Liptons Noice sail, got the feeling of speed again and reminds me why I love windsurfing Fave Gear Mistral Speed 55/95 TR9 6.3m Pepeweed 22/48

Koombana Bay, WA, AU Foiling session

7m - manta foil.

wind was absolutly crazy - south / south east/ south west.

It did not kick in to around 1600hrs.

Bender had the best wind earlier on the formula kit.

Water flat crystal clean

Happy days

Carlisle St, Safety Bay, WA, AU  Pat SL92 & 115, 2XC 6.5, TWS 31 & 35

Nice sail at SB in the chop, Joined by a couple of pesky Pinnas, Lunny and Ken.

Coodanup, WA, AU

Pat100 tr16 6.3m FF22

Good to catch up and sail with Mike, Basil and Ross.

good fun down the coodnitz speed run and plenty of pretty flat water further out of the weed.

happy days

Coodanup, WA, AU

Once again I am a winner. This time it is idiot of the day.When you consider the the ne-er do wells , deros and other forms of pond life that make up the membership of the Manbra Mob this is not an easy title to win.

First I managed to put my front entry wet suit on back to front. I did consider walking and sailing backwards for the afternoon and when you consider the caliber of the days team ( Mike ,SluGger and the fangman) I could have gotten away with it. Instead , being an honest and clever fellow I decided to jump in the air and rotate very quickly.Unfortunately I could not achieve the required rotational speed and had take it off and put it on the right way around.

Upon launching I noticed that my board slid easily through the weedy shallows but would not line up to sail away,No Fin

Once the fin was fitted I tried to sail off again only to have the boom come loose.Did not fasten the outhaul.

With all fixed I set off only to sail straight into channell sand where I dismounted with my usual grace and elan.

After that it mostly plain sailing with no more than the usual elegant dismounts.

Anothe fun session in fangys weed, with Ros Simon and Basil

Good conditions to try out my new 2019 6.2 koncept. Great sail. but just before launch my anemometer said 20av 24 gusts, so I used the ne 48cm board with the 19cm @ 55ds. Worked very nicely when it was 20kts, but the smaller board was finding plenty of holes. I got fed up watching slugger and fangy flying around so changed to the 53cm board with the 20cm fin. Of course to everybody's delight this pushed the wind up a notch. And I got another notch when the others went in. This session was much more fun, more wind bigger board, had me on the plane 95% of the time. Sail felt fantastic.

My goal today was alphas, I don't think we've done any good team wise, but I wore DIY logger V2 on my left arm today, to see if it makes any difference to the 2s gybe discrepancy.

Fangyland on the barge.Yeeha  aJB for the Nauti on the Barge :-))).  Post more later.

I think today was a battle between Cap'n Calm and Huey. I was going to call it a battle of wits, but Basil took out first prize with his wetsuit on backwards and fitting better as a result. When I chucked in the study at lunchtime, it was blowing very nicely. Sludge turned up with his beer flavoured ice cream van and possibly the wind dropped a tad. Shiny, shiny brand new hi-vis sails Cap'n Calm turned up and ensured that my carrying the little board down to the beach had been a waste of time as the breeze dropped from awesome to zombie.

In the end, I decided that the Barge and FF24, KaR 7.1 was the deal. And for the most part, it was a reasonable choice. The higher tide meant that I could sail most places, but the weed was still too thick for any speed. There were some nice little patches to run through, but I found it difficult to keep enough sail pressure for an entire nauti.  Happily, late in the arvo, just as I had pontificated to Sludge that the breeze had done its dash, Cap'n Calm went and changed to a big board. Instant increase of a couple of knots and I reckon the last few laps of the pond were the best of the day.

All in all a fun session with the select few mobbers, and the Beer o'clock with Sludge to round out a Top Ten Fangy Day.