Boz (39135km):
914 days ago Melville Beach, WA, AU
Melville Chop City, the Slow one still managed high 39 master at work, good to see kenny on the wave board pulling forward loops like a pro, Ben with a grin on his face as he survived on the 5.0m sail, and Richo our new team member sailing like a champiuon no doubt 40 just around the corner. Should have nit the bullet and headed to RSoles but will have to wait for the next big blow, will be good to have the low dfown from the Antman when he posts.
Manta 54 KAR 5.5
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Snickers (12777km):
914 days ago Melville Beach, WA, AU
Has pretty hairy out on the water, decided to rig the sail a tiny bit flatter, headed out again and it was even dicier. After a few but clenching runs I left it for the big kids to play.
KA koncept5, is76 then mistral 91
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Antman (22985km):
914 days ago Lake Walyungup, WA, AU
Bit of a trek to get to the launch site,pays to make sure you have all the kit you need as i forgot the uj which cost me another 40 min trek :) Payed off doing the recon with jim the other day as this gave me confidance getting close to the bank.Probebly had a bit to much from the nnw but odd squirts from the nw showed the potential for some fast runs.Was good to see jim rock up and have a bit of a chat.,He left it a bit late to sail but informed me of woody,s encounter with a tiger snake in the grasses near the park,just as well i never new :) There was some huge gusts coming through that fully powerd up the 5.4 NX 53 Patrick,20 Dws..It was super choppy 20 mtrs off the bank and quite hard work in the gusts but super stoked to get a few 40 knot runs and lkn fwd to giving it another crack in the next NW---WNW..
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Flex (15724km):
912 days ago 1 categories  Lake Preston, WA, AU. Headed to Boombas but was so cold and uninviting decided to explore Cheesegraters. Arrived to huge rain squall and did a quick recon of the route in, got totally drenched and cold. Wind was howling. Was thankful for the largest homemade pie ever from the nearby Myalup general store to keep the spirits up. With the squall still on I got into the wetsuit, loaded the buggy and headed off. Rain stopped, sun came out, water was crystal clear so rigged and headed out. Magic. For the first run I stayed well away from the sand bank as no clue of depth, was ok run and had potential so gybed and headed back for another run. The next gybe had come into a wind shadow on western side and came off...bloody hell, Decrepit had warned me but I was not prepared for the saltiness. His words of vomit inducing saltiness are right on the mark. Couldn't water start as in the wind shadow so opted to swim the few meters to shore..the mud was exactly as Decrepit had advised...infinitely deep. Got to shore, thankfully the last few meters is hard limestone and not sharp to feet. Was wretching from the saltiness and to make matters worse forgot to bring water. Whilst trying to recover from this monumental salt overload a big gust picked my rig up and it landed perfectly on my buggy, going straight through the sail. Maybe this day was not meant to be so I just walked the speed run to check depths. 30 minutes later was still suffering from my brief immersion. I did a buoyancy test and was more floaty than the dead sea (and a lot cooler). Quite surreal floating about 1/2 out of the water with hands and feet in the air. Thought I got a selfie but didn't work.
Figured it was a bit dumb to be sailing alone in this spot with water that is so toxic so decided to head back to Boombas since the wind had swung a bit. I arrived and conditions were a lot better and was relatively flat inside Robert bay so started rigging but had a lot more west than expected...hang on, more west only meant one thing....Antman was heading to Walyungup. So decided to go join him, arrived very late but he was out. Woody was there but had been spooked by a snake so was sitting it out. Figured by the time I loaded buggy, dragged it the 1.5km and rigged it would be time to rig down so just ran out to try and film him. Sure enough encounted the snake on the way but was smaller than the cockroaches at home so didn't bother me. Antman was possessed, I filmed for an hour or so and was in the process of leaving when he gesticulated wildly for me to return. He'd cracked 40...40.5 peak.. I promised to film 2 more runs and then leave...10 runs later he was still going and still going when I got back to van and headed home..wind was kicking in. Didn't do much sailing but seemed to be a full day of adventure none the less.  
video https://youtu.be/47Zh2K-NA-o
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