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  • WX
    Uki NSW Australia
    • Feb 2002
    • 35918

    Re: Antipodean Boats Connection

    Originally posted by skuthorp
    Not at all mild here, 4c + windchill. Winds to 60kts+ and the end of the Frankston pier has broken off and floated away…….

    Meanwhile at our place the fire is at full bore, the music on, soup cooking on the stove,
    Stay warm and cosy Jeff. I’m on my way up to Redwing for the weekend.
    Without freedom of speech, we wouldn't know who the idiots are.

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    • skuthorp
      Senior Member
      • Jan 2002
      • 73600

      Re: Antipodean Boats Connection

      I had a look at our sailing club beach last week, more sand but the edge into deep water is a small cliff. I'm taking Anne to choir this arvo and I'll have another look after this blow. The wind is straight up the N/S estuary.

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      • RFNK
        Port Stephens, Australia
        • Feb 2007
        • 26941

        Re: Antipodean Boats Connection

        Windy here too. Gusts up to 50. But Montague Is and Lord Howe have gusts over 60 so not as windy here as it could be. Not really cold here yet though. Stay warm Jeff!

        Rick
        Rick

        Lean and nosey like a ferret

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        • gypsie
          NSW Australia
          • Jun 2010
          • 8173

          Re: Antipodean Boats Connection

          There's a nip in the air here in Sydney - but i was expecting it to be colder.
          It's all fun and games until Darth Vader comes.

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          • Phil Y
            Banned
            • Apr 2010
            • 21066

            Tasmania

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            • WX
              Uki NSW Australia
              • Feb 2002
              • 35918

              Re: Antipodean Boats Connection

              Originally posted by RFNK
              Windy here too. Gusts up to 50. But Montague Is and Lord Howe have gusts over 60 so not as windy here as it could be. Not really cold here yet though. Stay warm Jeff!

              Rick
              Couple of boats on the beach down your way Rick.
              Without freedom of speech, we wouldn't know who the idiots are.

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              • RFNK
                Port Stephens, Australia
                • Feb 2007
                • 26941

                Re: Antipodean Boats Connection

                That's not surprising. Do you know where, Gary? Did that info come through VMR or another source?

                Rick
                Rick

                Lean and nosey like a ferret

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                • WX
                  Uki NSW Australia
                  • Feb 2002
                  • 35918

                  Re: Antipodean Boats Connection

                  Originally posted by RFNK
                  That's not surprising. Do you know where, Gary? Did that info come through VMR or another source?

                  Rick
                  Couple of photos on Facebook but I can’t find them now.
                  Without freedom of speech, we wouldn't know who the idiots are.

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                  • WX
                    Uki NSW Australia
                    • Feb 2002
                    • 35918

                    Re: Antipodean Boats Connection

                    Originally posted by WX
                    Couple of photos on Facebook but I can’t find them now.
                    They were posted by MR Port Stephen’s.
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                    Without freedom of speech, we wouldn't know who the idiots are.

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                    • skuthorp
                      Senior Member
                      • Jan 2002
                      • 73600

                      Re: Antipodean Boats Connection

                      Blowing a gale here still, the Inverloch surf beach is a mess as half the primary dune, some 8m tall, has washed away leaving a falling almost vertical wall of sand eroding more at every tide. There is talk of an artificial reef, thousands of tons of sand are 'reclaimed' each low tide to no effect and some experimental sand fences and stone groins are destroyed within a few days of construction. All a bit too late, the problem is not new as the sea and the river move again. The dunes are ephemeral, legal tiles and expensive housing not so but powerless against the waves. The SLSC is also the ambulance station and a few other services as well. It will be lucky to survive another 12 months and anyhow may be stranded if the road, also under threat, disappears..
                      Last edited by skuthorp; 08-09-2019, 04:17 AM.

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                      • brucemoffatt
                        Senior Member
                        • Apr 2012
                        • 8495

                        Originally posted by WX
                        They were posted by MR Port Stephen’s.
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                        Could be worse. At least the Swannie 28 isn't beached.


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                        When I first joined WBF they made me write a book to prove I was a real yachty. I was so gullible.

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                        • RFNK
                          Port Stephens, Australia
                          • Feb 2007
                          • 26941

                          Re: Antipodean Boats Connection

                          The one in the top photo looks to be on the rocks, to me. I think I'd rather be on the beach. I think both boats are on the northern shore but I can't tell where.

                          Rick
                          Rick

                          Lean and nosey like a ferret

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                          • Phil Y
                            Banned
                            • Apr 2010
                            • 21066

                            I like being on a berth in a marina. Insurers like it too.

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                            • RFNK
                              Port Stephens, Australia
                              • Feb 2007
                              • 26941

                              Re: Antipodean Boats Connection

                              The cheapest marina berth in Pt Stephens is $1000 per month.

                              Rick
                              Rick

                              Lean and nosey like a ferret

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                              • WX
                                Uki NSW Australia
                                • Feb 2002
                                • 35918

                                Re: Antipodean Boats Connection

                                Originally posted by RFNK
                                The cheapest marina berth in Pt Stephens is $1000 per month.

                                Rick
                                Wow, mine is $160 a month.
                                Without freedom of speech, we wouldn't know who the idiots are.

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