Well done Snake, good allround session!!!

Great session guys, and James with another Alpha PB, good stuff lads

HOLY CRAP!

Nice gybe James!!!!

Great backup Snake. Was that at PW?

you said it Chris, that is really moving. Nice one James !

Great Alpha James, and the Pinna's have put in a very strong session for the month

Hey Chris, nah that gybe was down at peli, I didnt give any a crack at wallys. Probably should have in hindsight Did you get chucked off a few times after I left? Hope it wasn't too badly

It is a sad fact that the Swan is a very sick river!! I have been plying it's waters for over 35 years and I have never seen the algae/weed accumulations as bad as they are this year!. Serious action required!

The snot weed accumulations are all the shallowish areas where the light penetration stimulates growth - the same spots we try and get max speeds - as Chris P says - take care and stop using any form of fertiliser on your garden and lawn! Its the only hope we have!

One in particular... fully lit...tight reach ready to bear away...over 30..."ok here we go"...start to bear away and bang...bang...bang.... first 2 slowed me down and the third stopped me totaaly... it was a rope of weed about 2" diameter and 3m long..... deadly.

Got out of it with no gear damage...woohoo

Thats a relief man, that could have been worse. As long as the gear's ok all is well

Nice PB James, and some solid back-up from the Snake.

Gets us off to a solid start for the month.

Well done James 

Doesn't sound like the river's too flash, no excuse this day and age where every major city is cleaning their river systems 

well done james!

Yep 25/Criss the weeds the worse its been in my 25 years of sailin the swan - very sad,I remember being worried about hitting big clumps of jelly fish -don't see lots of them either anymore only lotsa snot weed .It's not good that every time I sail it I think of puttin my weedfin in.Nice Alpha James were you sailin the south side or north (old speed run) of woodies

Nice going all round guys, particularly nice Alpha James

Great start to the month crew! Congrats on the PB James. Know what you mean about the snot Chris - I was surprised last night to come to a screaming halt with a 24cm wave fin at Peli Point!

Nice mile out there James - was that when you and I were drag racing out past the end of the point? If so, you were two knots quicker than me. You're looking good for Lancelin!

The Craw - we were enjoying the flat water north of Woodies.

Chris, the NM when I was sailing with you was a 26.17 so you can sleep soundly tonight! The 28 NM was in and out of the speed strip and had a gybe in it.

Pointman - I can now see why Woodies would work well in a strong breeze (stronger than today).

James, Woodies needs 25K+ to really fire, otherwise the wind shadow from the point is quite severe.

In 25-30K it has great speed potential and is awesome for Alpha's.

Well done James! I'm happy to get a 24.7 as a top speed-WOW!

James - that makes more sense as my NM on the same leg was 25.98, which explains why you were 40-50metres ahead after a 4km run.

I reckon if you can maintain around 26 knots in the Lancelin Ocean Classic you would have to be pretty close to the front.

It would be interesting to see what sort of mile andbody could get off somewhere like Scarborough, which is totally unprotected - now there is a challenge!

Well done, Snake on reaching 5K.

Top speed, Chad. If you are using ka72.com can you post the link to your file (this is what other teams are doing). When are you going to get a doppler GPS so we can compare apples with apples. You know you generally get a bonus for Garmin on speed

Taking on Mineral's role can you all please send me your PB files for double checking when you get a new one. Thanks

Jame's file verified.