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Sat 1st Oct: Jazzed-Up Triple Crown

01/10/20169

 

Wind:      Northerly (pushing wavelettes south – onto the walkway rocks)
Air:         15º
Cloud:     Nil
Water:     18.0º
Vis:        85 %

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Emergency Services

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Nick and Greg  (Or is that Greg and Nick?)


Boyz in da Hood

 

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Mrs and Mr Sutton – Streetwork function two nights ago.  This charity nurtures youth at risk – based near Chatswood, and now with a branch on Northern Beaches.  Ninety Cents in the Dollar goes direct to its funding of youth workers.  Count me in

 

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Warringah Triathlon Club

 

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Wilf Deck: back on deck.  He’s home from a round of World Triathlon Series (Mexico leg)

 

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Cammeray mob’s Will.  This 11-year-old is swimming 10 kms a week, and wouldn’t be against making a future Olympics

 

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Mike: “Did you find my goggles ..?”

 

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Gelato Hut    Our Nicky’s running a stall at the Jazz Fest.  It’s a seriously-funky retro vanette she found on Gumtree

 

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Five Went North.  These blokes swam to far shore of Freshwater this morning …

 

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Final Reminder:
Big gig for us swimmers next Saturday night.  RSVPs for door list please.
Food?
Mobile pizza van – buy your own pizza on night
Come for dinner, and have pizza on back decking which overlooks Balgowlah and horizon.
(Or scoff one later when sozzled)

 

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And now – with apologies – I’ll hand it over to the A-Team.  Leg One this morning of the Long Weekend’s Triple Crown, which is a sprint race from Shelly back to shore.  Legs Two and Three tomorrow and Monday

 

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Sterlo’s family are here to spectate … here’s Lindsay with friend Megan

 

 

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It was actually good fun to watch race from the Walkway     🙂

 

 

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To my utter surprise, one guy actually stood up and ran across this rock (centre right) – stealing a few extra centimetres

 

 

James exits in second.  Winner ‘The Kid’ is already gone and jogging up the beach …

 

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The Bishop is feeling it …

 

 TRIPLE CROWN
Leg One: Saturday

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1st    Murray The Kid
2nd    James
3rd    Tim the Bishop
4th     Becky
5th      The Ghost
6th     JP
7th    Sterlo
8th    Newport John
9th    Todd the Rockhopper
10th    Cam

And lastly – some on-Point race footage

 

 

 

 

 

 


9 comments

  • Tim

    01/10/2016 at 11:26 am

    Gee that hurt today. The first 100m off Shelley Bech was like swimming into a wall with all that chop. Well done The Kid. Race 2 tomorrow. Prayin’ for flatter conditions.

  • Cheryl

    01/10/2016 at 11:48 am

    Looking for advice on underwater cameras….hubby has tentatively approved one! So many of you have them, if you care to share recommendations I’d love some insight from you. My main priorities are easy to use, waterproof, underwater mode. I dive so not opposed to getting a camera and a housing for more depth, but leaning towards simple and easy. Main questions, do you have to use a flash to get rid of the green hue or does underwater mode do that? How much post processing do you have to do? Any advice appreciated!

  • Edwina

    01/10/2016 at 12:00 pm

    A lot of us use Olympus tough. Yes you still turn flash offf for clarity. Practice makes perfect .

  • Ian

    01/10/2016 at 12:16 pm

    Agree. Olympus TG3 or TG4. I have one if you want to try it out one day.

  • Elizabeth

    01/10/2016 at 1:16 pm

    Five went north but there were only four in the photo. The video was good as it showed the wavelets very well. Nice gelato van

  • Cheryl

    01/10/2016 at 4:39 pm

    Thanks Ian, I’d love to try it next time you happen to bring it along!

  • Cheryl

    01/10/2016 at 4:42 pm

    Practice??? I guess just pointing, shooting and expecting good results is asking a bit much…but I can hope! Thanks for the reply!

  • Danny Lucas

    01/10/2016 at 5:18 pm

    The 5th was Dale but he missed the photo.

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