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Carlisle St, Safety Bay, WA, AU

OOOooooooo!!! it seems the Mistral really is quite a fast beasty bit of kit Far from perfectly flat yet that Mistral just powers through!! Well......... i think i like it.

Similar conditions to yesterday but more southerly, didnt see any other Pinnarooskies at the bay of less safeness than normal, but i had to leave early again for the W word thing.

Did a few runs in the pond, good for alphas cos if you come off the crabs bite your feet. Great little incentive they are, so if you really want to learn to gybe thats the spot, or you will be punished by mr blue-claw.

Seems the southern side of the pengos bar is working better for me for the speed at the moment, very pleasant spot too.

Hope many others got out today too

Hi Ho, off to work again.

RRD xfire 102, Mistral Sl 91, Overdrive 6.0, C3 stingII 27 (lunny weedified)

5m Ezzy and 79l combat at Watermans, thought I would try the knee out at the beach but realised it was a bad idea straight away. Was actually a bit overpowered with the 5 and the sea state was very lumpy.  Just didnt have the confidence to go for it and imagined trying to explain what I had done if I injured it again so packed it up. Should have gone somewhere smooth but was a bit pressed for time.

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Coodanup, WA

Awesome day with Anita and the MMs - tide was super low, heaps of weed kept the speed down a bit. Wind 15 to 20 knots.

NM was into the sun, had no idea of the depth and ended up crashing in ankle deep water - x on the map below.  Super fun though

Mistral 91, KA Koncept 7m, Delta 17 Speed

Inspired by Lezz's wave speed a change of plan gave one of my weirdest Wallyworld sails!

Packed the car with light wind wave gear believing the Marine forecast rather than SB.

Whilst at the W word listening to the roof rattle figure the ocean on that gear is a no no.

So decide to head over to Wallyworld from Mossie side to practise some oooohs on Starboard tack in the shallows.

The track explains alot! As Elmo would say swinging around and up and down like a crazy womans wee!

Timed the switch perfectly!

Blade 5.3, Rider Quad 100

Coodanup, WA, AU iS111, 6.4K 23 pepweed, then 85Sonic, 5.7K, 17 delta

The forecast for today was perfect for distance (15-18 knots all day) and needing a good distance for the year and a good distance for the team I decided to go for a PB. I got so excited by the forecast I could hardly sleep last night (hence the username “Windxtasy”)

The Pinnaroos  are not so keen on distance efforts, and  a captain’s knock was required to inspire them. For a while it looked like even that was not going to be enough and I would be sailing alone, but Fangys morning condition report – 2 nm run straight through to boundary island in flat water- caught the interest of our chief nautical miler "my foot is too sore to go for distance today", who was further tempted by the offer of a delta fin fron Fangy’s Fin Exchange. Fangy got a rap over the knuckles for that one – from his captain, who said “Don’t lend JJ fins!”  It turned out the Mandurah Mob had booby trapped Fangyland in revenge and we had to brave millions of exceedingly spiky grass seeds which get stuck in your clothing while you rig (Now we know why nanna chairs are mandatory at Fangy’s), hundreds of bitey crabs , fin snagging weed, board crunching rocks, fluctuating wind, and a disappearing tide.

The day started badly. I rigged in a lull and then the wind picked up just as I launched (another trap for the visitors) . I was warned by Decrepit who was coming in to change down, but having rigged… One huge 2 nm run downwind and then pinching upwind to wash off speed left me upwind of our start point and being unfamiliar with the landmarks, I wasn’t quite sure where that was. Eventually I worked it out but it was a downwind run to get there (remember I am already overpowered). By the time I arrived back at the launch spot I was leg weary and fatigued and I feared my distance effort had been nipped in the bud.

I  rigged smaller,  choosing my trusty fave combo of 85 Sonic and 5.7Koncept, and set out again. Thinking my distance effort was hopeless I decided to have some fun in the smooth going for speed runs and nautical miles. Before I knew it I had done 33nm and only needed another 10 to get a PB, so the distance race was on again. When I passed JJ who was going in for refreshments he agreed to keep me company. 

I stopped with 48nm on the GPS. I thought I’d have a bit of a rest while I derigged the first set of gear, and then go out again, because I still had plenty of energy left and would have liked 100km. I didn’t want to have to derig two sets at the end of the day. Then I looked at the clock and realized it was late and I still had to drive home and cook dinner. When Decrepit, who was the last on the water, came in I decided to call it a day. JJ valiantly offered to wait for me, but at that stage I would have been sailing directly into the setting sun, the tide was retreating rapidly, and it was getting dangerous.

I ended up with a PB distance and a top 5 alpha and nm. I did do some screaming gybes but always seemed to bottom out on the exit.

Only the second time I have scored over 30 knots on the 85 Sonic. It's not fast in my hands but it sure is comfy!

On derigging I noticed the big board had a hole in the bottom. Good thing I didn't do 86 km on it!

Thanks for the backup, distance buddy! We just made the 100km average (which is what I had in the back of my mind all along).

Definitely a top ten Fangy day!

Pelican Point, WA, AU

Funny day, variable wind speed and direction

Still it was a sail, and same problem for everyone. 98 Xfire, 5.8 Koncept, 29 CL weedy

Carlisle St, Safety Bay, WA, AU 105Rocket, 31 weed, 6m Gastra. Wind dropped when I rigged up. It really was shallow at both ends. I was sure I would see some Pinnaroos but it was my last minute go and I did not have that much time.