turning on the wipers for turns (wiper & turn signal posts are reversed from our usual positions here) | Oh, and by the end of our shuttle Brian had just about stopped turning on the wipers for turns (wiper & turn signal posts are reversed from our usual positions here) | ||
| **Stacey Wenger** \\ | **Stacey Wenger** \\ | ||
| - | 11/20/23 #34748 | + | 11/20/23 #34748 |
| - | Cool pictures Paul!! \\ | + | Cool pictures Paul!!\\ |
| Water looks so so so inviting!! nice swell!!\\ | Water looks so so so inviting!! nice swell!!\\ | ||
| - | oh and don't you mean, "...one of the classic Perth downwind runs - the Snap-pah" ?\\ | + | oh and don't you mean, "…one of the classic Perth downwind runs - the Snap-pah" ?\\ |
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| kee the news briefs coming and we will send you all our Gorge wind for The Doc-TAH!!\\ | kee the news briefs coming and we will send you all our Gorge wind for The Doc-TAH!!\\ | ||
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