Ya shouldnt spoilya self in flat water  tho just copped my 3rd sinus infection frm that bloody place  Gonna hav 2b special to get me back

It was (is) so hard to hear that wind howling and not go for a sail, but I'm still tired and sore after Saturday. It wouldn't be wise. So I keep telling myself. Glad you enjoyed it, Mark.

Hardie, I can recommend FESS nasal spray post sailing to stop infection, or to clear up  an infection once it starts.

Thanx A need to remember and get sum

great to see you rigging as I high tailed it Obelix- I hope it was better than your saturday ! Still good 2 sec - be proud !

Laos shi- o master, I have much to learn!

Just as well your pooper is water tight Hardie 

Must be a good day if your sail is still intact Obelix.

welldone out there obelix that was some fierce wind I was already chasing tail for home.

Ray Gun, nice to put the face to the (nick) name. S far I met 4 Wannabees.

The wind died a bit after the rain, and I was thinking 6m, but it soon picked up, worked well for a while, and was blowing really hard when I left. The "F2" Steve was the only one left on the water.

I'm stll learning to handle small gear, and must say, it's so much easier to deal with.
A smaller board is required...If you know anyone selling a Kode around a 100L  for a reasonable price...

Anita, 5.2m Ezzy - a great strong sail with the "stainless steel" mesh

My 6m is repaired with a meshed panel too.

Great going Pinnaroos! Yes it was the swim, walk and drive of shame for me today. Scarrgo you are on fire!!

Great work Pinnaroos! Equal second with SRM!

34.51 Sean, that's huge! Well done! That one on one tuition with cap'n Lao is obviously paying off.

Jake, if it was too much for your weight class today it is a good thing I stayed home! I might have been masquerading as a kite!

Well done on the pb Sean must of been all that extra wieght you had on. You are a brave man to sail back in those conditions don't be shy to ask for a ride next time we are all a friendly bunch remember

Obelix, since I've just acquired a 90 XFire my 93 S-Type (which is actually 99L) will probably have to go.

It's a great board and still in pretty good nick.  You're welcome to demo. 

Troutty and I discussed your stupid idea to sail home by yourself with dark falling. Not a good idea, Scarrgo

We were not looking forward to a headlight search like we did for the Slow one a while back! Consider yourself chastised!

You also encouraged the Snake to try and follow half an hour later. He paid his pennance with a good swim!

Be safe guys!

On a good note, top effort team. Been a while since we have had a set of numbers like that on the board

Big PB increase, Scarrgo! 35 just around the corner.

Snake, time to get a weight jacket. It will make all the difference on days like today. Still got me on the 5x!

Now who is up for a mile run?

Go Pinnaroos!

relised it was stupid as soon as i got into the first wind shadow

but was determined to get back and so i did

don't think i'll do it again though 

paying for that last effort now though absolutely nackered so sore everywhere

just checked and my 34 knot run was the one i thought it was went screaming past snake standing in the water got 4 over 34 knot 1 second readings then went into a sweet gybe i have never carved such a big arch before with the sail layed so far over aahhhhhhhhhhhhhh good times  you could not imagine how big the smile is on my face

Great effort guys...you looked fast from the carpark Mark!

Scarrgo...brave man to sail back alone with darkness falling!

great effort sean welldone on the pb.....massive

pinarooos- good day out allround.

Congrats Sean.

But I am with Laoshi- with the recent "nuclear" conditions, hospitalisations and our desire to crack a pb we should show some caution:

take care cos:

• Enthusiasm easily overides skill !
• Injury comes faster than posting a pb on the web.

Looking out for each other is important. - Sail with a buddy and have a plan!

was ment to be sailing back with jake obi and we both stayed too late at point walter i made it back jake had done alot more k's with some big crashes and didn't quite get so far. but the problem with getting back was far from nuclear conditions, was pumping to get on the plane when i could was slogging alot of it so was worried about not so much crashing but sitting in the water in the dark in the middle of the river, anyway i learnt my lesson, i realised it was stupid long before i got back to melville and i won't do it again  so i'm sorry for putting the pressure on the guys i left up at walter wondering if i would make it

my comment is meant as a message for us all, Scarrgo.

peace.

great effort guys and congrats on the PB scarrgo

Geez, you guys would all have a conniption if Gaz was in your team

http://gpsteamchallenge.com.au/sailor_session/show?date=2011-08-16&team=20

Great speed Scarrgo,congrats on the PB

nah no way snides  won't be doin too much windsurfing in the next few months cause gotta get ready for 49er nationals in november, their gonna be at woodmans point, but after that will pretty much ditch the 49er and train for LOC 

got a weed fin for the 49er? good effort the other day. that was honking wind on the way over from Melville. glad you made it back without the swim-in-the-dark-of-shame.

yeh you probably picked up the second biggest problem there with sailing at woodmans point on a 49er other than the depth if you capsize (masts bouncing along the bottom arn't good) it is very tricky to get weed off the blades, you have to stop head to wind stand in middle of boat and try to balance the boat as the crew quickly yankes up the centre board and drops it back down before you get too unstable, and thats only the centre board the rudder is way harder, and both are impossible to do in a race except for in light winds downwind you can do the centre board

anyway the gusts that came through at point walter the other day were pretty good, you know it's fresh when snake comes up to you and says he can't put the power down on his 5.4 , amazing though the difference of probably 7 extra kg's on top of my normal sailing weight makes