Had to drop and pick up the missus from work today so was easier to hang south of the river. Haven't sail Lucky Bay in a while forgot how flat the water is and how gusty it can be. Gusty, shifty wind with holes. Was well lit on the 7.5 at times today, lots of fun! cambered sails and flat water and I'm over 30 knts, haven't been in a while. Was nice to catch up with Tim and Ricely before they went out, also I met Mark for the first time, hope you guys had a blast too! 

117 Futura 7.5 Koncept 33 Choco Weed Melville Beach, WA, AU

Pelican Point, WA, AU

Haven't sailed Peli for a while, lots of fun on the Koyote 5.9 sail today never overpowed needed more wind to get a good naughty tryed a few times but kept loosing pressure in the runs. Next time, fun going for the NM at this location not an easy feat kudos to Greg for yesterdays NM run.

Manta 61 Koyote 5.9

4 categories

Carlisle St, Safety Bay, WA, AU

Good solid breeze today for round 2 with the Windtech SB 57.

Pulled the front straps back 1 screw hole and it made a nice difference in stance comfort and feeling more in control.

Had the trim set with no flex all of this session for excitement and the runs down the bank were awesome, didnt feel intimidated at all.

The 6.2 and 29 Tribal ws with this board was a great combo today.

I'm certain this is the fastest I've been over the Pengos weed bank so i cant wait to try this board on flat water considering how choppy it was today.

Great day again!

Windtech Silver Bullet 57, Reflex 6 6.2, Tribal ws 29

3 categories

Pelican Point, WA, AU. Another great after work session with all the usual suspects. Had a few runs back from Majestic which is where the mile was this time, but was really underdone in the middle 25knots min speed (peak was 33.5), so lucky to fluke a 30 again. Spent most of the session just blasting around looking for gusts off the point, but struggled to line them up with any flat water. Quite a bit of chop out near the point today. Another great session 

Sonic 85, KAR 6.3, Goldwing 32

Melville Beach, WA, AU

Arrived with the big gear, expecting a 15knt breeze. Brief chat to Vince and he said'you'll be fine on the 7m", the smallest sail in the car today. Rigged the 7m by which time Huey had decided to take it up a notch with some 28knt bullets blowin across the bar. Well and truely over powered in the gust but always good to get out and catch up with the crew. Would have been a good day to have the small kit for some speed runs.

SB i107, Evo 9 7.0m, Tribal Wsp29

2 categories

Point Walter, WA, AU

Shoulda gone to Peli point, shoulda had a 7m sail. Very gusty and direction was not right but was sure the wind would kick in and go Southerly... it never really did up there but had a good time anyway.

Full respect to the speedsailors who have the discipline to go up and down a flat course. I'm sure I have ADHD...I just wanted to head down the river and blast around.

Anyway I'm pretty stoked with those speeds in pretty crappy conditions. 

Melville Beach, WA, AU & Pt Walter

Suspected Pt Walter could be working and saw JJ and Neil mid afternoon who had the same thoughts. With a low tide I decided to head to Melville and try some runs over the bar. Good to enjoy the gusts with Tim, Ricey and Jeff. Good to meet you Vince too. Tried the Manta 59 with the Vapor 6.4 and wp 27. and managed 34s. Should have used the larger board but with the tide rising I headed to Pt Walter to see JJ and Neil enjoying the runs and Chris Porter rigging up. Tried the  Manta 66 with a wp 25 which was too small for the chop.  Switched to the 61 Manta and use a 27 wp and it felt smoother. Good to see Ben venturing up a few times from Melville. The last run with Chris turned out to be another 20. A Top 10 day.

Point Walter, WA

Not quite the wind we were hoping for - seriously underpowered on the 5.8 but fun banking big turns on the 57. It's going to be an alpha machine in strong wind.

Good to catch up with Woody and Chris.

WindTech 57    Simmer Race 5.8   CL Weedy 24

1 categories

Melville Beach, WA, AU

Great arvo out on the swan. Started up going for an hour with teh 105L board wich was a read handfull in the gusts, got lifted a few times and lucky to land most of them. After an hour i headed to Wally world to join Woody, Chris and Neil for a few speed runs. Chased the Rotto ferry which seems to have sped up a few knotts which is good to see. Tacked back to point Walter but the wind shut down not long after I got there. Thanks Woody for offering me a lift back to Melvile, for a moment there I was wondering if I should've taken you up on the offer. Thanks also to Tailwind who was looking out for anybody who may be stuck out there. 

Reflex7M, F2SX105L with 35cm Goldwing then isonis 86 with 35cm weedy

More days like that please!

Melville Beach, WA, AU

I arrived late and only got the scraps this arvo

FRace 120; OD 7.0; Tribal WS 

Watermans, 5.8 panther, 95 kode. fun day but probably should have gone a bit smaller. actually pretty exhausting, yesterday was a bit more cruisy but forgot my gps.

Pt Walter

M91; Ram 6.3; Tribal weed 27