Well done Taswegians! Great effort to get out there, doing the Henty missions, and going the distance. A win well deserved.
On the GTC theme, back out in the wild west,
Once upon a time... we could use small boards in Perth
My speed board is now 82cm wide. Its been a challenging year in WA for going fast. The few days where the wind got over 25kts came with no flat water, and we are heading into the second low wind summer in a row. The water temperatures are warmer than usual again, so the seabreezes arent really happening. And we aren't getting the strong easterlies we had last summer. Pretty septic really. The past 2 years in Perth had the hottest average temps on record, so something has been up with the weather.
Pt Walter and Melville (WA's fastest water) refused to fire, so we got a bit more adventurous. The Beaver delivered the glory speeds for the year in WA, and even Woodman's Pt was good for 40 a couple of times. The manbra boys got adventurous and did the mission to Shark Bay to capture a load of wind and got some great speeds. I suspect there will be more missions up there.
Fingers crossed for a normal 2012 so we dont have to drive too far!
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