Steve1001 (22355km):
1309 days ago Noosa Heads, QLD, AU
is67, 7.0warp, 35 zfin
15-20kts NE
First time ever sailing Noosa Heads, awesome, slalom in open ocean
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Chriso (16989km):
1309 days ago Well that was rough! Couldn't stick around for the bank to pop out so an earlier one.
IS090, M3-7, t34
Wellington Point, QLD, AU
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Ben (7395km):
1309 days ago 6.3M
89L
30F
Played in the washing machine and then waited for the tide to come down and had some good runs until the wind dropped off. Good to be on the water. Got some windsurf tips for equipment off Ian which was great.
Wellington Point, QLD, AU
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Shane (14016km):
1309 days ago 1 categories  Day 2 N/NE - N/NW: Reload of yesterday (?) so went out with same rig: Fanatic F114 and 5.8m2 sail, around midday on the rising tide with Jayson and Ian, only to find it all too rough and lumpy in multiple directions, especially for the big board and a light sailor. Swaping to a smaller fin didn't improve things much so came in and changed to smaller gear. Had some lunch in the meantime, then set out again around 1pm. By this time it was full tide (and I mean FULL tide) and a little stronger in the wind. Handled the chop OK but there were some deep trough waves coming out further. If one managed to clear the first peak, the second one was guaranteed to wipe you out. Had a few hard falls. Almost regurgitated my lunch! Fortunately no turtles today. 
I did enjoy parts of this sail, and even threw in a few aerial feats, but the body started to fade and I was dropping my gybes. Found myself puffing on a few of the more extreme runs out. The late shift had the better flat water, but then the wind started to drop off around 4 ish.
FF114 5.8m2 Nitro 38/34, then Naish Bullet 95 SL 5.2m2 FW28
Wellington Point, QLD, AU
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