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| Average | 41.87 | 37.37 | 11.86 | 19.39 | 20.55 | 43.58 | ||||||||||||
JJ (25827km):  4 categories     Port Kennedy, WA, AU Huge mission at Rissoles with Lao, Norts and Slowy - dragging the gear in and out on the cart was epic. Most of the day the wind was too North resulting in horror chop on the run and tricky moments avoiding hitting the bank at the end. Some of the bullets would have been > 30 knots. Hung around hoping for a swing to NW, eventually when it swung it went due west - the run was super smooth but too square and the wind was too gusty to be fun. So super hard work, but a great adventure. Mistral 47, HSM GPS 5.5, CL 23 aymmetrical (I think?) - thanks Chris for the loan - sweet fin.
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Jeff (13640km):  Melville Beach, WA, Stupidly windy at times, 5m and 5.8 CA and Sonic. Only combination I didnt try was the 5m and the sonic. good fun but have to fix the heater in my car ! | ||||||||||||||||||
lao shi (41082km):  6 categories   Hard work but 2nd fastest ever speed with a 42.78 display followed by the fin letting go in the hell chop and a big crash. Luckily unscathed apart from bumps and a graze but it did dent the confidence a bit. Got so cold at one point I had to zip myself up in my board bag! Thanks to Recycle for the Loft Blade 5.6 (it was awesome and a keeper!) The MXR UFO 10% was rock solid (apart from the one off which I think was at its limit for speed and chop) and really happy with the peak for 2 bits of untried kit. Great to duke it out with Recycle and JJ and the Slow One showing us how it is done as usual. Big congrats to JJ who was really pushing it out there and had some impressive offs. Loft Blade 5.6, Lurch (awesome as usual!) MXR UFO 30 10% 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Windxtasy (13938km): Melville Beach, WA, AU 4.9K, 47Mistral, 26 choco Arrived at lunchtime thinking 4.9. Ate lunch, changed into wetsuit, wind dropped to 6.4 levels. Thought it would pick uo so I hedged my bet and rigged 5.8. Wind picked up A LOT. Rigged 4.9. Wind picked up some more. Epic squalls, super high tide and rough and choppy. Toyed with the idea of rigging 4.0 but I needed components from both other rigs to do that. At times the wind was averaging 30 knots and I had trouble standing up on the beach let alone holding a sail. Derigged the 5.8. Thought about going home but I have never rigged two sails and dressed in wetsuit etc only to go home without a sail. Eventually got on the water during a lull at 3 O'clock. Jeff was much braver and tested out the conditions earlier. Had two nice runs and then the wind swung West and dropped right off. (Should have kept the 5.8 rigged!) Happy with the 29 knot peak. That run had a 28 knot 10sec so it was good fun! I was hoping for more but couldn't wait around any longer. Thanks Jeff for the company. That was a gutsy effort today. | ||||||||||||||||||
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