Nice ocean Nm Troy 

Mate I struggled on my freeride to get 30's in the ocean, 30 was rare seemed stuck on 28's. I upgraded the fin that came with the board to a Techtronics F1 Falcon, big difference, 30's came fairly regular after that. Not knowing your fin I bet that'd be best upgrade. If you do have a good fin then yeh go the slalom. As with cambered sails, I've gone near on as fast with my old no cam Loft as my best Pb, in fact my 2nd best 36.8 is with the no cam, just saying.

Where's the big bastard, stuck in the office ? 

Cheers Bob.

I tell ya Herby, slogging can take the fun out of it, especially when it outwieghs the planeing 

Good to see regular posts Nigel, look forward to catching up again one day.

How's that board going Freddo 

Yes Bob as you know sometimes being a shift worker the plannets don't alway line up and the wind fails to come when needed,I just had 2 weeks off and managed Green the first week and Bowen the second week,now back at work but only on call for shipping days so as I have been able to get out in the arvos between ships,just make sure that I have the mobile in a aquapack.hope to catch up soon.

Nigel I'm pulling the pin next year, then it's going to be an endless summer, just me, the bride, caravan and boards, I'm over shift work 

Just been talking to Benny the Kid, said he's had the best FNQ day in 10 years today at Green Island, wave sailing 

Yeah Bob, wrong gear for spped sailing for sure. Board and sail are designed for low down grunt and rough water comfort. The KA kult hits a top end at about 32kNts, mainly because of the high clew which is hard to deck down. I can't bring myself to sand off the pretty graphics on the naish either.

My budget speed kit might need to be Sputnick, Techtonics fin, 6m Slalom Sail. Either that or get myself to Green and hire some of Toddy's kit.  

 I'm off to NZ in August, so maybe I can sneak a carbon art home in my luggage from Teranaki.