Port Douglas, QLD, AU

Have been too busy enjoying the wind to post GPS data - Ed twisted my arm to do so.  This is my fourth day in a row out there in the playground - off Fourmile enjoying the benign tides and the ever-increasing wind strength.  Also chasing down those kite surfers.  Started off on Saturday rigging my 7.8m and having the sweetest sail i can remember - Just enough wind to hook in and cruise around all afternoon.  After that Sunday and Monday changed down to my 6.5 Severne Turbo = single camber and it is becoming my most useful sail.  That camber makes all the difference.  Headed down this afternoon and all hell had broken loose.  Rigged the 6.5 - went down to the water and thought I'd change down to my 6m Gator.  Cranked down, and flattened right out - and about half an hour playing in the muddy - weed infested water I came in and changed the outhaul grommet to the lower position.  My new weed fin from the Seabreeze classifieds is just the Bomb - everyone should have one of these.  Just soo happy lately, I seem to have arrived at that magic point where all my gear is totally sorted out and I can just go out and enjoy myself - no more trips over the front these days.  Ed came down later to have a look = he said it was the best he'd seen me sail - a great compliment from my Mentor.  When i look back four years to when I first started sailing with Ed -] I have really come a long way - and so happy to have got back into sailing after 20 years.  Having a break tomorrow - but if this is any indication we could be in for a Rare season.  Hope youse are all getting out amongst it.

Wave session in Geoffrey Bay