Fun day, but was getting frustrated at not improving on the 2 sec speed, but once I got time to get to a computer with realspeed things looked better.

5.8KA, 30cm JP, 95l Sonic

Followed someone who was fast down into kite country / shallows then chickened out and slowed down – bad idea as you then draw more water. Then chicken jybed and hit rocks ! should have stayed out of there or just gone for it !!!

Melville from about 14:00 – 4.2 m ezzy wave (1998 and still going strong), sonic 95l

Like goldilocks, sometime too hot, sometime too cold, sometime just right.

Had fun – Dont know how you other guys manage those speeds in those conditions !

 I had one set of gusts that completely backwinded the 4.2 – dont know how windy that has to be.

Early morning start with Mark, on the water by 8. But then realised my tightening of the footstraps had gone a bit too far, very hard to handle gusts when you cant get your feet in ! Back to the car for a screwdriver. Then some swimming, standing waiting.

Then wind seemed to get better, but my boom developed a nasty wobble. Broken arm inside the head. So packed up leaving the others to enjoy the wind and visited the shop on my way home. Got the replacement part and fitted it so have a functioning boom again.

Numbers were a bit dissapointing but still had a lot of fun.

Good fun at Melville, KA 5.8, 30cm JP fin, Sonic 95.  2.5 hours and was very tired by the end.