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Princess Royal Harbour, WA, AU

Ezzy Cheetah 6.5, JP Slalom 66W + Fangy Fin Decrep Mod

Wouldn't even call it grovelling, slightly above drifting speed really. The distance king was on a mission today so a few of us just got out on the water to make sure all his efforts weren't in vain. It's surprisingly hard to gybe a board when going that slow.

Fangy you'll be happy to know that I couldn't make the fin spin out, even at the crazy speeds I was reaching  ..................

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Edit - add the track so it can be admired by all

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Well Morts you reckon you had a float!!!!

Those wiggly red lines are me trying to uphaul, boy am I rusty at that!!!!!!

Was fun trying the zero wind pumping technique of standing in front of the mast and waveing it from side to side.

Didn't have it quite right though at one stage I was going backwards!

But then wind picked up to about 2kts and Firie went flying past using a conventional pumping method on his sup. So I swapped round to the side and followed him. went about 150m then wind died, that's were I discovered my lack of uphaul skill. Slow drift downwind until I got my act together and a bit of wind came back. Had a go at tacking back to base but gave up half way there, too much like hard work and it was getting late.

65cm board, 5.3 Avalon wave sail and 29cm 45d weedy.

Used the wave sail because I knew there wasn't enough wind pressure to easily rotate a camned sail.

Novara Beach, WA, AU

I think Mighty Mike said it all, at times I was going forward and at times I was going backwards and with no idea why, oh and at times going sideways 

Funny enough I had some fun, caught up with the living ledgend and sailed when only desperate lunatics would, anyone watching would think we've escaped from the dementia ward 

JP Fusion SUP, Loft 5.9 O2 and boardies

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Lake George, SA, AU

SSE 14-26+ knots-Patrik 100-Koncept 6.2m-Select Elite S11 35cm blown out then onto suicide combo old F2 Missle-Loft Blade 5.6m-MxR weedy 26cm

Had very high hopes of doing a big distance day but again too freaking windy in the end which ended my hopes of a high 300 to 400+ day:-(

Perfect day, misty at start from 7am instantly on the plane and overcast for most of the day and pretty steady wind and building in the afternoon. Gybing on the both sides was easy as water flattens but middle section pretty choppy. As wind built went into the eastern section of the lake.

I can see the weed growing all around the lake and a weed fin was required later in the day if you want speed to hug the spit and north of the little islands (super flat, super weedy and shallow). Water levels have dropped since I was last there 1 month ago but still plenty left. Next few years looking even more promising....

Jimbob came for a sail for mid afternoon and showed how scary close to the spit one can go next to the spit with a 24 cm weedy. Gybing out of the speed runs was awesome super fast. Cough lets say a slow speed run but for me fast!

Thanks to all the lads who backed up this distance session:-)

First picture 192 km's

118 km session - Missle suicide action.... (pretty flogged thus higher risk action all around!)