Knocked of work early, got a board to test drive
Picked up every light on the way home from Welshpool to sth Mandurah changing to orange.
Got home just after 4 picked up my smallest sail (4.5m) and headed out to Avalon Bay, rigged up,
Squall comes through wait till it dies down marginaly and I can lugg my gear down to the beach.
Quick prayer to Huey to be gentle and to play nice and away we go
Oh smeg
We're a bit powered up here, at end of the bay the breeze has picked up, low and behold I managed a Gybe
(hey thats good for me)
The run back the winds going off
, it's chopping up inside the reef line, half way back I've cavitate the fin.. hey were going sideways at 30+kmh, oh well. 100+mtrs later got it back
Oh smeg, the winds getting stronger. Time to unhook. made it back to shore Yippeeeee.
Park my sorry (not so little) freckle on my gear in the miny pond waiting for the worst to go past
10 mins later my imagination tells me it's time to try it again.
Take of well powered up, a ramp rears up in front of me at the inside reef, aim into the wind a bit, hit it, we have air
Oh smeg again! we're flying backwards.
hmmm might be time to flag it.
43 knot gusts on bom for Mandurah central, no bruises
, no damage
Cooool
A good session (albeit a very short one)
Alby
but well below an average winter so far.
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