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Horse Peninsula, SA, AU

Sailed a new spot today and it's good value. The is a bit of flat rock about with some little mussels. So booties are a must at low tide. Kids are digging some shell out now.  Nice and shallow all the way across the bay which is awesome for kids to have a crack as well. In the winter it should be good for the Nth as well.

Was right on the edge of overpowered and probably should have rig a bit smaller but was on a timeline for a food and wine market.

Thommen Freex 115, North Warp 7.3, 29cm Gun sails weedy and 18-25kts SSE.

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First sail for the year (and the first in since July 2015 :(    ).

Headed down to Goolwa with the family so the kids could try out the new wooden boat playground.  Headed out on the 7.7 and broke the mast on the second run upwind - Bugger!.  It must have been damaged from a crash at Lake George earlier last year when I hit rocks and the head of the boom scraped the bottom when I went over the bars.  I was suprised it didnt break then and I havent used this rig since.  Started swimming back from near Rankines and then decided to roll up the sail and reduce the drag.  Headed back out on the 6.9 and was underdone but I had fun.  Not enough wind to plane out of any Gybes but I had fun gambling with gusts(and speedboats) near the Aquacaf so the kids could see what Dad does on the water.  Headed in around 5 and the wind looked to be filling in nicely but it was time to hit the road as the kids were starting to get tired after 4 hours playground.

Goolwa, 12-17 SSW

MRL112 - M1 6.9 - SL2 38

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Arrived at Lake George on Friday afternoon, set up camp and spent quite alot of time rigging my sails. Quite rusty after a year but followed the directions re luff, mast extension and boom and  soon got the hang of it. Then went to check the conditions and realised that there was no way I could even attempt to tangle with the 25 to 30 knot winds especially as there was so little water and such a long way to get out and then back in through the mud. Geoff and Chris arrived on Sat only to share the same frustation. Our resolve to stay off the water was confirmed when Jamie went out on a 3.5m rig and was flying. On Sunday however the wind dropped to a more manageable level and we all got out on the North side in the morning and had a good one and a half hour session before the conditions became unpleasant again.