UK Lincolnshire East Coast Users part 5

[windjammer1599968715]

Sorry guys, I'm out.

 

Just got back and shattered. Have a great day!

 

what a lightweight you are,i think your a forum jockey its onshore for fook sake wen its like this you drop every thing else and meet up with great people like house and popeye,he he im pissed anyway had a bottle of wine

[windjammer1599968715]

Winds now looking spot on, 14-15 mph on a NE

 

hmm its onshore till thursday,sometimes i wish i could buggy every day

[mick]

hmm its onshore till thursday,sometimes i wish i could buggy every day

 

Why not, what else you got to do?

[luffy m]

All very valid points Matt and yes you are right

 

Unfortunately we came home to find a family meal has been arranged that I can't get out of. I'm gutted actually but hopefully there will be more ....

 

Have fun guys!

[HOUSE]

Leaving in 5 mins - see you there guys

[windjammer1599968715]

looks like it gonna be awesome

[carlrm1599968807]

yeah really awesome till it was time to come back

 

 

big up the coastguard

[popeyethewelder]

Some of the Stories and my own account here The Mable To Skegness Marathon

[HOUSE]

Sunday afternoon looking possible.

 

Anyone going?

[windjammer1599968715]

Sunday afternoon looking possible.

 

Anyone going?

 

to skeggy and back

[HOUSE]

Wind's going a bit north now Matt - have to keep watching.

[windjammer1599968715]

Wind's going a bit north now Matt - have to keep watching.

 

that didnt bother us last time lol

[HOUSE]

that didnt bother us last time lol

 

Lol - very true

 

Forecast is for lighter winds now. I shall still try and go unless it all goes pear shaped.

 

I have my Raptor 6.5 now - has been well used but is in good nick. Just went on the playing field to set up the lines and gave it a try in virtually no wind. Flew like a dream and must have some grunt - should be great fun when the wind is blowing. !!

[Tonyj]

so when's everyone meeting up a mable next

[HOUSE]

so when's everyone meeting up a mable next

 

Down to the wind...........

 

As soon as there's a decent onshore I shall try to be back there but wind map not looking good for this week

[HOUSE]

Sunday looking possible..............................................?

[Robocourier]

Looking at a day out on Sunday; first time on a beach. Looking at bringing my noob brother and only have Flexi buggies to play on. Any advice on axles/tyres? Only have one w/a and one set of midis above the standard set up. Is this going to be any good or is the sand too soft??

I've read the thread on where I'm supposed to fly but not sure on what I'm gonna get when I get on the beach!!!

 

Thanks!

[mick]

Theres a lot of hard sand at low tide. At a very high tide therell be no buggying but Sundays low is 2.30 so its a good fun day if the rain stays away. Standard barrows are ok on the hard stuff. God willing I'll be there from 10 ish. White Toyota van on the Seal Centre car park. If the wind is ok it'll be good long runs. Hopefully see you there.

[Robocourier]

Thanks for that!

 

My bro only needs to get moving to have achieved something and get him smiling, but I need a bigger fix than that. I want the utopia of a steady sea breeze rather than the horror of inlands gusts that I've learned on.

 

Can't wait. Pray for no rain. Hope to be there for late morning.

Edited April 30, 2010 by Robocourier

[mick]

Hopefully it'll be a good day. If the winds as promised it could see runs up to 40 mph for us 'little' buggyers.

[Robocourier]

I've managed 36 here in Gustiville so 40 would be a new PB for me. Just need to make sure my bro gets his carcass out of bed early!

Edited May 1, 2010 by Robocourier

[mick]

It should take you about 2 and a half I would have thought. Same as me. I'll leave about 8 ish I reckon. It'll be too early to get on the beach maybe but its nice to be there. When you get there and you're all set up to go to the beach. Walk out the car park and go up the hill alongside the shop on the right. You won't have any real idea of the wind because of the dunes. Once up the hill you'lle feel the wind and see the sea. Get down to the beach and walk down to the wet sand line. Turn left and walk a bit, maybe 1 or 2 hundred mtres and set up just on the dry sand. You won't buggy across the soft stuff so it saves a lug back to the hard sand.

[Robocourier]

Just a quick thanks for the friendliness of the peeps I met today. A bit of a change of scenery from my usual flying sites and my apologies for everyone I might have cut up, obstructed or caused to change course in my inexperience of flying on a beach. :o

 

Can't say it was my best sesh ever after tackling soft sand, huge holes and sudden drops into innocuous looking pools that turned out to be a foot deep (next time I'll bring a snorkel ). Once I've cleaned the mountain of sand out of my van and off my buggy, kites and clothes, I'll be sure to bring it back to restore your sea defences.

 

However, after a few decent runs on my 8m XT before the wind edged Northerly, I did manage to improve on my PB to 39.3mph, so while I'm gutted I didn't break 40, I don't think it was too shabby.

 

PS. @PTW. Wanted to say hello but was already drenched and covered in sand. Figured you might be a bit concerned about the loon that was eyeing up the work of art you were riding. Maybe next time.

Edited May 2, 2010 by Robocourier
typo

[mick]

It was a good day for sure. I was froze at the end. I was soaked thro and knackered. I covered 18 miles with a top speed of 43mph. Most of the time I was fully powered on the 2.8 and Me and Pete had a couple of hours where the runs were at 40 mph. As said above, nice to meet everybody and have a great day on the beach.

[Robocourier]

Wet was the order of the day. Thankfully, I did bring enough spare clothes to have a change of clothes! Can't deny I'm disappointed for not beating 40, but what's with all those holes that seemed to be scattered around the beach for no particular reason?? I'm sure I saw a guy climb out of one wearing a lamp on his head! I can see why so many buggiers had BF's; ride straight over them!!!!

 

Seriously, it was a good day, but I'd do a few things differently next time. Like set up on the damp sand, so the dry sand doesn't whip round and cover everything. Obvious now. And any kind of cross shore wind seemed to need a race kite to go upwind along the beach. How do they do that so easily? I had to tack to come back! (OK, sh!te kiter )

 

Have to admit I LOVED the steady sea breeze. It inspires confidence in the choice of kite size. A bit surprised not to see more freestylers making the most of not having dodgy gusts to worry about.

 

All I need now is for someone to build a decent roadlink to get me there quicker.