Melville Beach, WA, AU

8.6 then 7.0 0verdrive, 125 Rocket, 40 the 36 Maui Magic slalom fin

A bit light and very gusty when I arrived, went out at about 11.30, only planing in the gusts. The wind did pick up but never realy filled in the gust just got stronger but the holes remained.

Good warm up for a SB trip tomorow

Fun early session at Dutchies. Started not planing but soon picked up to just enough.

Moved around chasing what little swell there was left.

Had a WTF moment as hordes of kiters came through on a downwinder, some in costumes.

Wind started to get a bit of a handfull after that on the 5.9 so called it a day.

S1 5.9, Rider quad 100

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Carlisle St, Safety Bay, WA, AU

Tried to get a reasonable hour in, bit lumpy but great day again. Some nice long runs across warnboro sound.

RRD xfire 102, Severne reflex2 7.0, C3 stingII weedy 27

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Melville Beach, WA

Fun social afternoon. Only took one sail so underdone (gusty 10 - 18 knots), suffered in the lulls. The fin was sweet though

Mistral 112,  KA Koncept 7, Tribal WeedSpeed 33

Pelican Point, WA, FRide 155, 125 Turbo 7.5, 6.5. 

Just couldn't get my groove on today. Couldn't sail upwind, couldn't rig my kit. Thanks to Steve S for some tips that helped me get it sorted by the end. Loads of peeps out.

Well the day was one of those days, that if a problem was going to surface with gear, it did and hopefully all done now for new season.

Fangland, and a new Delta 23 fin, this was the start of issues. Either the bottom of my Tabou board and fin-box are not set correct or the Delta front edge is a tad out. Lots of sanding, with eventually I see the rubber surface needs to come off at the rear to let the front sit down snug. So got it sorted kind of.

Started to rig the Loft 8.6, as it was rather soft in the squashed air front out there. Some faffing about getting the cams on, but got there after a lot of naughty words were used to convince the sail to play the game.

Got on board eventually, first run, gee smooth and rather relaxing, at a steady 20 knots or so. Run from S bend right up back of bird hide. Turned and headed back pinching up wind. Went about to level of S bend, and sail felt ugly. Stopped, looked up,  3^rd use of my Tushy 4.90 mast had broken down about a meter from the top.

That’s two mast in this poxy sail. Long walk back as didn’t want to spear the luff tube.

Dragged out the old free-ride Loft 02, 7.4. Srted rigging, cranking down and the top spigot not set right, and mast jumps out with a whack. Grrrrr grrrrrr mutter mutter

Get it all sorted, and headed back out. At long last relax, and cruise for a few runs when I notice one of the foot straps is loose. Then I check them all, Bugger me if all of them show some signs of movement. What a pain in the coit. I recall last season I promised to throw those crap Tabou foot straps off the narrows, and get a new set.

Well sailing with only using the front straps wasn’t all that bad. In the end, I ran out of sailing time and had to call it a day.

Sailed, when I was on the water with Jamie from Mandurah Mobs. Good to run into fellow sailors down there, as Fangy not about today.

Day ended with a bang when I was sliding my trailer into its spot at home, was thinking I was a clever prick, got it moved in one go, just needed to push the drawbar across a tad. 

Always remember, if one pushes on the drawbar, keep the pinkies out of line of fire on the drawbar spring loaded latch. One blackened nail for my troubles.

iSonic 121, KA 7.2, Melville, nice cruisy afternoon, not quite as many rests as the physios and wife told me I should but they dont read these posts. First water start for a while, realise that is a whole another angle on the knee, all good but its odd the things you take for granted

Pinnaroo Point, WA, AU 105 rocket, 42 weed, 7.5 easy. Testing new mast in choppy conditions. Good sailing day. Wind started dropping after 5pm.

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Big day out on the water. Today's mission was a Lao-Shi-inspired crack at the ocean 100 - in Warnbro Sound. Arrived at around 3 and put up the 7.0 and iso 90 thinking it might build and soon shot out the back for the big mission.

Wind was a pleasant 16-18 knots with the odd gust to around 20 so it was a case of never really being juiced on the 90, which was probably a good thing come to think of it. I can't imagine the last hour if the wind had booted in a few extra knots. Soon settled in and had a blast shooting all over the sound amazing how the time just flies by on a nice afternoon. Heaps of riding the swells and generally just blasting

Fatigue started around the 70km mark and a big fin surfacing about 20m ahead of me at 80km gave me the kick for the last 20k - only a Dolphin luckily!! Hit the 100 feeling pretty good....hmmm...maybe try the 3hr?? Yeah, do it. 34 minutes later and after a total of 122km, body well and truly wrecked.

Best 1Hr: 22.45

2Hr: 22

100km: 22.05

3Hr: 22.02

A sweet session after missing the KOC Body still feeling it today though..

Iso 90, RB 7.0, Weedster 32