Smashed the 30 Tim, you can call yourself a speed sailor now. Well done!

Now for the 30 5X...

Well done on cracking 30, Tim.

Well done Tim, nice effort on fsw gear!

Well Done Tim

That is one nice easter egg for you mate...

Thanks Windxtasy, Barry, Easty, Russell and others, it has been a good day 

Well done on the Pbs Tim and cracking 30 knots

Awesome  set of numbers there Steve!! well done!! 

Great work Tim

Didnt realise you were downwinding Steve.  Did u go out at blackers  for a sail and just keep going cause it looked the go.  What a day awesome steve.

Will and I had a great bump and jump at howrah.

Amazing sailing Steve!

Yeah Steve you're certifiably crazy! 3.30 am start, in that weather, madness.

Care to elaborate on the big dark shadow? Or is that a subliminal metaphor for your mental state after you realized how crazy you were?

well done Steve

3.30 start  Thank God I missed your phone call to raz me into going

top effort mate...

Well done Tim on cracking the 30 knots, that's a very memorable achievement!! 

Nice set of numbers in those conditions Steve!!  Tough sailing conditions!!

Thanks guys, Easty I cannot be sure but it looked like a shark. Definately wasnt a skate as I was in about 2 metres of water. I was sailing towards the western side and then had to get back to the other side. On my way back it actually swam under my board again. It was kinda swiming in that S motion. Scared the crap out of me both times. It was big what ever it was.

mmm, sounds scary all right! Where were you sailing?

Any sane shark that witnessed a mad man charging around at full throttle in insane conditions would be deperate to keep well away.

I reckon you scared the crap out of it!

Ha-ha, I guess thats why I didnt get eaten.

Thought Mortimer up near the neck would be the last place you'd see a shark, so shallow, or maybe they like shallow. I bet it was rough going in the Derwent, especially the gap between Droughty and South Arm. I was thinking of going off Sandy Bay but didn't want to go out there on my own in those conditions.

Three pretty epic sessions there Steve!  Well done - crazy!!  I reckon you saw a shark.  Probably not a white pointer, but plenty of sharks out there, which is a good thing!  We share the water with them! 

Plenty of rays in the shallows down there, (and Doran's and the Pond). Quick net search came up with small whites and hammerheads liking to eat rays. Not many hammerheads down here. But as Dave says, that's cool. Their territory.

"It's all fun and games until someone loses a torso"

Mega sesh Steve your a keen sailor

Steve if it helps any daylight savings finishes Sunday morning, should be light by about 6. 

Great session well deserved 6 jelly beans.

Well done on the Pbs Tim.

Just had a play around with the tracks. The yellow line is where I should have launched at the Taroona boat ramp for the down the river run. From Blackmans Bay to Taroona it was really bad and super rough. From Taroona down to sandy Bay wasnt too bad and a lot of fun. From the end of Opposum Bay to Sandford its quite smooth and easy going. The beach at Sandford at the end of the red lines was really flat in the bay. Red line is the 1 hour and black triangle at South arm was the beast below.

Amazing tracks Steve!

Thanks for the acknowledgement Will, Steve, Alan, Dave and Cookie! Felt I learnt a bit more about controlling the board on the short chop and when tailwalking at times. Adds a bit to the confidence.