DaveGY Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 18mph G25+ Fancy my chances with a 3m Blade III....tell my family i love them! Be down from 10am trying to doge the gusts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smogthemog Posted July 9, 2011 Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 18mph G25+ Fancy my chances with a 3m Blade III....tell my family i love them! Be down from 10am trying to doge the gusts! Yep, A blade III in gusty wind will be a force to be reckoned with Being East Coast dwellers and having predominatly westerly winds does mean we should all be used to gusts though In the early Mable days we would go out in whatever winds would be thrown at us and never once gave up because of it - only when on the odd day there was no wind at all!! I remember trying to get a 12m NPW9 (NASA powerwing) up on a no wind day - It wouldn't have it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveGY Posted July 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 I survived but it was super gusty! Got some uber skudding done and some jumping (whether i wanted to or not), should be up Meggies tomorrow with the buggy if anyone is venturing out. PS where can i find a NASA Wing they look awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smogthemog Posted July 9, 2011 Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 They are awesome mate Bit difficult to get used to flying as you have to keep the brakes on a bit or the front end tips in but they look as cool as in the air! I have a 3.4 you can try one day. Where is Meggies?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveGY Posted July 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 Meggies is what us "locals" call Cleethorpes, not sure why but here are some theories i googled lol "There are several theories. The original thorpes of Clee – Oole, Itterby and Thrunscoe – were located on one of the few areas of high land on this section of the east coast. Some suggest that this boulder clay hill was referred to as Mag’s or Meg’s Highland. Others suggests that it wasn’t highland, but Mag’s or Meg’s Island. Again, this is possible in that the higher land here was bounded by the sea to the east and marsh to the north, south and west. So the higher land could have looked like an island - or been an island at high tide. However, we must remember that the thorpes of Clee were part of the Danelaw and as such were under Danish rule. So it is unlikely that the residents would have used the word ‘island’. But the theory may ring still true if we look a little deeper. The Norse for island is, in fact, ‘ay’. Thus Meggie could have derived from Meg-ay or Mag-ay. What of Meg or Mag? It may be a personal name. Another theory suggests that Meg/Mag derives from the Old English word ‘maegan’, meaning ‘great’. However, there is yet another theory. This theory puts forward the idea that the term Meggie has its origins in the military history Lincolnshire. Towards the end of the 19th century, the local commandant of the 1st Volunteer Battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment was Captain H W Meggitt. Thus the volunteers adopted the term Meggie to distinguish them from the Yellowbellies of the Lincolnshire Fens." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveGY Posted July 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Good wind best get setup :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveGY Posted July 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 super wind today! me a boarder and about 12 kitesurfers agreed too making it very busy....the beach quickly emptied of tourist lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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