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Arrived at Boombas to find a crew of Pinnas with a nice fire going, but not a lot of wind, Flex was out of course, be interesting to see how far he got today.

I went middle of the road, 55cm board, 5.7 speed with 20cm deltoid. Probably should have gone with the 26cm weedy, there wasn't too many bad burgs, and it would have been much nicer in the chop. (when the wind came in)

Wind was very up and down and fairly square, to me ages to get into the 2nd bay, had a few nice runs there, before hands got cold and sore, and arms started to fail. So came in and rebuilt the fire that was almost out.

By the time I'd lunched and downrigged the tide had come up and drowned the fire. I was positive we'd have to drive out through salt water, but I think the council must have added several layers of gravel, because there was still a clear path down the road.

Wind also [icked up big time, and with the increased tide the venue became chop city, most of us packed up and went home, but a couple of hardie souls were still out there bouncing around,

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Point Grey, WA, AU

a very quick boomba.s session for me

between being too soft from only foiling lately and a couple of stuffed shoulders

didnt stick it out for long.

good to catch up with a few people though.

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Great roll up of people hoping to sail the northerly at Boombas. Wind was slow to kick in , but did eventually and brought choppy conditions with it. I used Falcon 113 & 89 with 6.3scr and Fangy fins. Tried out my CA52 & Tribal Delta 18 at the end. That was a poor choice, I should have put my 29TWS in the 89. Didn't manage much speed wise today, but really enjoyed a good blast with a good crew 

Point Grey, WA, AU CA 61 koncept 6.2 tws31 reboxed Started late but so did the wind. Managed to break a harness line so back in again. Second time I went out had a couple of short runs and the wind really kicked in and I was overcooked. The water became too choppy to make it worthwhile changing down so called it. A good crew turned out for the day. Great to catch up with all the boys. Made the trip worthwhile 😀

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Point Grey, WA, AU

I have defrosted enough to post some words but the numbers are too hard. Or more accurately, my GPS that had fallen down between the car seats on the drive home is still there because I am too lazy to try and extract it just yet.

Sunday was fab to be on water with such a big mob of lunatics in that weather, even if they were mostly Peskys. As usual, probably too much gas bagging and not enough sailing on my part.

Overall it was a bit of a mixed bag of a day for me. It was the first Boombas outing for my fancy schmancy quick release towball on the Kommandantmobile. The towball worked a treat, but the bloody fat rear tyres on the beast floated around on the gravel  quite bit more than the previous car. After the initial Tokyo drift on the first corner, a far more delicate touch with the right foot and far more attention was the order of the day.

Once on the water I used my mechanical uni for the first time. It was noticeably harsher in the chop, but not enough to be an issue.  Back to the tyres again, it felt like swapping to low profile tyres after having gotten used to some balloon boulevard cruisers. Definitely a firmer/harsher and more direct ride. One unexpected advantage was the ability to manoeuvre the board when I was in the water. The limited movement of the universal kept the board in position and less likely to flip etc. 

I was also keen to try out a few different experimental fin profiles and compare them. They were all variations on a FF24, but with finer max chord thickness  that was also moved back, along with different leading edge radius. At the end of the day I pretty well learnt nothing because the water state and wind strength changed too much between fin pit stops to be an even playing field. 

One of the fins was pretty disappointing and was continually spinning out. By that stage I was overpowered and back hand heavy, but it still was a bit of a surprise at how rubbish the fin performed. I stopped to catch my breath ( I.e. fell off ) and checked the fin. It was hanging by its rear bolt only. Apparently attempting to cleave my way across some limestone on the shore in the first bay had done a bit more damage than I thought. With fingers crossed really tightly, I managed to nurse it back home before it failed entirely. 

I am not sure why, perhaps I spent too much time in the water, but I got really cold and even with booties on, I had to look down and see where my footstraps were because I couldn’t feel my feet. My hands didn’t fare much better, and when it came time to make the decision to change down or pack up, there was not a lot of argument that a warm car ride home wasn’t looking really good. And to finish an exciting day out, came the news that Gladys COVID management strategy will possibly mean including Mandurah as part of the Greater Sydney area… Ho hum here we go again.