Flex (15695km):
1084 days ago 2 categories Point Walter, WA, AU Tried sailing here for a while but so so crowded and almost as lumpy as Mandurah . Saw a lone sail up on the sand bar at Lucky Bay swhich looked far more pleasant so decided to head that way. This plan was cut short by an encounter with a submerged tree of all things so lost enthusiam and drove there. So much nicer. Flat water and no one else. Was only just making it over the sandbar with the TWS so decided to head home and spend the rest of the day polishing the Fangy fin to get some more upwind ability out of it as would have been ideal here today. 120 Tabou Rocket, 6.7 RRD Move, 33 TWS
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Antman (22985km):
1084 days ago Point Walter, WA, AU
Quick blast along Attadale foreshore. Was very holey but the 9.40 ENE gust powerd my 6.2 up nicely with the 90 RS2,,25 ws....Will be interesting to see whats in store tmw with the Fugithing coming down the coast ;)
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Windxtasy (13853km):
1084 days ago Salter Point, WA, AU iS111, 6.2K, 24FF Reconnaisance mission.
I hate sailing Easterlies on the Swan, Too much chop /wind swell and too many boats, so I thought I would try a different location today - a little beach along Salter Point Drive, where the Easterly is directly onshore, and the water was knee deep to "can just touch the bottom deep" on the moderately high tide today. Wind was a gusty 14 - 20 kn, but I don't think it would have been any more gusty than anywhere else. Tide 0.9m at Fremantle. I rigged conservatively because I didn't know if there might be shallow spots and I didn't want to hit the bottom at speed. Similarly, no speed runs, but I would be more confident next time. There were small rolling wind waves, not really any chop, and less swell than some places at Coodanup the other day. You can't sail all the way to the other side, because of an old jetty with very frequently placed rotting pylons that would be dangerous to sail between - some are under the water. The runs are probably a similar length to sailing out to the sandbar at Melville, and a canoe was the only boat traffic I saw while I was out.
I didn't sail far today becasue my "out of practice" muscles are still really tired after Thursday's session.
I will definitety sail here again on an Easterly. Much closer than Mandurah, and should be flatter on a lower tide.
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