Started enjoying myself at the start but had to tack a bit to get best speed - until becalmed @ Pinaroo :-( Had fun on the waves @ Alkimos then the wind really kicked in and the conditions got a lot worse - really gusty and choppy - I had to slow down to avoid big wipe outs when nose-diving into big chop. Biggest mistake I made was wear a waist harness - by the end the kite was very high and I was bearing off by no more than 20 degrees so it was difficult to keep the harness low enough to be comfortable. Graham Currie, Mary and my son Scott were my land-based support crew - Graham and I went out for a wave ride @ South Passage for an hour - after changing down to my 5m Pulse
The furtherest offshore I went was 500-700m. I had a mobile phone, GPS, EPIRB and Camelbak with water, food & money. Apart from the harness I was pretty comfortable and enjoyed myself - love a challenge - besides it was training for a possible world record distance attempt: 300km+ Perth or Lano out to the Abroholos Islands - keen to secure sponsors
as we'll need a cray boat as Guinness official observer & safety and the fuel bill won't be cheap
(and at a leisurely pace of course!)
