Albany, WA, AU Harding rd JP 101 , NPH2 6.2 , jp 31 weedy . Bit of an interesting sail with Jeremy . weather was true winters day . i spent most  of my time on the water being a crash test DUMMY so i decided to call it a day before i hurt myself

Lilacs, Albany, WA, AU

Koncept 6.2, Sonic 85L + Pepe Tribal 29 + Tribal S'weed 23

Well that was a wet sail with Shane, we both even adopted the Wazza trademarked preparation by driving down to Lilacs in our wetsuits. 

Started out with the 6.2 which was the right choice for about the first 15mins & then way over powered for most of the time. Felt like I had too much lift from the 29 so I went & changed down to the 23. In hindsight I should have also changed to the 5.4 instead of just adding a bit more downhaul. Did see Shane make a sizeable dent in the water whilst onshore.

Had a few good runs but a lot of the time especially across the wind I was really having to feather the sail a lot & struggling for control. The rain never let up & there were some wicked squalls, think that's the first time I've sailed at Lilacs & at times not been able to see the shore from any direction, weird feeling.

Towards the end I had to shelter under the sail a couple of times before a little clear spot & lull allower me to sail in. By this stage was getting cold & have realised I'm very sailing unfit. Shane had already started to unrig & whilst the conditions looked to be maybe starting to moderate I figured that was Huey just laying a trap for me. Considered going out again but wasn't that keen on sailing by myself, besides a hot shower was looking irresistable at this point. So I piked out 

The gun sailors would have loved it out there today.

GW60 Results

2sec 35.858

5x10 33.349

1hr 8.896

Alpha 5.074

NM 28.849

Kms 20.542