4 categories

Final session on Green Island for the 3 day break .(morning session -outgoing tide )

Squally gusty SE-ESE-SSE ,horrendous chop ,lots of "i'm gonna die" moments today ...

Wind was 20-34 knots  so tried a range of gear again .

Started on the FMX racing 61 w ,tsw 27 ,Evo 11 5.6  which worked well early in the session when the tide was still high .

As the water retreated I switched to the FF speed 52.5 tsw 23 & Evo 12 6.6 & immediately gained 2 knots of speed.

Speed run today was essentially South to North & ended in the channel chop on the Nprth side of the island .

Fitness gradually improving ...

Knees ,ankles ,head all took a beating today but definitely worth it ..!!

Mackay, QLD, AU

Last day where the wind, tide and sunshine lined up, so split my shift at work for a quick late morning sail with Phil. A lot of South, so wind line was out wide, but gradually filled in to be powered up nicely on the big gear. Definitely worth it, although sailing fitness suffering after 7 weeks recovery from busted rib. Windtech SB72, 7.5 Ezzy, 42 Tribal

Nice sail with Troy skipping work to come pla. Was getting flatter towards the end bit still too bumpy onthe bear ofs to get a good speed.

KA RAce 7.1, Patrik 115,tribal 40

2 categories

Port Douglas, QLD, AU..Sun wasn't shining but the wind was blowing.. Very gusty and changing direction all the time..Was a bit hard to know what to rig on arvo's like this was keen to rig my usual burnt out 7m but last time i did that when the wind was very gusty i got a bit 'beaten up'in the big gust..Decided to rig fully pumped 6.5m turbo on 105 Fox 38cm fin..Just managed to to get a good chop hopping session in a very confused sea and breeze going from around 15kts to well over20 kts so it was a bit hard to stay totaly dialed in the whole session..Sailed with Rick and a visitor from melbourne not sure who he was as he went home early but he seemed fast..Rick had a good blast on small gear and i couldn't catch him a couple of times when he was fully lit up..But he went home early as well.. But he sailed well and was happy with his session..I new i wouldn't get any good numbers on the score board so tried to clock up a few kms just to make it worth rigging up for..All good fun..Cheers Ed..

3 categories

Burrum Heads, QLD, Australia

Fanatic 94 Jag, 6.4 Patrik Race+, 29 Weedspeed

Got the old Gw60 to work although it turned itself off a couple of times and the band broke again. Pretty good day, wind was a bit up and down but I think everyone enjoyed themselves. Still pretty good when we came in but I ran out of gas. Don't think we've got the Patrik sails sorted yet but they feel pretty good. Out with Merena, Geoff and Mark Jordan. 

Golden Beach, QLD, AU