Alvadave (7039km):
2229 days ago Marine Parade, Southport, QLD, AU
1995 Windtech Pro Lite 900/ 6.2 R8/ Tribal 30
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Andrew (2314km):
2228 days ago Port Douglas, QLD, AU
Had the swimming pool all to myself. Yesterday had a great couple of hours of nice, thick wind - rigged my 6.5 and had a blast on the Atomiq 120 and a nice high tide meant I didn't have to skull drag the gear out. 7.2m Hornet is out of action at present after a blow out in the bottom section near the mast where the dyneema and the laminate parted ways - might be able to score a replacement V8 2018.... So at the moment things are split between ALL and NoTHing when it comes to sail choice. So today I went down to play again, and wind was much lighter. Took a punt and rigged the North S Type 7.8m on Atomiq and my new weed fin - which I totally love - very progressive - easy to transition to the plane and now I can drive straight through weed.
Spent the first 30 minutes wondering if I was wasting my time... then the wind came - a solid 18knots and the fun began. Had a good hour or so - the lack of wind earlier kept the water nice and flat. Mostly SSE but I enjoyed myself. My mate Ed had begged off due to family duties and - unfortunately he missed a good session. I have been really lucky so far as most of my sessions have involved dealing with more wind than required to get planing - rather than less wind. Here's hoping the trend will continue.
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