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Lucky Bay. I got in early and had the best of it I think. Wind got really shifty, gusty as the day wore on and certainly strengthened. I was well overpowered towards the end and after a couple of slam downs spin out stacks called it quits. Anita, your new board looks the goods, and smokes on the water, I'm well jealous. Cannot wait for summer!! I reckon I can almost pack away the steamer.

97/6.6/32

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Peel Inlet, WA, AU

Funny how that setup feels draggy compared to flying on the foil, and all that noise of the board slap.

Nice to have some decent wind again. Low tide with some glassy patches. 

M112, Reflex8 7.0, Tribal ws 29

Melville Beach, WA, AU

Gusty but quite pleasant. Not the strong storm I expected.

105 Rocket, 5.8 Koncept, 29 weedy.

Great that Anita likes her new Manta board. Great to see Jason pulling off some really good tacks and gybes. Nice to see Boz and Geoff.

 Just seen yoiur alpha Jase, looking gooood

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Melville Beach, WA, AU

Melville with most of the likely charaters sailing today in very gusty conditions. Tried something differant pointer on the AB, yep the board gets up and on the fin when the wind is there. Got a lucky gust up near the shallow post bearing away North but then the wind started to shut down as can be seen by the 5x10. Was fun getting wet but bloody cold got too many holes in the wetsuite to keep me warm bring on summer so I can trash the winter wetsuit

Melville Beach, WA, AU 54 Manta, 28 Vector, 5.4K

First test sail of my new Manta (Thanks Nigel). I thought about going to Coodanup but decided Melville would be easier for adjusting footstraps etc. As it turned out, the footstraps I put on and adjusted in my loungeroom last night were just right!  I am sure a bit more tuning of the board will help with speeds, and a lot more fitness will come in handy. The board flies and feels so comfy over chop. I was doing 27 knots across the wind. I had to abandon one downwind run because I was about to spear Ricey if I had continued. I felt I could have gone downwind over the chop later but the wind had picked up and I didn't want to risk a catapult and a nose ding on the first sail. I haven't built up my tolerance for speed yet. Looking forward to a bit more fitness and some really flat water...

Hardie, I have discovered your speed secret. It's the 54 Manta. I am confident this will quickly become my favourite board. I have to get better at getting my weight forward to gybe it effectively though.

It was great to see some sunshine and a good turnout of Pinnaroos. Well done, team!

Melville Beach, WA, AU - arrived fairly late but still managed to enjoy myself, but once I got wet it wasnt quite as much fun. seemed very cold! 6.2 KA Race and Mistral 112. Nice to say hi to a few other crazy people.