Coromandel Adv ride 29/30 Nov

[Bass]

The thread on a lot of hot air be my guess................

You would think that by now, I would have learned not to ask a serious question on KB, wouldn't you?

My apologies.

Age, decay and excessive red wine is the only excuse I have.

[PeteJ]

OK, Neal, you've made me go and look it up now. (The following is from Wikipedia, so may not be correct...)

Anabatic is the wind that flows up the hill/mountain as the land warms faster than the sea, so occurs just after sunup.

Catabatic/katabatic is the one that flows downhill and usually at night, as the land cools faster than the sea.

It was therefore the catabatic one that tore the midget's tent at Stony so we had to go and sleep in the truck.

This "land warms and cools faster than the sea" bit is simply because there is so much more sea than land.

[Bass]

OK, Neal, you've made me go and look it up now. (The following is from Wikipedia, so may not be correct...)

Anabatic is the wind that flows up the hill/mountain as the land warms faster than the sea, so occurs just after sunup.

Catabatic/katabatic is the one that flows downhill and usually at night, as the land cools faster than the sea.

It was therefore the catabatic one that tore the midget's tent at Stony so we had to go and sleep in the truck..

That makes sense and is about what I expected, thank you.

This "land warms and cools faster than the sea" bit is simply because there is so much more sea than land.

I think that the water actually has a higher specific heat than the land, so even on a per square meter basis the land fluctuates in temperature faster than the sea. Water is pretty weird stuff

[PeteJ]

Water is pretty weird stuff

But not as weird as rum.....

[Crisis management]

Catabatic/katabatic is the one that flows downhill and usually at night, as the land cools faster than the sea.

Amazing how you can remember things slightly incorrectly........I looked it up as well and you're right!



Note to self, check before posting something based on fact, usual rules of bullshit do not apply.

[Bass]

But not as weird as rum.....

I'll drink to that

[Bass]

Note to self, check before posting something based on fact, usual rules of bullshit do not apply

You forgot about the professional pedants, didn't you?

Let your guard slip for just an instant.

[gunnyrob]

I vill hunt you down and shoot you vif mien big BMW..........

What a great Photo, what a great weekend. had a ball yet again, even tho Max got tired & needed a little rest. good to see I can pick up a fully laden R1200GS too.

Really enjoyed seeing Y'all again, will let you know how the tour down south goes. Have a great Christmas!!!!

[tri boy]

Catabatic....hot days and cold nights, strikes just after sunrise as the heat hits an east facing slope.

Check out the big brain on Ian

[Devil]

I'm still matching up names to handles now hehe.

Gunnyrob, FYI The Mobil in Thames is on the main road where I was heading! Just by the roundabout!

[Crisis management]

Check out the big brain on Ian

Yeah, I really dropped myself in it this time eh?



Goes off muttering and plotting revenge......

[tri boy]

....giggles like little school girl at CM's brain fart

She's right mate, my first cast off the rocks at F Bay saw $12 worth of hooks n line n sinker snarl up, never to be seen again. (which had Dino cacking himself with amusement)
And fatty spewed fuel out the overflow on the carbs as you tootled by on Sat morning.

Some of Karma's best work this week.

[Dawn Patrol]

#1 KiwiBiker chicks
#2 What do you do when you're not allowed to take your dog on the beach?
Take your pet pig!!
#3 & 4 Triboy and Dino fishing; despite unsuccessful attempts we still managed to have fresh fish for tea.

[Rosie]

What an awesome weekend!

I've been stuck at a wood drying conference for two days, so haven't been able to get onto the internet

After all the awesome gravel roads, the rest of my 'coro loop' was a bit of an anticlimax - too many cars who don't know how to use a slow vehicle bay

[Taz]

too many cars who don't know how to use a slow vehicle bay

Were they trying to run you over while you were using it on the sherpa???