Wallis Lake, NSW, AU

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Canton Beach, NSW, AU

hey,,, sweet sess,,, just couldnt get the wind too hang around,, heaps of great guys, and a great lady, out today, pretty good time, well done to big matty, jamie was looking sweet, then he hurt his foot, pretty big cut,, and the man of the day, super micky, was looking great, me, im stoked with those numbers, thats good km, i wasnt out for more than 3hrs, ill c ya all soon

Canton Beach, NSW, AU

NP 6.5 V8 sail with 105L Extreme Slalom (1996 vintage) + 32 cm weed free fin

Well I think the weed won the battle today.

There was more weed than I have ever seen which made it difficuly to get out far eough to get any decent runs and gybing was a bit of a lottery as you did not know if you would collect a huge clump of weed that would try to throw you off the front of the board!! Saw many over the front stacks today, including one from me. No damage done luckily. The further you went out the choppier it got which defeats the idea of trying to sai fast.

Sailed with Mick, Milsy, Pugs and a lot of others from afar. Almost all said the same thing "bloody weed".

Still fun at times even though it was testing of one's courage and patience.

Let's hope the weed situation improves sooner rather than later.

Wallis Lake, NSW, AU. Great to be on water again - been a bit of a drought for wind, in typical autumn fashion. Very gusty WSW, but beaut to be planing again, even if it was on and off and I was underpowered on a 5.5 GTX. Choppy and weedy but that is normal for the sailing club. Lots of people on water, so great fun!

Canton Beach, NSW, AU

Weed was a huge problem. Not clumps of weed, more like islands of weed. After hitting weed and getting cataputed 4 times I decided to play safe and sail out the back in the chop just to get away from the weed.

Go Matt. First go and incredible results!

Wallis Lake, NSW, AU

Really good day with the 4.7,5.0, 5.8,6.5 and my JP RRW 83, Yellow sub and the tabou rocket 105. Did the alpha and 2 sec peak on the Tabou Rocket and the Naish 6.5 from Andre.

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Sailing Club,Wallis Lake, NSW, AU

 Waited for the wind to fill in, WSW-SW 10-20k, with some 25k gusts in the second session. Hawk 93LTD Finworks 10.5 weedy, Gaastra 6.0GTX.

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Canton Beach, NSW, AU Very dissapointed today. Had our strongest wind before lunch. Heaps of guys out, and had some heated words with a kiteboarder (wanker) Jamie cut his toe, which was real nasty and needed a few stitches. Good to see the Macquarie boys and welcome to the Team Matty, full house of PB's for you and big congrats on ur numbers. 6.6 gps 100 Patrik 29 weedy and got my top speed on the 7.3 gps 121 falcon 31 jp weedy. wsw 5/18 knts. Thanks heaps Mark J, Sails set well thanks to your instructions  and 100l Patrik is sweet, real sweet. Go marauders!!!!!

Wallis Lake, NSW, AU

Queens Lake, NSW, AU

Sailed with Steve. Had a good day sailing. Been along time between drinks. Was happy with my speed. GPS showed 32.79 Knots but I was knocked back to just under 30 knots. Wind very up & down. No WEED on the lake today. Should have stayed out on the IS 121.

ISonic 121 , 101 , VMG 6.7m, 36cm,31cm JP Weed.

Port Macquarie, NSW, AU, Sailed at Jordans, run in tide, very gusty sw. 1st go on the hot sails gps, felt solid. Hopefully wind comes in tomorrow.

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Queens Lake with Mark. Finally some wind. Gusty SW 5-18 knots. A bit light to start with but got better during the afternoon.

F2 sx medium, Hot sails gps 6.6m, Jp 31cm weedy.

Canton Beach, NSW, AU

Faclcon 125 (3rd session on it) 8.0 HSM (first time), JP 36 weedy which led to my ultimate downfall.....

Well, interesting session - turned up and it was fading - rigged a 8.0 HSM - I never used it before. Great few runs - these sails are mighty indeed - thanks Mark J, love these things!! Recommend them to anyone. Wind up and down, couple of huge stacks from the weed in front of everyone! Another 5 knots would have been perfect on that sail.

Then the arvo went pear shaped - silly mistake - jumped off the back of the board to clear some weed, straight down on the fin, putting a 3cm slice in my second toe, down to the bone. Huge thanks to Mick, Milsy and few others for helping me strap it back together and stop the bleeding. The generosity of these blokes, and the general atmoshpere of this place and this sport is such a buzz, I am constantly amazed by the friendliness and generosity of these people. what great people to share the stoke with.

End result? 7 stitches and 2 weeks out of the water..... with new sails to play with to boot.....

Wallis Lake, NSW, AU

Wallis Lake, NSW, AU

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Canton Beach, NSW, AU

Had my first go with a GPS today, only one good run throught the weed! We Need More Wind! Only been back on my board for the last 2 months after a ten year break, 14 year old gear went OK.I used a 7m NP Z1 sail and Bic Vivace 149L race board. I got a little frustrated with the weed so I went deeper out into the chop. It was great to meet so many sailors as I have been sailing by myself for so long.Thanks for all the comments!