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Well, that was seriously shit

Nothing more to say on the matter

Liptons.

Thats what you get whenyour are a wood duck and have not put in the time on the water .

Strangley I enjoyed the sail. The ex Sammy tush 5.3 is a kindly sail and I am sure can go a lot faster . Even with me driving.

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Liptons, sensational sail, felt really fast on a few occassions, gotta be happy with that, Mistral Speed 95, TR9 6.3m, pepeweed 22/48, my fave combo.

Lots of happy windsurfers.  A few stories to be told from the day, I won't spoil any.  Got a photo of sum1's GPS in Shark Bay, WOOHOO

Glory Holes, Australind, WA, AU

iso/ Hardie 86, Ka race 6.3m 26 weedy

Yee haaaaaa, so pleased to crack a new Pb, been along time....      big smiles 

     Coodanup WA   

  Fun at fangys,... a bit ruff but in the shalows it wasnt too bad. Had Fangman and just a few kiters for company.

  The old slalom52, ka kon5.8, elmo60/17cm xtraweedy.   Gota get food now.... 

My guests left very late last night and the next batch arrived early. But then the holes sort of aligned for a quick little session this arvo. When I say the holes aligned,I mean, getting a screwdriver and skewering the cheese. Or in other words, I put my brownie point bank balance further in the red than any GFC bank balance could ever go.

When arrived, Ken was chatting to Pas and the Novara kiters were well represented. The kiters have been kicked out from their local spot at Novara by a new Kite School. Not a bunch of happy campers, but one of them was keen to point out to me all the benefits of their new local. The inside run of smoothish water had them particularly excited and they lamented that as a windsurfer I would not be able to ever experience the thrill of sailing on smooth water. They also asked, that although I had enjoyed my sail today, I was not to tell anyone about this spot. They wanted it to remain a secret....

Ooops.

Anyhoo, a good fun quick session with Pas, I was under done board wise but the 6.6 was comfy when I was powered up, but not enough grunt to do any proper bear-aways down the inside. I am pretty satisfied with the FangyfinMk1; it has a number of scars from touchdowns, but still feels solid under foot, but that wasn’t enough to keep me from being smoked by Pas on the run home…. Managed to finish with a smile on the dial and a Top Ten Fangy Day :-)

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Great crew at Liptons, too numerous to list here, probably more windsurfers than kiters for a change.

After my success at rigging optimistically yesterday, I tried it again today, went for the 5.4 on the 43 with an untested 16.5@55deg.

All but the board was the wrong decision, should have gone with the 5.8 and a bigger fin. The 16.5@55 was running at a approx 30deg angle of attack most of the time, it was only when well powered up, (in the occasional gust that made it into the flat stuff),  down wind that I was pointing any where near straight ahead. The 5.4 wasn't too far off just need a bit more grunt.

Today I had the watch on my right wrist, as it was a port tack speed run.

GW60

2s 35.102, 5x10 33.528, 1hr 11.477, @ 24.926, NM 21.466, dist 54.347.

Again very close.

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Liptons, had a ball, I could have gone faster using the 47 at the end but it was too much fun on the slalom , and I finally cracked the 25 A this year, I thought I had a good one.. goes in my top 5 happy chappy.

NIce to catch up with the Pinnas, Jake was on fire and sailed like a champ 

Well done Slug 7 Paul with the PBs 

same same ISO85L, RSS5.8, LSW23

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Fun in the sun!  Awsome good time today out at Liptons, lots of others out too, including some new faces.

Peel Inlet, WA, AU

The 5x10 PB was a nice surprise, had no idea when I posted.