Pelican Point, WA, AU, Gusty and like a winter sail. Not much fun really after the lovely sea breezes. Got on and in the water at least.
28/10/2010
JT 2010-10-28
25/10/2010
JT GVB 2010-10-25
Cruisy Mettams to Sorrento, Kombat 79l 5.8 Ezzy SE Wave. Nice and relaxing feeding time run.
Got off the water just before the sun set.
24/10/2010
JT Melville Distance
Melville Beach – Sonic 95 , Ezzy 6.5 Infinity. JP Weed 31 / Choco weed 27.
Goal of the day was to break 100K (and get a PB). Got the PB but the distance was 99.75 Km. The wind was very gusty, at times I was thinking I would need to change down but then it would drop out again. By the end of the day the wind seemed to have gone completely. I suppose I should have been able to bob another 250m but the conversion from nm to Km had me confused (and I had to be home to cook dinner , and I was stuffed).
Only realised after posting that I got an hour PB as well – that was unexpected.
The yellow line is the amount “extra” I needed to do to get 100Km
23/10/2010
JT SL GVB Mettams to Sorrento
Mettams to Sorrento,
had an “Andrew Symonds” moment and ignored the cricket game in progress
Quick sail as discovered a tear in the tendon in my mast base so took it pretty easy most of the time.
5m Ezzy wave, Kombat 79 – perfect most of the time.
Steve wouldnt swap my bodgy torn one for his nice new one even though his was too long ;-=)
so i sailed in close
Steve broke harness, Gav trashed sail and I had torn mastbase tendon. Great day out.
Got all the way around on my upwind jump tack thing (got the board all the way around but landing on back in water with sail still the other way. All a bit of fun.
13/10/2010
JT 2010-10-13 Pt Walter
Pt Walter, waiting for gusts. Got some good runs. Sonic 95, Choco 30 weed, 5.8 Koncept. took a big chunk out of the fin early on, about 4 cm up from the tip. More rocks than you realise around there ! A PB for this board and my 2nd best, so better than it felt. I think the fast run was the one where I could see the end of the gust on the water in front of me and just laughed as I caught it and sailed out of the wind. Went from 33.7 , 32.2, 30, 27, 24, 23 ,22 , 20 as I left the wind
12/10/2010
JT ??? Metts to Sorrento
Lazy late mettams to sorrento. sun had set by the time we were getting of the water, kept thinking “feeding time” with every water start. rigged 5.0 SE Wave, bad idea, Kombat 79l.
A lot of fun to be carving at the beginning but very tiring as the wind switched of and I wasnt planing for the second half.
10/10/2010
JT Melville
Melville, 6.5 ezzy Sonic
Great fun but very tiring, the extremes of plodding along and barely water starting to gusts trying to rip the rig out of your hands. Last sail for the winter ?
05/10/2010
JT 5-10-2010 Peli point
bit gusty, 5.8KA Sonic. too impatient to wait for coast run, sounds like it was fun (hear Pete was on a 5.0 !)
Pinnaroos in the ashes this month, I think distance is the go. Any PB is extras !