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| Average | 37.86 | 34.75 | 18.57 | 24.29 | 28.64 | 50.66 | ||||||||||||
fangy (22667km): 
Top Ten Fangy Day at last! I downed the pencils and calculator just after lunch to reward myself and went for the best sail I have had in a long time. I think we need to set up some sort crowd funding to send the muppet to Karrathastan more often. It seems to work a treat.
I chucked in the Party Barge and Fat Fangy Delta 22 on top of the crabs lurking in the shallows. I think they have been feeding on a jetskier’s lost stash of ICE, and as a result they are mental and full of angry beans. I decided my delicate tootsies were not up to another round with the crabs, so I had looked for somewhere to launch that required the minimal amount of walking on a low tide.
S -Bend and a run out through the nearshore channel fitted the bill nicely. Final score; the crabs only got one hit. ( Shane arrived just as I was finishing up, and being a Nanna, I obviously didn't speak slow enough when I explained about the channel. I watched him walk through the channel, out the other side, and then trek for miles, kicking off crabs as he went, in order to get to some deep water - bloody funny to watch and that was a top ten day in itself) .
I digress. Back to the session. I am not sure if Huey was confused and thought the muppet was still in town, but as soon as he figured it out, the breeze picked up and I was overpowered on the Koncept 7.5. Of course my laziness is legendary, so I just enlisted all my momentum muscle ( all thanks to the work-outs at Hards Gym) and just sat down, hard, on the harness.
The end result was an absolute giggle. This was the fastest the Party Barge has ever gone. It’s impossible not to laugh when you have almost 10 foot of board out of the water charging downhill. My revised Fat Fangy Delta did the job and lifted the barge up nicely when I rolled her over a bit. I know it is not particularly fast but I guess it’s the same buzz you get when you go racing trucks.
So, not a long session, but brilliant fun. TTFD = Big smile on the dial :-)  Tracks from today:
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Decrepit (54506km):  1 categories  Sailed a little too shallow Liptons. e Enough wind for the 43 board and 5.8 sail, I wanted to try for an hour, so probably should have used a 23/24 cm fin, but because of the lack of water, and the abundance of flat stuff in the shallows, I went with the 17cm 50deg starboard assy, coped surprisingly well with the chop in the channel but it was hard work making ground. Nice to sail with Firey after his travels, Sam also joined us again, along with Hardie, and as I came in I crossed paths with Paul.
Not a bad sacrifice Elmo, it was loads of fun!
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Hardie (35741km):  2 categories   Liptons: nice to sail in some stronger winds, gybing at 36knots of speed was fun did 2 of them, just way too wide for alphas, but should've kept doing them such a great feeling and way more fun than trying for high 2 sec peaks Mistral speed 95/55, TR9 6.3m Pepeweed 22/48. Started out with a delta 20/55 and kept spinning out at speed which killed the confidence, so went back and changed to the trusted pepeweed. | ||||||||||||||||||
Stretch (30879km):  Glory Holes, Australind, WA, AU. was a major fizzle down here, one good run and that then it was pretty much all over. very disappointing. Spewing I wasnt able to get up to Liptons. Nice work Mike, Joe and Ross! | ||||||||||||||||||
Firiebob (17842km):  Liptons, Peel Inlet, WA, AU A short but great sail, the tide was too low for me, maybe not but I didn't want to take chance with new board. A couple of times when looking for a spot to do a U turn I did just touch so that was warning enouth. I did watch Mad Mike and Sammy scream across the flats and was suitably impressed. Loving my new board, a definite improvment on my old 58 which I thought was the ducks nuts Great to catch up with old faces, last sailed here begining of March. CA SL87, 27 Tribal WS, 6.6 Koncept and boardies
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Oaf (7377km):  3 categories  Peel Inlet, WA, AU Arrived nice and late. Had a quick chat with Stroppo, who was on call and not sailing and Firie who was just finished. Then as quick as I could on to the water. Very shallow for Liptons but plenty of flat water to be had if you risked the shallows enough. Lots of Kiters out too. Everybody was getting off the water just as I was going on. Great day though, just loads of powered blasting, and my second best speed ever with a GPS and 3 scores in my top 5 today, Huge uncontrollable smile on my face. Got off the water after 6:30. I hope everybody else had a good time too. Manta 86, 6.0 HSM GPS
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Sammy the snail (29353km):  3 categories  Liptons, fast place but the area scares me with all the hidden shallows, cannot push it, nbs done on other side. Great to catch wiz all Iso85, RSS 5.8, LSW25 (perfect combo) | ||||||||||||||||||
, will I ever learn that windsurfing is for fun first and foremost
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