Nice Cruse Gaz!

nice one gaz i hope you packed lunch

Fark that Gaz

Finially Gaz, well done, big effort doing Arlington also 

Nice hour 

Hey Freddo, I see you have one ball now 

Gaz,

I think I'm special when I sail over to Keppel and back but that is one very impressive track and session.  You didn't happen to run into Alby Mangels, Kontiki or Captain Cook on your travels .  Man I would have loved to have done it with you too although with that 35km first leg I would have had to cut my little toe off as it would have been very dead by the end.  You can really see why Cairns' wind is so shitty compared to GI considering those two great big headlands are effectively where the Great Dividing Range meets the Pacific Ocean.

PS - Good to hear you've got the 7.5 working sweetly - what's the downhaul, 478 - 480??

PPS - Itching for a sail as spent last week in Fiji without gear although only had one good wind day and the remainder was very calm apart from having to deal with 9 kids .

Awesome session Gaz....Your the man   ....really LTD (Living The Dream)   /

Hey Snags - we all think your special too!! Must have been busy, last time we caught up you only had four kids.

I'm running 477 luff on the 7.5, anymore just kills the sail. Haven't had enough wind to really get it powered up for a while but I don't think I would go more than 478 max. Yesterday was the first time I have had it over 30 without trying and it was very underpowered at the time. 

Firie - tried to get Freddy to go back out for a 20 knot hour but all he wanted to do was talk. Think he's been hanging around you for to long.

Hey Herby,

Gaz'll be dreaming the dream when he has to go back to Darwin.  I can hear his house and work calling out from down here.

Awesome cruise Gaz,makes my planning a trip to Fraser a bit insignificant in comparison,might have to consider going to Lady Elliott

or Musgrave now.

Epic Gaz !

Big day out Gaz!!. I just want a day out!!

Nice one Gaz... that would have been awesome fun :D

great effort Gaz , hows qld , 

Nilss - qld's good but I'll be going back to the territory in the next week. I've already forgotten what it's like to sail powered up. Last time the 5.7 came out was at Barmera in March, almost all 7.5 weather for us but still nice. 

Hey Gaz !!

I bet Freddy Grimm was urined off you didn't wait for him to go over with you You'd hear him all the way over saying "hope he turns soon".

Great stuff Gaz, is your 7.5 a 2007, they printed the wrong luff length on the sail and bag around 480 is the go. I use mine on a Pryde x6 and it sets real good, has a lot of twist in the top. I can't believe Freddy wanted to talk alot lol

Knut - they must have screwed up the 2008 ones as well as they had 487 printed on them when in fact it was meant to be 481.  Nice sail none the less although too much monofilm for my liking.

Hoppy - I  stay just far enough ahead of Freddy so I can't hear him.

Knut - It's a 2008 but the luff length is still printed wrong. I was rigging at 480 but the sail felt awful, no bottom or top end. I've ended up at 477 and it is nice. I had a 2009 before this one which was awesome but it got trashed on the reef and as I won't be sailing much in the next year I just got Snags old one to fill in for a couple of months. I did try the 2009 on an X6 but it wasn't as good as the Carbontech I normally use.

Nice sail there Gaz, and you didn't hit anything this time! Hope to catch up when your back from Darwin.