Nice roll up guys 

And there's even pics! 

yeah rob

but i dont think the kiters where impressed with us invading their carpark

Nah Ratz, the kiters were cool, I think they enjoyed the company. Great rigging spot by the way.

I pulled up a bit sore this morning too mike. Must have been all that rigging.....

Too lazy to get my GPS out of the trailer, but all you really need to know is that I smashed The Scud... probably.

High water and strong breeze on the home patch today. It looked better than it actually was, with the wind just a bit too west to allow for any longer runs in the slightly less lumpy stuff. That said, I am bloody impressed with The Scud 5x10's as I reckon they were all pretty much broad reaches rather than any dedicated bear- away action. That surgery he had to remove his self preservation instinct seems to be working a treat. My memory of yesterday will be dominated by the vision of The Scud with the tightest freckle known to man in the extreme poo stance, going past me and heading for home. There went a fella whose face told the story of staring into the abyss of 'this is all going to go terribly wrong in a split second".  I am still amazed at how it didn't.  

I had my first outing on the Avalon 6.3. Single cam and criminally easy to rig. On water, like the 7.0,  it has a stonkin' bottom end. The end result was I could not sheet in at all, I was just simply too over powered and despite maximum downhaul settings I never got remotely comfy, even in the lulls. That said, I am really keen to give this sail a crack in 5 knots less wind. I think its low end pull should be enough to get my carcass up and going in the bog standard sea breeze where I would normally use a 7.0.