Port Douglas, QLD, AU

Had a great Friday afternoon session with my Mate Ed.  We both knocked off work early and headed down to Fournile full of expectation.  I'd been watching this weather front for a whole week, fingers crossed. ,and it delivered.  Ed had rigged his 7.8 m Gaastra no cam and was running it on his big 117 isonic.  I rigged my North s type 7.8 and put the 44cm freeride fin on my Atomiq 120.  the tide was nice and full but there was plenty of run.  Frist 45 minutes gave a nice breeze - I had the rig pretty well cranked down - getting some nice cruisy runs on this grunty sail - trying to remember how to sail again.  Then a squall came through and things worked their way up into the early to mid 20knot range and Ed and I got blown off the park - lack of condition and being way overpowered.  I was pretty happy with my effort - I'm getting more confidence and being overpowered on big gear - having the three cambers seem to make the sail easier to handle than your no cam rig - makes it a bit more stable and transfers the power smoother - I also found that the rig was easier to handle in high wind with a bit of belly in it rather than pulled tight.  Ed and me are going to watch the weather and try and fit in a Saturday afternoon session - MetEye seems to be suggesting winds in the 15-20knot zone.  WELL WORTH THE EFFORT.

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Port Douglas, QLD, AU..Quick afternoon sail with Andrew wasn't that windy so rigged 7.8m gastra did a few laps with 117 Isonic wind freshend up so jumped on 105 Fox for the rest of the session..Haven't sailed for awhile so felt a bit rusty, wind was up and down the whole time with a couple of squalls coming through..had the tide from hell running all arvo so had to stay realy hard on the wind the whole time.. Turned in to a bump and jump session  in the second half with some wild wind shifts ..all good fun on the Fox...Andrew sail very well and was happy with his effort..cheers ED..

Hamilton Island, QLD, AU a quick friday sail wind was a bite up and down