Coodanup, WA, AU

F2 Vento, NP Excess 6.4 and MUF Delta 22

Late start this afternoon so all the parking was gone. Pinnaroos everywhere! Up to the top bank where the water was great and silky smooth. I couldn't quite get good speed across the wind as I was spinning out and downwind the gusts didn't do me any favours. However a pretty damn good way to spend a couple of hours especially after spending most of the morning in the Motor Registry Office. Both Paul and Fangy left me for dead in both the speed and ability stakes so I sulked in the shallows where no-one else goes. Ha! Polishing the speed board tonight and a coupla fins for tomorrow.

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Tabou Rocket Wide 108L, NP RSR E6 7.8m, Elmo SS 34cm

Huge thanks to Hardz and Decrep who years ago gave us the good word on how to gybe in swell, every gybe out in the middle I was giving thanks as I gybed in front of the waves then surfed out of the gybe.

Once again late start after work, sailing on my Pat Malone, wind appeared to be in but looked to be more froth than whitecaps, but it was quite nice out there, was doing runs out to just shy of the platform Twas a lot of fun.

Well happy to be nicely powered for the hour, Yeahargh

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  Coodanup, WA, AU.   

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S_Bay, humid patchy breeze..

Looked good first, so was optimistic, when on the water did not took long before it backed off a bit

Had a sail and fins to test, so used the 47 first (fin is great), but was struggling, so came back and bolted the 55, I was never powered but on the 55 was real cruise. Cld not be stuffed changing to 5.8 which have be spot on!

Picked up a Ka 5.4 Koncept (missing a 5.4 in my set), not a bad sail, so lite, stable and effort less I found! Its like using a wave sail with cams . I still have to fine tune, but firt test is nice, still not sure if it feels so easy because it has no power or because the sail is that good! . Woudda needed extra 5+knts to test properly. Happy with the buy anyway

Misty47, SS_Ultra 20/45 - Ka 5.4 - Misty55, SS_Delta 21/45

L is G

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Another fantastic fangy day. With a whole pile of people too many to mention

Couldn't resist using my new 5.4 koncept again, even though Fangy's wind guage said 5.8, but it was early and there was reasonable chance of it picking up. Pluged in the 43cm board and Keefs small 17cm 45deg weedy.

This combo feels great, light and effortless, but wind didn't pick up enough to get good speeds. Nice to be well powered though and on the plane 99% of the time.

Tried a NM from the outer bank back to the cars, was a little bumpy but well doable, the inside one was the fastest though.

Fastest speed was right through the middle of the outside bank.

Another fun day out at fangies.

F2 Xenon, RAF Jet 5.7

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Fangtastic fun day at Fangy's with the cast of Ben Hur again.

Some of you will be aware of my passion for research and  hard evidence to back an opinion. It on this note I wish to offer my thanks to Wazzasinkin. I was investigating the use of helmets and came across a piece of research done by Wazzasinkin in his University days. It appears he was asked to submit a paper on helmet efficacy in order to pass his anatomy examinations. Apparently he had focussed too much on the wrong end of alimentary tract to keep the Dentistry Faculty examiners happy. Rather than put you all through the tedium of another piece of written work from Wazzawankin I will condense the findings.
After testing of various helmets by Wazza himself acting as the crash test dummy Wazza concluded that it is easier to run into walls when there is not a barrel in the way.