Port Douglas, QLD, AU - Had a great afternoon's sail with Ian, James and Ed.  The sun was out.  Wind was pretty good, so I rigged the 7.2m Fusion and went out.  Ian had smashed up his sail and was a bit worse for wear.  James was leaping around and Ed was doing his thing.  Then, after half an hour the wind died off pretty badly - after half an hour of getting knocked down the beach, it fortunately kicked up again and I managed to get some good time on the water.  The chop was pretty harsh - Ed is pretty annoyed with the condition of his new board.  But this wind is pretty consistent right now, so we have to get amongst it.

Port Douglas, QLD, AU - Futura 90, Aerotech rapid fire 6M, Tribal 27 cm WS

Wind was up and down all afternoon so constant rig adjustment was needed.  Had a great afternoon until I fell off the side of a cliff face diring a gybe out the back and  landed heavuly on the board and went through the sail, seconds later the wind picked up the board and threw it at me fin first,  so I ended up with a small gash on my leg. After that i decideded to call it a day

Port Douglas, QLD, AU Yer what can i say about todays session..Got down the beach after 8hrs on the tools..Ian and James had already been out blasting and were back on the the beach looking for some bigger weapons ,, Said the wind had started to drop out..Rigged 7.3m North rig on 97lt Isonic 38cm fin.. by the time i hit the beach it was windy enough to' blow a dog off its chain'..ocean was really rough and there was seaweed  as far as the eye could see..Yer this wasn't what i ordered..just wanted a easy after work blast..Hit it as hard as i could and was totally maxed out on big rig all arvo..could not get confortable no matter what i did Just got totally pounded the whole time in a very chopped up sea..Ian had a total wipe out and destroyed his 6m rig and looked very bruised and batted at the end of the day..James was going hard on a 6m rig but did a few board changes trying to find the right tool for the job..Had a few good drags with the boys which was good fun and i had to work hard to keep James under control..Andrew came out for a blast in the second half and was lit up on Big Isonic and wandered back in just on dark with a big grin on his face.'.Good one Andrew'..The sad news is 97lt isonic isn't looking well, did some repairs to it the other day ,it had two big stress cracks in the deck which i fixed. But after todays session deck wasn't in good shape..Looks like ths board has got a one way ticket too the the wheelie bin..That seem to be where they all end up..Bit disapointed. thought this one was gunna be a' keeper.'......Cheers Ed