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Cervantes, WA, AU Pat 92/ pointy 30ish TRX 5.9 Maybe I’m finally getting some common sense and growing up? Quickly realised the huge swell/chop wasn’t for me today so played it safe in the flat water corner. Hectic ride back to base but nothing broken and never expected to get this sort of speed up here. Good crew from the GPSTC teams up here today well done to all that braved the conditions.

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Glory Holes, Australind, WA, AU

tr16 7m pat 100 ff22

water level great, wind great and getting stronger, had some runs to adjust and dial in gear and also felt great, went for a nauti run great and then,

UH OHH to much tubby custard  hit the bottom and launched into boom  waiting for pain but no all good then checked sail all good. Attempted to sail away somthing wrong half my boom missing.

bugger long walk in to see Rob wondering what was up and then nice jog back to van.

Doh

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Cervantes, WA, AU   SL92, SCR 5.8, 29 weedy

Windy, very rough but fun

Fangyland was strangely calm-ish and I thought Pesky Remery had stuffed things up by showing up on the plot before the breeze. As it turned out Huey just seemed to be waiting for him to leave, and once Remery was hitting the frog and toad, the breeze filled in nicely.

It was obvious that tubbyguts Basil wasn’t going to show, so Fin jumped in to do some km’s on his fresh nose jobbed Windtech in his absence.

In the meantime I went with the Barge, KaR 7.1 and FF24. Once I was up the top, I thought it would be giggle to have a crack at a U turn on the Barge. At 28 knots and entering the turn, the Barge decided to show its age. After twenty years the front footstrap plug decided to part company with the board. A high speed trip around the handlebars and a sizeable dent in the estuary was the end result.

I limped back to base and moved the footstrap back to the next set of holes. The new position was a revelation. I thought I had the Barge pretty well dialled-in, but I was well happy with the new stance. So much so, I sailed until Jonski o’clock and risked the wrath of a hungry snotgobbler at home.

A fab day in the sun and smooth and despite the prang it was out yet another Top Ten Fangy Day for me.  

Koombana Bay, WA, AU foiling 

5.2 m using the carbon foil.

Many yachts moored in K bay for the big race tomorrow.

A quick session.After working 8 days in temperatures 45c-51c- yahoo.

All the best  for 2019 to all speed sailors and foil pilots where ever you are on the planet.May the wind blow your doors off.

    Peel,  Fangys,  WA AU.     

Had a fun arvo trying out the old windtek freeride with "nosejoby",,,  witch makes it easyer  to fit in back of car.

  It seems the weed is starting to disappear from the farm but I still got some weed stuk under the fin fillet,,,, needs a fix.!

Bassil was no were to be seen so we were of to a good start,,,, 

WTFR-52, Ka kon5.8, ElM53/22cm fin with skirt.    

   I missed the highlite of the day,,, fangys big splash,  but I was able to avoid the tsunami. 

Cervantes, WA, AU