Mallacoota, VIC, AU Strong Sou Westerly too gusty for me but a fun bash with me mates at the river mouth.  JP Freestyle Pryde 4.9 

Mallacoota, VIC, AU  a fund day in coota river mouth     ca 58      black project 24  ka koncept 5.8    wind ssw 25 knots       should have gotten speed board out   to lazy  

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Budgewoi Lake, NSW, AU - KA 5.8, F2 Missile speed

I have been watching the weather for this lake, for some time now - finally the forecast look good enough to do the drive.  So stopped by Jordan's Boating Centre and Mark kindly lent me a Black Project 50deg weedy, and got the lowdown on where to sail.

Opted for the speed board, but had to choose a big sail [ for my size ].  The wind didn't really ever get "speedsailing powered up", but it was a good day of sailing. 

By the time I got on the water, some of the locals were already sailing ... and walking.... the wind finally kicked in around lunch time.  And by kicked in, I mean "not quite" but enough to stay planing during gybes.

After speaking with some of the locals, apparently the lake was much choppier than normal - there was about 10cm more depth than normal. This made the weed about 20-30cm below the surface - with very few patches of weed floating at the surface.

Started the session with Mark Jordan's 50deg -> definitely feels nicer to sail than the 55deg Delta's ...far less twitchy.  Sailed on this most of the day, but couldn't get the board to fly... I think this was largely because of the chop -> it was too big, and not enough weed to justify using a high-rake fin.  [ When I use such a big sail with this small board - I'm not the biggest fellow - I often find I cannot fly the board, and thus get a low speeds. ]  Using the 50deg, I was topping out at 35kn or so.

Since the water-level was quite high, I switched to a Tribal Weedspeed -> the extra lift allowed me to "go deep" in the choppy water - which is where I found the most wind - immediately produced better results allowing the board to floy over the chop, giving another 2kn of top speed.

Overall I had a great day - sunny weather, good water and good old chat with everyone ( particularly Matt Dowse... and our non-windsurfing activities! ).

Thanks again to Mark Jordan for the testing of a Black Project 50deg.... given I have a Delta [ and dont like it all that much ], I am absolutely sure a BP 50 going to replace it.