dr cam (40716km):
1831 days ago Lake George, SA, AU Great Day on the Lake -wasnt easy though.The wind was super strong overnight with some heavy falls buffetting the motel unit .
I slept in as the temp had really cooled down & I was a little fearful of what the day held -I dont often get to sail in 30-40 knot winds & wasnt sure if I'd be alone sailing on the lake . Drove to the spit & was greeted with super strong bullety wind /rain & what looked like big patches of flat shallow water .
Rigged the Iso 80 Tribal delta 16 EVo 7 5.8 & the JP speed Tribal superweed 21 & RSS 5m2 .
First run on the Iso was a 39.98 peak ,second 40.54 ,third 41.5 then it was a battle to go any faster .
Switched to the speed board & 5m2 sail & was more comfortable but needed the 5.8 to get decent speed .
Weedbeds got shallower as the day progressed so finally got to try the Tribal delta 14 in the Jp speed-wow amazing !! Managed a 41.9 on this with the 2nd GPS unit showing a 47.19
Chris Dimond ,Leon & JimBob were sailing upwind today but like the last time here ,the best wind/water were just upwind from the middle spit area off the 2nd island .
Some 40 knot gusts came through along with driving rain so unfortunately unsailable ...
Great fun & lots of lessons learned .
Slowie -your speed deltas are incredible -they just rocked today in the super shallow weed beds ...
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