Sail # | Date | Place | Sail | Board | Water | Wind | Fin | Comments -------|----------|-----------------|------|-------------|------------|--------|-----|------------------------------- 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | 1. | Dec 26 | Lake Conewarre | 5.7 | Vivace 275 |Flat/vs.chop| 20-25+| 310 | Waaay overporwered - only used | | | | | | | | 5.7 cos Dave/P on 5.0. switched from | | | | | | | | 358to310fin after one run which | | | | | | | | made things marginally more managable 2. | Dec 27 | Middle Park | 5.7 | Vivace 275 | s.chop | 18-20 | 358 | Fin great, but broke off! Sailed in | | | | | | | | sideways! Fin replaced on warranty 3. | Dec 31 | Lake George | 5.7 | Vivace 275 | Dead flat! | 17-18 | 310 | Most amazingly constant wind ever. | |(South Australia)| | | | | | Noticed cracked nose afterwards | | | | | | | | Think its from a catapult at L.Con. 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. | Jan 4 | Middle Park | 5.0 | Bombora 292 |chop/b.chop | 15-20 | 320?| Underpowered. Bad day. Deck of | | | | | | | | Bombora is getting slippery | | | | | | | | 310 fin damaged on jons board | | | | | | | | Repaired with sanding 5. | Jan 11 | Point Henry | 5.7 | Viv 275 | vs/s.chop | 15-20+ | 358 | Wind started light, but got | | | 5.0 | Bom 292 | | | 320?| stronger. P consistantly pulled | | | 5.7 | Bom 292 (DW)| | | 320?| off waterstarts. Used D. wallands | | | | | | | | Bombora 292. Could sail in footstraps | | | | | | | | with 5.0 on Bom 292. FIRST EVER CARVE | | | | | | | | GYBE!!! 6. | Jan 15 | Middle Park | 5.7 | Viv 275 | chop/s.chp | 10-16 | 358 | Just planable, falling off plane in | | | | | | | | lulls. Pump to get on. 358 excellent. 7. | Jan 18 | Rye | 5.7 | Bom 292 | flat/s.ch |5-20 SW |320? | Off-crossshore/flat water, gusty | | | 6.5 | Viv 282(Jon)| | |360 | 6.5/282 great combination | | | | | | | | Rye seabreeze wind 8. | Jan 19 | Middle Park | 5.7 | Bom 292 | v.b.chop |10-17SW |320 | Underpowered. Waves chop up wind. 9. | Jan 23 | Middle Park | 5.7 | Bom 292 | chop/b.chop|10-17SW |320 | SECOND GYBE!! :-) 10. | Jan 24 |Dendy St Brighton| 5.7 | Viv 275 | b.chop |15-20SW |358 | Big waves coming in parallel to beach | | | | | | | | Some good jumps. Be wary of Rocks close | | | | | | | | in. Nice rigging spot. 11. | Jan 31 | Sandy Point | 6.7 | Bom 292 | vs.chop |5-10SW | 320 | New sail very good. Wind not flash. | | | | | |5-10E | | Lotsa flare gybes. Best with feet together | | | | | | | | rather than one further up board 12. | Feb 1 | Sandy Point | 6.7 | Bom 292 | chop | 5-12E | 320 | Day started with light wind. 4pm | | | | Viv 275 | flat | 15-22E | 358 | came in >20. More out/downhaul. Should | | | | | | | | have changed sails and fin but too tired | | | 5.4 | Viv 275 | | | | First carve gybes(s!) on Viv 275 13. | Feb 8 | Sandy Point | 5.0 | Viv 275 | Dead flat | 15-30+ | 310 | Fast furious and flat! Great day | | | 5.4 | Viv 275 | | SW | | 14. | Feb 9 | Sandy Point | 6.7 | Bom 292 | flat | 5-8 | 320 | Only 400m of runs.. barely worth rigging 15. | Feb 21 | Rye | 6.7 | Bom 292 | flat/vschop| W 5-12 | 320 | Only one run worth it! 16. | Feb 28 | Sandy Point | 5.0 | Bom 292 | flat | SW20+ | 320 | First starboard tack gybe!! First run-gybe- | | | 5.7 | Viv 275 | | | 310 | run-gybe-run!! Fantastic day 17. | Feb 29 | Sandy Point | 6.7 | Bom 292 | dead flat | WSW8-12| 310 | Only a few planing runs. Pandora did two | | | | | | | | superbly smooth flare gybes! 18. | Mar 8 | Mt Martha | 6.7 | Bom 292 | flat | SE2-12 | 320 | VERY gusty.. 0-10knots in seconds. The | | | | | | | | "Anti-LakeGeorge"! A Few planing runs. 19. | Mar 14 | Middle Park | 6.7 | Viv 275 | chop/b.ch | W15-18 | 358 | Good fun B&J day. New harness lines work | | | | | | | | well. Knee bend in chop works well, as | | | | | | | | does getting weight forward 20. | Mar 28 | Sandy Point | 5.7 | viv 275 | vs.chop |WSW15-25| 310 | Great day. Getting worse at | | | 5.5 | mistral exp | | | 340 | gybes! Sailed Mistral Explosion | | | | | | | | What a board! 21. | Mar 30 | Sandy Point | 6.7 | Viv 275 | vs.chop |W5-25 | 358 | Ripped 5.7 so forced to use 6.7 | | | | | | | | Way overpowered in gusts. Plenty | | | | | | | | of downhaul, but too much and | | | | | | | | broke a batten. 22. | April 14 | Sandy Point | 6.7 | Viv 275 | Flat | SW8-16 | 358 | Amazing day. Wind picked up | | | | Bom 292 | | | 320?| and started hitting gybes!! | | | | | | | | Best gybing i have done thus far! 23. | June 14 | Rye | 5.7 | Bom 292 | chop | N10-20+| 320 | Only hit one gybe (Bom 292). Wasnt | | | 6.7 | viv 275 | | | 358 | cold - wore thermals and wetty | | | | | | | | Rye excellent on true Nthly - run | | | | | | | | parallel to beach 24. | June 20 | Rye | 5.0 | Bom 292 | chop inside| N/NW | 320 | Last .5 hr awesome! Some of best | | | | viv 275 | sand bar | 13-30 | 358 | bay sailing i have had. 5-6 gybes | | | | | waves out | | | on Bom, BIG air on Viv - sail though | | | | | | | | outer sand bar to waves and wow! 25. | Sep 19 | Middle Park | 5.5 | Bom 292 | s.waves |NNW/NW/W| 320 | First try with new Gaastra 5.5 2x | | | | | | 5-15 | | Great sail.. excellent top end | | | | | | | | Pandoras first sail of the seas. too. | | | | | | | | Water temp not bad at all!! 26. | Sep 26 | Rye | 6.7 | Bom 292 | chop | N/NNE | 320 | Water (relatively) warm! | | | | | | 8-13 | | Wind not really there. Only one | | | | | | | | powered up planing/straps/cl.slot run. | | | | | | | | Hitting more gybes - flip early AB! 27. | Oct 3 | Middle Park | 5.5 | Viv 275 | s.waves | W 5-17 | 357 | Very frustrating. 20minutes wind on, | | | | Bom 292 | | | 320 | 20 minutes wind off. Some good planing | | | | | | | | runs though. Flow 2x 5.5 excellent. 28. | Oct 17 | Rye | 5.5 | Viv 275 | s.wave/chop| NNW | 310 | Great day!! Flying inside sandbar | | | | | | 15-25 | | on new 5.5. Wind lasted all day 29. | Oct 18 | Middle Park | 5.5 | Viv 275 | s.waves | NNW | 310 | Some/mosttimes overpowered. Very fast | | | | | | 15-30 | | straight into waves. "head into sail" | | | | | | | | seemed to work well for gybes 30 | Oct 24 | Sandy Point | 5.5 | Viv 275 | smooth | W-NW | 310 | Sailing NE from car park. Wind died and | | | | | | 5-30 | | had to walk back along sandbar. | | | | | | | | Putting 1.5inches less downhaul mid sail | | | | | | | | gave way more power. Saw Macquarie Innovator | | | | | | | | on the beach readying for world record speed | | | | | | | | sailing attempt. Chatted to Tim Daddo (Macca | | | | | | | | sailor and current world record holder 46.52knts). 31. | Oct 31 | Pt. Henry | 5.5 | Viv 275 | Flat | S | 310 | Straight out from Pt. Very flat close | | | 5.0 | Bom 292 | | 15-25 | 320 | in - choppy further out. Good Day. 32. | Nov 7 | Lysterfield Lk. | 6.7 | Viv 275 | Flat | N | 358 | Flat, but gusty and light wind. Only 15min | | | | Bom 292 | | 5-20 | 320 | of overpowerd on 6.7. First _planing_ carve | | | | | | | | gybe!! :-) BBQ lunch in wetty was _great_! 32.b | Nov 21 | Sandy Point | 6.7 | Bom 292 | Dead Flat | S-SW | 320 | Pandora sailed, but i had | | | | | | 12-17 | | left wetty at caravan. No wind till 7pm 33. | Nov 22 | Sandy Point | 6.7 | Bom 292 | Dead Flat | SW | 320 | Dropping off plane later, but generally | | | | | | 12-15 | | good wind. Macca Innovation tried one | | | | | | | | run but drifted. Lotsa "flarves" from me! 34. | Nov 28 | Middle Park | 6.7 | Bom 292 | s.waves | W/SW | 320 | Straight front arm works well for initiating | | | | | | 13-18 | | gybe. Fluffed most, and rest were forced. | | | | | | | | Watched guy kitesurfing!! 35. | Dec 5 | Point Henry | 5.5 | Vivace 275 | flat/chop | SW | 310 | Some confused chop near channel, but very | | | | | | 10-25 | | flat and fast in front of rigging area 36. | Dec 12 | Sandy Point | 6.7 | Bom 292 |flat/s.chop | W 10-15| 320 | Some good runs, lotsa "Wally gybes", some | | | | | | | | (slow!) tacks and my first clew first w.start! 37. | Dec 13 | Sandy Point | 5.5 | Vivace 275 |dead flat/ |E 13-20+| 310 | The legendary easterly at last! Sailed on | | | 4.7 | Bic Rock! |flat | | ??? | opposite sandbar. Great fun - long runs! | | | | | | | | Gybed the Vivace ok. DJW and Fluer both did | | | | | | | | their first ever waterstarts. Sailing 5-8pm! 38. | Dec 20 | Middle Park | 5.5 | Vivace 275 | chop/waves |W 10-25 | 310 | Directly onshore early, sailing x-waves | | | | Bom 292 | |WNW 20+ | 320 | Wind died, then returned WNW. Sailing into yachts! 1999 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 39. | Jan 1 | Lucky Bay | 5.0 | Viv 275 | waves | S 25+ | 310 | First sail in Western Australia. Some big | | Esperence, | | | | | | waves near the shorebreak. Drive onto beach. | |Western Australia| | | | | | Only board out in National Park. Amazing scenery 40. | Jan 9 | Lancelin, | 5.5 | Viv 275 | Flat/waves | W 20-25| 310 | Amazing place to sail!! Windsurf central! | | West Aus. | | | | | | Flat inside reef - huge waves outside. Saw | | | | | | | | dolphins in the shallows. AWESOME! | | | | | | | | Chinook mast base needs fixing. 41. | Jan 10 | Lancelin, | 5.5 | Viv 275 | Flat/waves | W 25+ | 310 | Should used 5.0, but even way overpowered | | West Aus. | | | | | | was an awesome sail. Pulled off a few gybes | | | | | | | | but realised i needed to be more agressive | | | | | | | | and just stomp it through them - more speed boy! 42. | Jan 23 | Sandy Point | 5.5 | Viv 275 | Flat |SE 20-25| 310 | Beginners pool. A few gybes. Hands already | | | | | | | | stuffed from trying to "unstick" Daves mast! | | | | | | | | Big catapult after hitting seaweed! 43. | Jan 24 | Sandy Point | 5.5 | Viv 275 |Flat/s.chop |SE 13-20| 310 | Bit light for 5.5 at times. Some good drag | | | 6.5 | Viv 282 | | | 330 | races with Jon and Frosto. | | | | | | | | 6.5 was Gaastra Flow 3x. Stable but not "grunty". 44. | Jan 25 | Sandy Point | 5.5 | Viv 275 |flat/s.chop | E-ESE | 310 | 5.5 a bit big! Flying along eastern sandbank | | | 5.0 | Bom 292 | | 25+ | | One catapult after overpowered tailwalk put my | | | 4.1 |Warren - | | | | head into sail and got very sore neck. Hands | | | |Cornish Tri! | | | | now completely stuffed - sailed with them strapped | | | | | | | | Daves 5.0 Hot sails XTR magnificently "soft", | | | | | | | | soaking up all gusts. Sailed a Warren Cornish | | | | | | | | early 80's tri fin - slow slow slow!! 45. | Feb 7 | Middle Park | 5.5 | Bom 292 |s.chop/waves|5-45(!!)| 320 | Front came through with vengence!! Board too big! | | | | | |NW-SW | | New Ronstan triple block amazing for downhual tens 46. | Feb 21 | Middle Park | 6.7 | Viv 275 |chop |13-17 | 358 | Lots of chop and found board riding up on fin. | | | | | |WSW | 310 | switched 358 to 310. Broke harness b4 sailing! 47. | Feb 27 | Sandy Point | 5.5 | Viv 275 | s.chop |E 20-30+| 310 | Good runs early, but wind got too strong! Jonny | | | | | | | | fell thru my 5.0 - cut day short. Only one gybe.. 48. | Feb 28 | Sandy Point | 6.7 | Bom 292 | dead flat |S 5-10 | 320 | Non-planing day. Lotsa flare gybes. "throw-throw- | | | | | | | | grab-go" works a treat! 49. | Mar 3 | Middle Park | 6.7 | Viv 275 | chop/s.wave|SSW15-18| 310 | Only one gybe but carving well and aggressively. | | | | | | | | Lean forward, straight arm carves well. Throw sail earlier! 50. | Mar 7 | Middle Park | 6.7 | Bom 292 | chop |SSW12-15| 320 | Just enough wind. Closing slot kept it on plane. 51. | Mar 21 | Rye | 5.5 | Viv 275 |flat/waves | N 14-24| 310 | Rye is GREAT! flat inside, big waves out. Fun fun fun! 52. | Mar 24 | Rye | 6.7 | Viv 275 |flat |NNE13-23| 310 | Gotta like a mid-week sail! Head up and look thru | | | | | | | | sail helps gybes considerably 53. | April 5 | Middle Park | 6.7 | Bom 292 | chop |SSW10-15| 320 | Little wind. I curse Autumn! Keep mast close on gybe. 54. | April 6 | Middle Park | 5.5 | Viv 275 | ch&waves |SW10-20 | 310 | Deceptive wind/sun. Had to bag right out. Fun on waves 55. | May 30 | Rye | 6.7 | Bom 292 | chop |N10-15 | 320 | Got there too late(1pm)! 1hr sailing. Get there at 9am!!!! 56. | July 18 | Rye | 5.5 | Viv 275 | chop |NNW10-20| 310 | Arrived at 11:30. Wind died off, switched to Bom. | | | | Bom 292 | | | 320 | Had fun! Gybes.. sheet in to reduce power pre-flip 57. | Aug 8 | Rye | 5.0 | Viv 275 | chop |NE-N | 310 | Didnt sail all that well. Overpowered sometimes. 5.0V6 | | | | | | 15-30 | | fantastic - lotsa downhaul. Gybes: sheet in excellent tip! 58. | Sep 18 | Sandy Point | 5.0 | Viv 275 | Flat | W-SW 25| 310 | Great day, perfect line, best gybing ever on Viv! | | | | | | | | Pandora's first day on E-Rock - shes fast! 59. | Sep 19 | Sandy Point | 6.7 | Viv 275 | Flat | W 15 | 310 | I hate big sails! Fun day. Jonnies sunnies work a treat. 60. | Oct 17 | Lysterfield Lake| 6.7 | Bom 292 | Flat | N10gust| 320 | A potter about. ONly half dozen planing runs. 61. | Nov 1 | Sandy Point | 6.7 | Viv 275 | Flat | SSW 15 | 310 | Pump onto plane EVERY run! Oh my achin' arms.. 62. | Nov 2 | Sandy Point | 6.7 | Bom 292 | Flat/s.chop| E15-25 | 320 | Only just 15 knots early, picking up to a hefy | | | 5.0 | Viv 275 | | | 310 | 25+ knots later. Top day. Easterly. 63. | Nov 13 | Sandy Point | 5.5 | Viv 275 | Flat |WSW15-25| 310 | Dont get much better! Lotsa gybes. Fasssssst! | | | | Bic E-Rock | | | | 64. | Nov 28 | Sandy Point | 5.0 | Viv 275 | Flat/s.chop|E25+ | 310 | Overpowered. Late sail as blowing 4.0 all day 65. | Nov 29 | Sandy Point | 6.7 | Bom 292 | s.chop/flat|E5-15 | 320 | Light wind E then lighter S then E again at 15. | | | | | | | | Was 100% on gybes in beginners pool. 66. | Dec 3 | Middle Park | 5.5 | Viv 275 | Chop |WNW10-15| 310 | Wind changing a lot, but ok after work sail 67. | Dec 4 | Middle Park | 6.7 | Viv 275 | Chop |SW 12-17| 310 | Sea breezes are back! Good afternoon of sailing 68. | Dec 19 | Middle Park | 5.5 | Fanatic274 | Chop |SSW12-25| 320F| New board and fin! Different feel - good jumps! 69. | Dec 24 | Middle Park | 6.7 | Fan 274 | s.chop |SE10-20 | 320F| Directly cross shore, not all that comfy. | | | | | | | | Still, a xmas eve sail! 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 70. | Jan 4 |Gnotuk -Aspendale| 5.0 | Fan 274 | chop/waves |SW15-25+| 320F| Fantastic day! Gnotuk Ave definately gives great | | | | | | | | sail, though poor rigging areas. Board EXCELLENT! | | | | | | | | V6 5.0 needs a batten pocket repair :-( 71. | Jan 6 | Middle Park | 5.5 | Fan 274 | chop |SSW15 | 320F| Just on plane - board planes early but slowly 72. | Jan 7 | Middle Park | 5.5 | Fan 274 | conf chop |SW15-20 | 320F| First big floaty jumps! WoooHooo! Top after work sail! 73. | Jan 21 | Sandy Point | 5.0 | Fan 274 | flat |WSW30+ | 320F| Flat and fast 74. | Jan 22 | Sandy Point | 5.5 | Fan 274 | flat |W15-20 | 320F| Bit gusty, but good sailing 75. | Jan 23 | Sandy Point | 5.5 | Fan 274 | flat |S12-20 | 320F| Best gybing day ever! Throwing front hand across | | | | | | | | almost immediately after releasing backhand works! 76. | Jan 30 | Middle Park | 6.7 | Fan 274 | s.chop |SW10-14 | 320F| Only a couple of runs - water so-so quality. Broke | | | | | | | | batten tie clamp on 6.7 77. | Feb 5 | Middle Park | 5.5 | Fan 274 | chop |WSW20-25| 320F| Flying! gybes were bad, but some nice jumps. 78. | Feb 6 | Middle Park | 5.5 | Fan 274 | chop/waves |WSW25+ | 320F| Overpowered for much of arvo, but had sail | | | | | | | | downhauled to look like a bag-o-whatsit, which | | | | | | | | really softened gusts. Late day (eased off) was | | | | | | | | sublime. Sheet in on those gybes AB! 79. | Feb 12 | Sandy Pt | 5.5 | Fan 274 | flat |WSW25 | 320F| First truely planing carve gybe! :-) 80. | Feb 13 | Sandy Pt | 4.2 | Bom 292 | flat |E20-40! | ??? | Very gusty, very windy day. Used DJW's 5.0 | | | 5.0 | Fan 274 | | | 320F| Hot sails XTR (mine needs repair). Amazingly | | | | | | | | soft sail - think its also soft (IMCS24) mast. 81. | Feb 19 | Rye | 6.0 | Bom 292 | flat | N5-10 | ??? | Sub-planing on Daves board and Hot Sails XTR. | | | | | | | | Flare gybing emphasised early sail flip. 5.0 fixed 82. | Feb 26 | Sandy Point | 5.5 | Fan 274 | flat | 12-18SW| 320F| Wind a bit hit and miss, but about 95% on gybes! 83. | March 3 | Middle Park | 5.5 | Fan 274 | b.chop |15-25SSW| 320F| Rigged 6.7 but was too big as wind came in late | | | | | | | | Changed to 5.5. Next day bought 6.5 Retro! 84. | March 12 | Middle Park | 6.5R | Bom 292 | s.chop | 8-14S | 320 | Retro excellent. Planing in about 12 knots. 85. | March 14 | Middle Park | 5.5 | Fan 274 | chop |14-19WSW| 320F| Some good gybes in chop - bend zee knees. 86. | March 23 | Middle Park | 5.5 | Fan 274 | chop |13-20SSE| 320F| Changed up sail from 5.5 to 6.5. Need to learn | | | 6.5 | | | | | how to rig Retro better. SSE winds not good for MP 87. | April 21 | Middle Park | 5.5 | Fan 274 | b.chop |20-25+ | 320F| Good Friday sail! Ripped 5.5 :-( | | | 5.0 | | | WSW | | 88. | May 13 | Rye | 5.5 R| Fan 274 | chop/waves |25+NNW | 320F| Great day - broke harness line and went for a | | | | | | | | huge 4-5 skipper! NEW sail amazing overpowered. 89. | June 20 | Greens Point | 5.5 | Fan 274 | s.chop |10-20NNE| 320F| Winter solstice (minus one day) sail. Wind died. 90. | July 15 | Rye | 6.5 | Fan 274 | s.chop |15N-NNW | 320F| Awesome! 6.5 Retro worked a treat in marginal wind 91. | July 20 | Rye | 5.0 | Fan 274 | chop |25-35+N | 320F| V.windy! Overpowered. Long low floating jump.. 92. | July 23 | Rye | 5.0 | Fan 274 | chop+ |30-35+N | 320F| Even Windier!! Windiest ever gybes <-note s! | | | | | | | | Bend legs big time - sheet in REAL hard. Wow! | | | | | | | | Need to replace out/downhaul lines. | | | | | | | | An awesome windy week! (Windy Week 2000!) 93. | Sep 2 | Rye | 6.5 | Fan 274 | chop | 20-25NW| 320F| Aced it, though a little overpowered at | | |6.5Nth| Free 274 | | SC | | times on 6.5's. Retro worked superbly though! | | |Spctro| | | | | Sailed Jons board too.. | | | | | | | | **** Wind graphs now started. See: http:// | | | | | | | | www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/~awatkins/bay.html 94. | Sep 16 | Rye | 6.5 | Fan 274 | s.chop | 12-18N | 320F| Up and sdown wind - less than in city by long | | | | | | | | way. Small hole in new Retro :-( 95. | Sep 22 | Sandy Point | 6.5 | Fan 274 | s.chop | 13-16W | 320F| Short run across inlet, lotsa gybes. | | | | | | | | Sailed with a seal! (where's the sharks!?) 96. | Sep 23 | Sandy Point | 6.5 | Bombora 292 | s.chop | 5-13 | 310?| Oh no! Almost got becalmed way down near Yanakie | | | | | | | | fishing camp... long walk on sandbars. Argh! 97. | Sep 24 | Sandy Point | 6.5 | Fan 274 |s.chop/flat |12-22ESE| 320F| Fast 'n' flat.. Lotsa gybes. First sail with | | | | | | | | helmet and got hit on head for first time! 98. | Sep 30 | Rye | 5.0 | Fan 274 | chop/waves |20-40+NW| 320F| Mate! Huge blow. Way overpowered & forced to stop. 99. | Oct 5 | Rye | 6.5 | Fan 274 | chop |10-20NNW| 320F| Most up and down day ever. MANY sail setting changes. 100. | Nov 4 | Sandy Point | 6.5 | Fan 274 | flat |15-18SSW| 320F| Cruisy Sandy Day... sunny too. 101. | Nov 6 | Sandy Point | 6.5 | Fan 274 | flat |15-20ENE| 320F| Wind easterly and picking up. Never howled. 102. | Nov 7 | Sandy Point |4.6(!)| Fan 274 | flat |25-30+E | 320F| Blasting! 4.6 great. Wave board - wow! Turny! | | | | Sonic 259 | | |~23Wv| Learning about new sail. Front arm straight | | | | | | | | for gybes - lean across and forward. | | | | | | | | Hit a few planing gybes, and gybed wave board. 103. | Nov 26 | Middle Park | 6.5 | Fanatic 274 | s.chop |12-15WSW| 320F| Only a couple of planing runs. Wind not really up 104. | Dec 9 | Middle Park | 5.5 | Fan 274 | l.chop/wves|20-25WSW| 320F| Outhaul makes a huge difference for Retro 105. | Dec 10 | Middle Park | 6.5 | Fan 274 | chop |15-17SW | 320F| Only just planning. Lean a long way | | | | | | | | forward for upwind work 106. | Dec 12 | Middle Park | 5.5 | Fan 274 | s.waves |16-18SSW| 320F| Shouda rigged 6.5! Some nice gybes.... 107. | Dec 13 | Middle Park | 6.5 | Fan 274 | s.waves |16-20SSW| 320F| Nice after work sail... 108. | Dec 14 | Middle Park | 5.5 | Fan 274 | s.waves |16-20SSW| 320F| Andrew - write 100 times.... seabreeze = 6.5, | | | | | | | | seabreeze = 6.5.. 109. | Dec 16 | Sandy Point | 6.5 | Bom 292 (DW)| flat | 12-18SE| ?? | Planing in beginners pool on DaveW&N's boards | | |5.7Gas| Bic Rock | | | ?? | Beautiful day... 110. | Dec 17 | Sandy Point | 6.0 | Bom 292 (DW)| flat | 5-10S | ?? | Sub planing fun - First Heli-tack! | | | Hot | | | | | 111. | Dec 18 | Middle Park | 5.5 | Fan 274 | waves | 10-14SW| 320F| SKUNKED! Dropped while rigging :-( 112. | Dec 19 | Middle Park | 6.5 | Fan 274 | waves |15-20WSW| 320F| TOP session! Wind swung from | | | | | | | | SW to almost W 113. | Dec 20 | Middle Park | 6.5 | Fan 274 | waves | 15-20SW| 320F| Mast came apart. Careful AB! 114. | Dec 23 |Mid Park-wrightst| 5.5 | Fan 274 | waves |12-25+NW| 320F| Staight out! 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 115. | Jan 5 | Middle Park | 6.5 | Fan 274 | waves | 15-19SW| 320F| Messed with normal set up and paid! Mid | | | | | | | | mast track makes it plough - terrible! 116. | Jan 6 | Mount Martha | 6.5 | Fan 274 | flat | 0-20ESE| 320F| Mate - gusty offshore like never before 117. | Jan 7 | Middle Park | 5.5 | Fan 274 | b.waves |15-25+SW| 320F| Biggest jump EVER... Huge! :-) 118. | Jan 13 | Middle Park | 6.5 | Fan 274 | s.chop |10-16SSW| 320F| Bitta fun! 119. | Jan 14 | Rye | 6.5 | Fan274 | flat | 10-16N | 320F| Some freestyle (bad!), lotsa fun again! 120. | Jan 20 | Rye | 6.5 | Fan274Bom292| chop |NNW10-20| 320F| Fast run between sandbars. 121. | Jan 28 | Middle Park | 6.5 | Fan 274 | chop |SW15-18 | 320F| A typical middle park sea breeze 122. | Jan 30 | Middle Park | 5.5 | Fan 274 | waves |SSW15-20| 320F| Big jumps WOOOAH! 123. | Feb 4 | Greens Point |4.65.5| Fan 274 | s.waves |N5-25 | 320F| V.gusty day + HOT! 124. | Feb 18 | Greens Point |4.66.5| Fan 274 | chop |N5-25 | 320F| Ding the fin AGAIN! Fin through 5.5 125. | Feb 24 | Sandy | 6.5 | Bom 292 | flat |SW 10-15| 320 | Flat but not that fast 126. | Feb 26 | Mid Park | 4.6 | Fan 274 | waves (big)|SW 25-30|320F | WooHoo! Best session ever on 4.6 127. | Feb 27 | Mid Park | 6.5 | Fan 274 | s.waves | S 12-18|320F | Better than watching telly! 128. | Mar 4 | Sandy Point | 6.5 | Fan 274 | flat | E 10-25| 320F| Blast along the east sandbar - woohoo! 129. | Mar 12 | Sandy Point | 4.6 | Fan 274 | flatish |WSW30-45| 320F| Windiest day ever sailed. As one | | | | | | | | guy (Paul) said... FERAL! 130. | Mar 13 | Sandy Point | 6.5 | Fan 274 | flat |???10-20| 320F| Wind changed direction several | | | | | | | | times with passing storms and frontlets. | | | | | | | | Beats working though! 131. | Mar 17 | M.Park (wright) | 4.6 | Fan 274 | waves | 20-35NW| 320F| Too much wind for Fanatic. Test sailed | | | |JP F.Move 267| | |300W?| the JP Freemove 267. Spins out more, | | | | | | | | but _very_ smooth over chop and turnier. | | | | | | | | Top board, but unsure about alround for me. 132. | Mar 24 | Greens Point | 5.5 | Fan 274 | chop |15-30NNW| 320F| Should have rigged 4.6. | | | | JP FM 267 | | |320F | JP very different with diff fin. 133. | Apr 9 | Green Point | 4.6 | Fan 274 | s.chop |20-30N |320F | Best starboard tack jumps. Bitten by a bloody Bee! 134. | April 14 | Green Point | 6.5 | Fan 274 | vs.chop |5-18N | 320F| Dying off northerly. Bought F2 Wave 256 this day! | | | | | | | | Met (english) guy who owned it - came from F2 centre | | | | | | | | in Fuetureventura (Canaries). Tough as nails. 135. | April 21 | Ricketts Point | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | waves |18-28SSE|230Wv|Had a ball! 256 very loose and fast. Love it! | | | 5.3 |Sonic wave268| | | ?? | Sonic more a freeride feel. 136. | May 26 | Rye | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | flat/waves |15-25NNE|230Wv| Overpowerd, but great sail. Wait until | | | 6.5 | Fant 274 | | | | wind over ear to flip sail in gybe.. 137. | June 8 | Rye | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | flat/waves |15-25N |230Wv| Long runs and gybing well - big jumps 138. | June 25 | Rye | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | s.chop/wave|20-30NNW|230Wv| Bumpy! Fun in the breaking waves. | | | 4.6 | | | | | crash in waves sent me spinning around the boom! 139. | Aug 18 | Middle Park | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | chop/waves |20-25WNW|230Wv| Cb outflow - very on and off. Board sank | | (Wright St) | | | | | | from under me for the first time! 140. | Sep 8 | Rye | 4.6 | F2 Wave 256 | chop/b.wvs | 25-30+N|230Wv| Big wind - very choppy 141. | Sep 16 | Mid.Pk(WrightSt)| 6.5 | Fan 274 | Chop |18-25NNW|320F | Wind up and down - fun sail pre Darwin trip 142. | Sep 29 | Green Point | 4.6 | F2 Wave 256 | s.chop |25-15N |230Wv| Beautiful planing gybe! Bend knees, rotate hips, | | | | | | | | be able to see front of board. Voila! :-) 143. | Oct 22 | Sandy Pt | 6.5 | Fan 274 | flat | 18-20E | 320F| Fun and lotsa gybes. Sandbar then beg. pool 144. | Nov 4 | Sandy Pt | 6.5 | Fan 274 | flat |12-17ESE| 320F| Off and on plane. 145. | Nov 6 | Sandy Pt | 6.5 | Fan 274 | flat | 15-18SW| 320F| Finally - A SW at Sandy!!! Topfun. 146. | Nov 16 | Middle Park | 6.5 | Fan 274 | chop | 15 SW | 320F| First seabreeze day. Broke harness strap :-( 147. | Nov 18 | Middle Park | 4.6 | F2 Wave 256 | waves | 30+SW |230Wv| Overpowered! Brute of a day.. 4 runs only 148. | Nov 20 | Sandridge P.Melb| 5.5 | Fan 274 | s.waves | 18 SSE | 320F| See the nose during gybes boy! Also.. | | | | | | | | Sandridge pretty damn good. Only Wes Greene out there! 149. | Nov 21 | Sandridge | 6.5 | Fan 274 | s.chop | 12-14SE| 320F|Only 1 plane run on Fan, but got going | | | |Mistral V150 | | |56(!)| fairly easily on V150.. amazing! 150. | Nov 24 | Green Point | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | chop |12-25NNW|230Wv| Very gusty, hard work 151. | Nov 25 | Green Point | 4.6 | F2 Wave 256 | b.chop |18-25NW |230Wv| Fun but hard. Guy pulled planing loop infront of me 152. | Dec 7 | Sandy Point | 6.5 | Fan 274 | flat | 15SW | 320F| Off and on down the speed run 153. | Dec 9 | Sandy Point | 6.5 | Fan 274 | flat | 18-20SW| 320F| One of the best days in a loooong time! :-) 154. | Dec 18 | Middle Park | 6.5 | Fan 274 | chop |17-18SSW| 320F| Jellyfish are baaaaack.. 155. | Dec 20 | Middle Park | 5.5 | F2Wave 256 | chop |18-24SW |230Wv| Fun day - lotsa jumps (post: noticed small deck cracks) 156. | Dec 24 | Middle Park | 6.5 | Fan 274 | s.chop |16-20S? |320F | Wind didnt know which way it was coming.. 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 157. | Jan 6 | Green Pt | 5.5 | Fan 274 | s.chop |2-20NNE | 320F| Better than pulling teeth - just! 158. | Jan 12 | Middle Park | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | waves |2025+WSW|230Wv| Shoulda had 4.6. Wind graphs failed! 159. | Jan 13 | Middle Park | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | waves |18-20+SW|230Wv| Spot on.... great sail | | | 6.5 | Starboard | | |??? | Carve 99 board was the smoothest | | | | Carve 99 | | | | over chop i have ever sailed on. Great board.. 160. | Jan 16 | Middle Park | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | s.waves |15-18SW |230Wv| Great session.. dodging the sunken boat! 161. | Jan 17 | Middle Park | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | s.waves |15-17SW |230Wv| Frosto breaks 2 unis in 2 days! | | | |Mis.Vision150| | |50cm?| But his Vision 150 was most impressive to sail | | |6.0Hot| Elect. Rock | | | | Lotta fun with me mates! :-) 162. | Jan 28 | Middle Park | 6.5 | Fan 274 | s.chop | 8-17W | 320F| Nice day, but a lousy sail! Jellys are back.. 163. | Feb 3 | Middle Park | 5.5 | Fan 274 | s.chop |10-18SSW| 320F| Sailed 2/3 the way to Willy with 2 others. | | | | | | | | Water quality was like a sewer. 164. | Feb 9 | Sandy Point | 6.5 | Fan 274 | flat |17-25WSW| 320F| Nice down the run.. 165. | Feb 10 | Sandy Point | 5.5 | Fan 274 | flat |25-15 S | 320F| Right down the end near dunes. Amazing run.. 166. | Feb 22 | Sandy Point | 5.5 | Fan 274 | flat | 17-25W | 320F| Planing gybes on port tack - woohoo! 167. | Feb 23 | Sandy Point | 6.5 | Fan 274 | flat |12-15WSW| 320F| Not enough wind, but fun anyway 168. | March 2 | Hampton Beach | 6.5 | Fan 274 | s.chop |14-18WSW| 320F| Nice beach to sail.. some steep waves. 169. | March 10 | Green Point | 6.5 | Fan 274 | s.chop |10-16NNE| 320F| Never really enough - cupla runs 170. | March 11 | Rye | 6.5 | Fan 274 | s.chop |10-18NNE| 320F| Good just before front. Frosto a dad today! 171. | March 25 | Green Point | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | s.chop |15-20NNE|200Wv| O-ring on bung failed - maybe some water in board 172. | March 29 | Sandy Point | 6.5 | Fan 274 | flat |17-30SSW| 320F| Day trip to Sandy - went ORF! :-) | | | 4.6 | F2 Wave 256 | | |200Wv| 173. | May 19 | Green Point | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | s.chop |18-25+N |230Wv| Bigger fin more lift (duh!) Great to be out after 2 months! 174. | June 21 | Green Point | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | s.chop |17-25N |230Wv| Up and down, up and down. Dontya luv Northerlies! 175. | August 4 | Sandy Point | 6.5 | Fanatic 274 | flat |12-18W |320F | Sandy in winter - and sunshine too! Tops! 176. | October 8| Sandy Point | 5.5 | Fan 274 | vs.chop |15-30N |320F | Northerly.. very windy then died. Daves new | | | | F2 Wave 256 | | |230Wv| Mistral V95 is a dream freeride board! | | | | Mistral V95 | | | | Most planing carve gybes ever... 177. | Oct 13 | Green Point | 6.5 | Fanatic 274 | chop |8-25N-NW|320F | Gusty N swing NW. First Heli-tack! 178. | Oct 19 | Ricketts Pt | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | chop |15-25WNW|230Wv| Fantastic day.. flat behind rock platform 179. | Oct 26 | Hampton Beach | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | chop/waves |15-25WSW|230Wv| Fun arvo, but water quality poor 180. | Nov 3 | Sandy Point | 4.6 | Fanatic 274 | flat |25+W |320F | Helmets on! 181. | Nov 4 | Sandy Point | 4.6 | Fanatic 274 | flat |20-30WSW|320F | Scarey down the run - lotsa planinggybes 182. | Nov 5 | Sandy Point | 4.6 | Fanatic 274 | flat |15-25+W |320F | Too up and down 183. | Nov 9 | Middle Park | 6.5 | Fanatic 274 | chop |17-22SW |320F | First seabreeze sail.. 184. | Nov 10 | Middle Park | 6.5 | Fanatic 274 | chop |15-18SSW|320F | First real planing gybe in chop 185. | Nov 22 | Middle Park | 5.5 | Fanatic 274 | chop |18-22WSW|320F | Fun sail almost parallel to beach. 186. | Dec 1 | Sandy Point | 6.5 | Fantic 274 | flat | 18E |320F | DAY AFTER MY WEDDING!!! :-) 187. | Dec 2 | Sandy Point | 4.6 | Fantic 274 | flat |25+E |320F | DAY AFTER DAY AFTER MY WEDDING!!! :-) 188. | Dec 21 | Sandy Point | 5.5 | Fanatic 274 | flat |18-25WSW|320F | About as good as it gets. Planing port gybes. 189. | Dec 26 | Middle Park | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | chop |18-22SW |230Wv| One handed jumps! (whadda goose) 190. | Dec 27 | Middle Park | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | chop |18-22SW |230Wv| Another top sail 191. | Dec 30 | Green Point | 4.6 | F2 Wave 256 | chop |10-30+NE|230Wv| 'ORRIBLE! Way gusty and popped out a footscrap. | | | | | | | | One to forget - fast! 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 192. | Jan 5 | Middle Park | 6.5 | Fanatic 274 | chop | 18WSW |320F | Beat sitting on the couch! 193. | Jan 8 | Middle Park | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | waves | 25WSW |230Wv| Wrong sail rigged.. but still fun. 194. | Jan 10 | Middle Park | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | waves |18-24WSW|230Wv| Good sail - almost scored a soccer | | | | | | | | ball 200metres out! 195. | Jan 12 | Ricketts Point | 4.6 | F2 Wave 256 | waves |22-25+SE|230Wv| As good as it gets... warm water, warm | | | | | | | | air, last hour before red ball | | | | | | | | sunset, port tack, 4.6, fish and chips | | | | | | | | on the beach dinner beforehand. Melb aint bad! 196. | Jan 18 | Hampton Beach | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | chop/waves |20-25WSW|230Wv| Choppiest waves ever - complete mess! | | | | Fanatic 274 | | | | Fanatic getting very smooth on deck. 197. | Jan 21 | Middle Park | 6.5 | Fanatic 274 | chop/waves |20-25WSW|320F | Cripes.. 45 minutes to get there, rigged | | | | | | | | wrong sail, mastbase got stuck.... Blerk! 198. | Jan 25 | Green Point | 4.6 | F2 Wave 256 | chop |10-25+N |230Wv| Not bad sail in boardies.. max temp 44.1! 199. | Jan 27 | Ricketts Pt NTH | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | waves |15-25SSW|230Wv| Fantastic sail ; scary between the reef | | | | | | | | markers! Big waves further out. Top spot. 200. | Feb 1 | Ricketts Pt NTH | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | waves |15-18SSW|230Wv| Rigged wrong sail/board - got skunked. | | | | | | | | Bummer for the 200th sail! Also.... | | | | | | | | Beared off to go through poles marking | | | | | | | | the reef, only to find this is NOT what | | | | | | | | you do: I HIT the reef! Cut foot, hurt | | | | | | | | my pinkie! Boohoooooo.. :-) 201. | Feb 16 | Lancelin, | 5.3 | Starboard | flat/s.chop|18-25SSW|215Wv| Trance 246cm wave/freestyle board. V.nice. | |Western Australia|Severne Trance 84 | | | | Sail; Severne Wave SS1 was ok. | | | | | | | | Lancelin was a treat!! WOOHOO!!! :-) 202. | Mar 2 | Sandy Point | 4.6 | Fanatic 274 | flat | 25+WSW |320F | Lotsa gybes -keep those knees bent AB! 203. | Mar 8 | Ricketts Pt NTH | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | waves |18-25SSW|230Wv| Shoulda rigged 4.6 - but fun! 204. | May 18 | Green Point | 4.6 | F2 Wave 256 | chop |25-35NNE|230Wv| Gusting and Howling. Good to be back on the board | | | | | | | | First of the winter northerlies..?? 205. | July 6 | Rye | 5.5 |P's Starboard| flat |15-18NNW|250Fr| Boootiful - sunny and "warm"... | | | | FreeSeX | | | | 206. | July 26 | Sandy Point | 6.5 | Fanatic 274 | flat |18-20SW |320F | Didnt miss a gybe all day! Speed Run... 207. | July 27 | Sandy Point | 5.5 | Fanatic 274 | flat/ |20-25+NW|320F | Looooong runs across to other side. | | | | Starboard FS| s.chop | |250Fr| Sunny too.. 208. | July 28 | Sandy Point | 5.5 | Fanatic 274 | flat/s.chop|18-10 N |320F | Wind died.. but fun in the sun! (And | | | | | | | | this is winter...!) 209. | August 17| Green Point | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | chop | 20 N |230Wv| Top arvo sail!!! One close to the coldest | | | | | | | | SST day on the bay.. (brrrrr...) 210. | August 24| Rye | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | v.choppy |18-25 N |230Wv| Even though it was raining, an AMAZING | | | | | | | | day sailing. First "cutback", top gybes | | | | | | | | off waves, and good jumps. Front after we | | | | | | | | left saw gusts to 65 knots!!!!! Noticed | | | | | | | | some westerly waves some 30min before | | | | | | | | the westerly change arrived. WhataBlow! 211. | Sep 13 | Rye | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | v.choppy |18-25 N |230Wv| Fun day out at the 2nd sandbar. Sailed | | | 4.6 | Starbaord FS| | | | until i was buggered - never felt so | | | | | | | | wrecked from a days sail.. but fun. 212. | Sep 28 | Green Point | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | v.choppy |18-22 N |230Wv| Sailign so close to home!! 213. | Oct 3 | Mallacoota | 5.5 | Starboard FS| flat |12-15SE |250Fr| Great sail - but very shallow | | Ct Stevensons Pt| | | | | | 214. | Oct 4 | Raymond Island | 5.5 | Starboard FS| flat |12-14SE |250Fr| Not quite enough wind. Great spot. 215. | Nov 8 | Ricketts Pt nth | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | chop/waves |16-20WSW|230Wv| Some big waves - fun... 216. | Nov 15 | Green Point | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | chop/waves |18-25N |230Wv| 39deg and some good wind.. 217. | Nov 16 | Elwood L.S.C | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | waves |15-25ESE|230Wv| Sailed Frostos vboard for a while - | | | 6.0 | Vision 150 | | | | surprisingly good/smooth! 218. | Nov 23 | Sandy Point | 6.5 | Fanatic 274 | flat |10-15 SE|320F | Up and down - but worth getting wet 219. | Dec 17 | Ricketts Nth | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | chop/waves |18-22 S |230Wv| First decent sebreeze - and a beauty! | | | | | | | | Did first catapult for years, but it was | | | | | | | | almost a forward! (Nose caught water at | | | | | | | | an angle coming down from jump, spun me | | | | | | | | around/over...) Scary stuff! ;-) 220. | Dec 25 | Ricketts Nth | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | chop/waves |18-22SSE|230Wv| XMAS DAY-- Full of turkey/pud/mince | | | | | | | | tarts!! I love living bayside! 221. | Dec 26 | Ricketts Nth | 6.5 | Starboard FS| chop |15-20SSE|250Fr| Boxing Day - first helitack 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 222. | Jan 8 | Ricketts Nth | 4.6 | F2 Wave 256 | big waves |20-30WSW|230Wv| Wow... biggest waves i have EVER seen | | | | | | | | on the bay. Incredible. DO NOT SAIL | | | | | | | | RICKETTS ON A BIG DAY WSW!! Got blasted | | | | | | | | onto the reef, mashed fin, broke harness | | | | | | | | after hitting a submerged rock. Ouch! | | | | | | | | New harness time anyway... 223. | Jan 12 | Elwood L.S.C | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | s.waves |15-20SSE|230Wv| Wind died right when i got out. | | | | | | | | Using dakine speed seat while i wait | | | | | | | | for my new harness; felt terrible! 224. | Jan 13 | Elwood L.S.C | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | waves |18-22S |230Wv| Bit more wind, but riding home then | | | | | | | | sailing made my right hammy start to | | | | | | | | cramp after tucking on big jumps! Bugger! 225. | Jan 17 | Ricketts Nth | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | waves |15-25SSW|230Wv| Waves everywhere, every way. Very messy 226. | Jan 24 | Ricketts Nth | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | waves |15-20 SW|230Wv| Well the first run out was good! 227. | Jan 25 | Ricketts Nth | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | waves |20-25 SW|230Wv| Great day!! Waves and wind. But rode 77km | | | | | | | | in the morn and was stuffed! 228. | Jan 26 | Ricketts Sth | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | waves |15-20 SE|230Wv| Up and down so quit. Packed. *Then* wind came in 229. | Feb 15 | Ricketts Nth | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | waves |18-25 SW|230Wv| Finally a sailable day/night (sailed till sunset) 230. | Feb 29 | Ricketts Nth | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | waves |18-25+SW|230Wv| Great day - v.stong at times. Top day | | | | | | | | with wind lasting all day. I'm stuffed! 231. | Mar 12 | Elwood | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | waves |15-22 S |230Wv| Hopefully not thelast daylight saving sail 232. | Apr 5 | Elwood | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | waves |15-20 S |230Wv| Dropped down, but still got the best of it 233. | Apr 17 | Ricketts Sth | 4.6 | F2 Wave 256 | big waves |25-35WSW|200Wv| Small fin and flat small sail - still | | | | | | | | overpowered at times. Lost control of | | | | | | | | board in air and catapulted. Slightly | | | | | | | | hurt upper back and strained tummy muscles. | | | | | | | | Even worse - ding in board! 234. | Jun 13 | Sandy Point | 4.6 | Fanatic 274 | choppy |15-30 NW|320F | Big blow - wished i had the wave board! | | | | | | | | First use of new wetsuit 235. | Jun 27 | Green Point | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | chop/waves |18-25N |230Wv| Struggled with set up,munched fin on rock.. but hey! 236. | Jul 3 | Green Point | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | chop/waves |10-30N |230Wv| One of the best Green Point winter days i've had. | | | | | | | | Until the wind just *bang* died... 237. | Jul 11 | Green Point | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | chop/waves |10-25N |230Wv| Notbad - especialy after driving to Rye for no wind! 238. | Jul 12 | Rye | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | flat/waves |17-25N |230wv| Fantastic! 3+ hours of good clean Rye fun! :-) | | | | | | | | But where was everyone else?? 239. | July 18 | Nth Ricketts | 4.6 | F2 Wave 256 | waves |25+SSW |230Wv| Wild but fantastic. Cold day, but sunny. Tops! | | | 4.8 | Naish 8'4" | | | | Naish very "slappy"/harsh, but turned well. 240. | Aug 26 | Rye | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | s.waves |5-16NNE |230wv| So it was 160km driving for a 20 minute sail....!!! 241. | Oct 30 | Sandy Point | 5.5 | Fanatic 274 | choppy |15-20 E |320F | Choppy easterly on a high tide. Fun though... 242. | Nov 2 | Sandy Point | 4.6 | Stbd FreeSex| flat |12-15 SW|25Fr | Not enough wind, 5.5 pully broke, and car got | | | | | | | | trapped by the tide until 7pm! :-) 243. | Nov 7 | Sth Ricketts | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | waves |20+WNW |230Wv| Some big waves and rain. 244. | Nov 13 | Sth Ricketts | 4.6 | F2 Wave 256 | waves |15-35+W |230Wv| Very up and down - wild at times 245. | Nov 23 | Nth Ricketts | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | s.chop |17-14SSW|230Wv| Truly skunked. bugger 246. | Nov 27 | Sandy Point | 6.5 | Fanatic 274 | s.chop |12-18 NW|320F | V.gusty, and only a half hour, but... its Sandy! 247. | Dec 7 | Sth Ricketts | 4.6 | F2 Wave 256 |b.chop/waves|20-30+SE|230Wv| Bit wild at times, and v.choppy. Lotsa guys | | | | | | | | out for an after work sail. Used Pandoras NP X5 | | | | | | | | mast and it was awesome. Have i been sailing on | | | | | | | | a steel rod in the past??? Bugger.. :-) | | | | | | | | Prolly shoulda given her 4.1 Zone a go. 248. | Dec 14 | Elwood | 5.0 | F2 Wave 256 |b.chop/waves|20-25SSW|230Wv| Fantastic fun in the breaking waves. NP Zone 5.0 | | | | | | | | doesnt have the low down grunt of the Sailworks | | | | | | | | sails, but is amazingly stable/smooth in the hand | | | | | | | | I'm impressed... 249. | Dec 19 | Nth Ricketts | 5.0 | F2 Wave 256 | waves |27+WSW |230Wv| Far too westerly for NthRicketts. Overpowered too... 250. | Dec 24 | Nth Ricketts | 5.0 | F2 Wave 256 | s.chop |18-22SSW|230Wv| Bit underpowered later on 251. | Dec 25 | Elwood | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | chop/waves |17-20SSW|230Wv| Right on the edge of planing, but a Xmas sail again! 252. | Dec 27 | Sandy Point | 4.1 | F2 Wave 256 | Flat...... | 35+ SW |230Wv| Ohhhh man! Wild!!! Possibly the wildest/bestest day at Sandy for me ever! | | | | | | | | Ian Fox didnt over 41.5knots this day (on a matchstick). 253. | Dec 28 | Sandy Point | 5.0 | Fanatic 274 | Flat...... | 25+ SW |320Fr| If not for the day before, this would have been the | | | | | | | | highlight Sandy sail of 2004!! 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 254. | Jan 8 | Coronation Bch | 6.0 | F2 Wave 256 | Waves |17-25SSE|230Wv| First day at "Coro" Western Australia. | | Geraldton W.A | 5.5 | | | | | Wind picked up with a confused/choppy sea | | | 5.0 | | | | | 255. | Jan 9 | Coro Beach W.A | 5.0 | F2 Wave 256 | Waves |20-27SSE|230Wv| A ride on Pandoras board got me gybing a treat | | | 4.6 | Stbd FreeSex| | | | 256. | Jan 10 | Coro Beach W.A | 4.6 | F2 Wave 256 | Waves |25-30SSE|200Wv| Changed to smaller fin. Lotsa nice planing gybes inside 257. | Jan 11 | Coro Beach W.A | 4.6 | F2 Wave 256 | Waves |20-27SE |200Wv| Cupla big jumps as swell increased 258. | Jan 12 | Coro Beach W.A | 5.0 | F2 Wave 256 | Waves | 25+ SE |200Wv| Overpowered in big surf. 3 bootiful gybes | | | | | | | | off waves, but ate it big time twice | | | | | | | | Board stood up vertical as mast dug | | | | | | | | into the botttom!! 259. | Jan 13 | St Geroges Bch | 4.1 | F2 Wave 256 | chop |30-35+SE|200Wv| Wayyyy overpowered on smallest sail. Survival! | | Geraldton W.A | | | | | | 260. | Jan 14 | Coro Beach W.A | 4.1 | F2 Wave 256 | Waves | 30 SSE|200Wv| Manageable! Controling jumps in high wind | | | | | | | | stayed out in waves as choppy inshore. 261. | Jan 15 | Coro Beach W.A | 4.6 | F2 Wave 256 | Waves |20-30SSE|200Wv| Wind came in strong so switched to | | | 4.1 | | | | | smallest sail. got slammed in wave and | | | | | | | | broke uni. Looong swim in with rig. James | | | | | | | | rescued the board. 262. | Jan 16 | St Georges Bch | 6.0 | F2 Wave 256 | chop |15-18SE |200Wv| Brief and late day sail. Saw dolphins offshore | | | | Stbd FreeSex| | | | 263. | Jan 18 | Coro Beach W.A | 4.6 | F2 Wave 256 | Waves | 25 SSE |200Wv| Lotsa fun down at "the windmill". First | | | | | | | | real bottom turn. 264. | Jan 19 | Coro Beach W.A | 5.0 | F2 Wave 256 | Waves |20-25SSE|200Wv| EVO a great board, though too "soft" a ride for | | | 4.6 | Stbd EVO 80 | | | | me. Gave me my first long and real down the | | | | JP Wave 84 | | | | line wave ride though - I almost wished I | | | | | | | | could ditch the sail and just surf! JP was good, | | | | | | | | but felt a bit "bigger' than my F2. 265. | Jan 20 | Coro Beach W.A | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | Waves |18-22 S |200Wv| First down the line ride on my own board. fun light day.. 266. | Jan 21 | Coro Beach W.A | 5.0 | F2 Wave 256 | Waves |20-25 S |200Wv| Nice frontside wave ride. slightly underpowered later. | | | | | | | | Redecked board and noticed a slight bubble. time | | | | | | | | to replace board?? Accidently came close to doing | | | | | | | | my first backloop!!!! 267. | Jan 22 | Coro Beach W.A | 5.5 | F2 Wave 256 | Waves |18-22SSW|200Wv| R.I.P 5.5... Gybed infront of whitewater but didnt get | | | | | | | | away. Sail mashed, panel blown out, another ripped. | | | | | | | | With all the other problems with the sail its a | | | | | | | | goner. Death of a great sail. Lasted 5.5 seasons! 268. | Jan 24 | St Georges Bch | 5.7 | F2 Wave 256 | chop |15-18SSW|200Wv| Tried Joels naish force. Excellent sail! Saw 2 dolphins. 269. | Jan 25 | Coro Beach W.A | 4.6 | F2 Wave 256 | Waves | 25 S |200Wv| Best ever down the line wave ride, from the carpark, | | | | | | | | southside, to the windmill!! Awesome 270. | Jan 26 | Coro Beach W.A | 5.0 | F2 Wave 256 | Waves | 20 S |200Wv| New sail is great! | | | 5.7 | | | | | 271. | Jan 27 | Coro Beach W.A | 4.6 | F2 Wave 256 | Waves | 25 SW |200Wv| Very nice evening session with lotsa gybes | | | | | | | | out in the waves. 272. | Jan 28 | Coro Beach W.A | 5.7 | F2 Wave 256 | Waves |18-27SSW|200Wv| R.I.P BOARD!!! Big jump, foot slid out of back | | | 4.6 | | | | | footstrap, landed flat/nose first, BIG crack across | | | | | | | | nose and board cactus! Oh well... a great plank that | | | | | | | | owes me nothing; around 90 days of sailing from a | | | | | | | | second hand board i bought cheap.. | | | | | | | | What a way to end a great great windsurfari holiday!!!! | | | | | | | | Coooool..... 273. | Feb 16 | Rickettes North | 5.0 | Acid 80 | chop/waves | 25 SW |220Wv| WOW!!! Acid80 - what a board! I'm stoked!!! :-) 274. | Feb 26 | Rickettes North | 5.7 | Acid 80 | chop | 17SSW |220Wv| Way underpowered, but amazingly still got planing | | | | | | | | a couple of times ..till it died and i almost | | | | | | | | had to swim it in. Bugger. 275. | Mar 5 | Sandy Point | 4.6 | Acid 80 | flat |25-30WSW|220Wv| Fast and fun. Some HUGE squalls - 40+knots. 276. | Mar 6 | Sandy Point | 5.7 | Fantatic 274| flat |15-20 W |320Fr| Wind up and down. Borrowed GPS unit. Lotsa fun, but died. 277. | Mar 17 | South Ricketts | 5.7 | Acid 80 | v.choppy |18-20SSE|220Wv| Very choppy, but good after work sail. | | | | | | | | Lotsa jellyfish... 278. | Mar 22 | North Ricketts | 5.7 | Acid 80 | choppy |15-18SSE|220Wv| Wind swung around a bit and i sailed at the | | | | | | | | the wrong beach - to cap it off, got stung by a | | | | | | | | jellyfish!! Bugger! 279. | Mar 23 | "Tea House" | 5.7 | Acid 80 | choppy |17-19SSE|220Wv| Sailed off the Tea House for the first time. Some rolling | | -Ricketts | | | | | | waves. Not a bad spot on SSE.... good (short) sail. 280. | Mar 26 | "Crunchies" | 5.7 | Acid 80 | choppy |17-20SSE|220Wv| First sail at Pr Leo. Almost ended up crunched on | | Pt Leo | | | | | | the rocks at "crunchies"!! 281. | Apr 2 | Rye | 5.7 | Acid 80 | s.chop |15-23N |220Wv| Nice hour long sail at Rye. Very onshore. 282. | Apr 2 | Green Point | 5.7 | Acid 80 | chop |15-23N |220Wv| Short 25 min sail but lotsa gybes on short runs. Fun though! 283. | Apr 3 | Edithvale | 4.6 | Acid 80 | bay waves |15-40NNW|220Wv| Great spot - got hammered! Fantastic sail at times | | | | | | | | but way overpowered. fun stuff. Arms 6 inches longer 284. | Apr 10 | Green Point | 5.7 | Acid 80 | s.chop |15-20NNE|220Wv| Bit off and on, but a nice sail in a shorty wet suit! New NP x3 boom. | | | | | | | | Cut foot deeply on a rock... ouch. 285. | Apr 11 | Rye | 5.7 | Acid 80 | s.chop |18-25N |220Wv| Second hottest Melb April day on record (34.5degC) | | | | | | | | Great sail, sunny, warm, lotsa friends... nice day! 286. | Apr 17 | Green Point | 5.7 | Acid 80 | chop |15-23NNW|220Wv| Pandoras Birthday! Nice sail on the occasional gusts. | | | | | | | | Some nice quick slam gybes. almost did a heli tack! 287. | Apr 24 | Green Point | 5.7 | Acid 80 | chop |17-23NNW|220Wv| Bit more consistent than last week. Some good sailing. 288. | Apr 30 | Green Point | 5.7 | Acid 80 | chop |13-20NW |220Wv| Only 4 runs before it died, but hey, beats mowing the lawn! 289. | May 28 | Ricketts Pt Sth | 5.0 | Acid 80 | chop/waves |18-28 W |220Wv| Too much wetsuit is barely enough. First cold sail of 2005.. brrr. 290. | Jun 12 | Rye | 5.7 | Acid 80 | s.chop |15-20N |220Wv| Was sunny, warm(ish) and windy.... simply bootiful! 291. | Jun 12 | McCrae | 5.7 | Std FreeSex | s.chop |15-17NNE|230fs| Not enough wind at Rye but wind funneled around Arthurs | | | | | | | | Seat meant McCrae was just sailable. Uni came apart | | | | | | | | a cupla hundred metres out, couldnt fix on water so | | | | | | | | swam in :-( . Couldnt work out why it seperated... | | | | | | | | Heres hoping it was just I didnt connect it right in | | | | | | | | the first place. 292. | July 16 | Rye | 4.6 | Acid 80 | chop |20-30NW |220Wv| Rip-snorter... longest run ever; Adrian and myself sailed | | | | | | | | to rosebud, at least... probably a 7-8km run. 293. | July 17 | Ricketts South | 5.7 | Acid 80 | chop |15-20WNW|220Wv| Short but sharp sail. Pretty dam cold though!! Nice | | | | | | | | floaty starboard tack jump (a rarity) - errr.. followed by catapult! 294. | July 23 | Green Point | 4.6 | Acid 80 | chop |15-25 N |220Wv| Large wind hole about 100m out. Not a bad sail. 295. | July 24 | Mt Martha | 5.0 | Acid 80 | chop |15-25 N |220Wv| Some BIG waves and lotsa fun playing. Wind died to some degree. Good Spot 296. | Aug 14 | Green Point | 4.6 | Acid 80 | chop | 30+ N |220Wv| Wrong sail - way overpowered. BIG day! 297. | Aug 21 | Ricketts Pt Sth | 5.0 | Acid 80 | chop |15-20WNW|220Wv| Awwww... crap. One planing run and it died | | | | | | | | after howling much of the morning. Timing dude! 298. | Aug 28 | Rye | 5.7 | Acid 80 | chop |12-20 N |220Wv| Nice sail, first "warm" day... tops! | | | | | | | | Joel brought down the jet ski (argh!) 299. | Aug 30 | Green Point | 4.1 | Acid 80 | chop |20-40 N |220Wv| Sunrise sail!! Walking to water at 6:57am | | | | | | | | Very gusty - but lotsa fun. I'd do it again... 300. | Sep 12 | Ricketts Sth. | 5.0 | Acid 80 | chop/waves |25-35WNW|220Wv| Windy as... only a few runs on the 5.0 | | | 4.1 | | | | | before ditching and going all the way down | | | | | | | | to a 4.1. Fantastic sail for next 3/4 hour. | | | | | | | | To cap off a great 300th sail, did my first | | | | | | | | real confident BIG floaty starboard tack jump. | | | | | | | | Oh, and first switched stance planing gybe! Life is good. 301. | Sep 19 | Ricketts Sth. | 4.1 | Acid 80 | waves |30-40WNW|220Wv| Howlin'... overpowered on the 4.1 at times. | | | | | | | | Nice waves at times. 302. | Sep 24 | Sandy Point | 6.5 | Fanatic 274 | flat | 5-15WSW|310Fr| A few planing runs, but then an hour of freestyle (well....) | | | 5.7 | Stb FreeSex | | | | Did several heli-tacks so was quite pleased. Also did | | | | | | | | a "foot crusher" - foot jammed b/n mast and board. Ouch! 303. | Oct 1 | Green Pt | 5.0 | Acid 80 | choppy | 20-25N |220Wv| Nice sail - not forecast either. Pod of half dozen dolphins | | | | | | | | only 100m out; Tre' COOL!!! :-) 304. | Oct 29 | Sandy Pt | 6.5 | Fanatic 274 | flat |15-17SSE|310Fr| Some gentle sailing down the inlet 305. | Oct 30 | Sandy Pt | 6.5 | Fanatic 274 | flat |15-19SSE|310Fr| Little stronger but no blazing runs. | | | | Stbd FreeSex| | | | First real tack (on Stbd FreeSex) 305. | Oct 31 |Waratah Bay | 5.7 | Acid 80 |Waves- 3ft |15-25 NE|220Wv| First real down-the-line wave sailing WOW!!!! | (morning)| /surf club | | | | | | Caught some beauties... This is sailing... | | | | | | | | Totally stoked - though also totally stuffed | | | | | | | | from trying to battle out through waves in | | | | | | | | wind shadow of the dunes.. 306. | Oct 31 | Sandy Pt | 5.7 | Fanatic 274 | flat |20-25ENE|310Fr| Blast along the eastern sandbar. Quite different to the morning sail. | (arvo) | | | | | | | 307. | Nov 19 | North Ricketts | 5.7 |Stbd FreeSex | s.chop |12-16SSW|230Fs| One planign run and then some playing in the pool | | | | | | | | Several heli tacks... 308. | Nov 22 | North Ricketts | 5.7 |Acid 80 | chop |17-20SSW|220wv| First after work seabreeze sail. Some nice gybes 309. | Nov 24 |Ricketts Teahouse| 5.7 |Acid 80 | s.chop |17-22ESE|220wv| Interesting, as very easterly and hence waves wrap | | | | | | | | around point making you hit them head on. Nice | | | | | | | | for jumping though, even if they were small. | | | | | | | | Some double-waves, so care needed jumping 310. | Nov 26 | Sandy Pt | 6.5 | Fanatic 274 | flat |16-20SSW|310Fr| Some fun... Maquarie Innovation did inaugral runs 311. | Nov 27 | Sandy Pt | 6.5 | Fanatic 274 | v.flat! |10-22WSW|310Fr| Tried some tacks (hopeless!) but first heli-tack in | | | | | | | | anger out in the deep to get back! Wind came in | | | | | | | | in bursts round 5pm and whole inlet to ourselves | | | | | | | | (me + P) didnt realise it could get THAT flat... 312. | Nov 28 | Nth Ricketts | 4.6 | Acid 80 | Waves! |22-27 S |220wv| WOW!! Most fun sailing for a LONG time!!! | | | | | | | | BIG floaty jumps and nice landings... TOPS! 313. | Nov 29 |Teahouse Ricketts| 4.6 | Acid 80 | s.waves |18-25ESE|220wv| wind dropped as i got out, but still beats | | | | | | | | driving a desk! 314. | Dec 3 | Ricketts Sth. | 5.7 | Acid 80 | s.waves |15-20WNW|220Wv| Bizzarre wind - shifting dir and speed. Hurt back :-( 315. | Dec 4 | Green Point | 4.6 | Acid 80 | waves |20-35NNW|220Wv| Bought the chinook downhaul winch so i could rig | | | | | | | | with my bad back. Worska treat. But bloody ridiculsouly | | | | | | | | expensive. Im mean, its gotta have $10 of materials tops | | | | | | | | Sailing was wild. Overpowered on 4.6. Went more NW late | | | | | | | | and there was some great jumps to be had sailing IN. 316. | Dec 18 | Elwood | 5.3 | Evo 91 | chop |15-18W |??? | Demo of an evo 91 and severne Renegade. Very nice sail | | | | | | | | The 91 was BIG underfoot, but turned impressivly. | | | | | | | | RPS demo day... 317. | Dec 24 | Sth Ricketts | 4.1 | Acid 80 | waves |25-30WNW|220Wv| Overpowered at times. Rescued guy but got swept into quiet corner! 318. | Dec 27 | Sandy Point | 6.5 | Bee 274 | flat |15-20SW |320Fr| Surprise SW... lotsa planing carve gybes on stbd tack. Fun! 319. | Dec 28 | Sandy Point | 6.5 | Bee 274 | flat |15-18SSW|320Fr| Sailing right down the end of inlet. Not many out.. 320. | Dec 31 | Sandy Point | 4.1 | Acid 80 | s.chop |30+ ENE |230Wv| JUST HANG ON! Wild and largely unctrollable. Mostly way overpowered1 | | | | | | | | Sailed with Frosto - he on fanatic and 4.6. Wild end of year sail. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2005 - biggest sailing year so far with 65 sails in the calendar year and a sail every calendar month. 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 321. | Jan 1 | Elwood | 5.0 | Acid 80 | chop |20-25WSW|230Wv| Wind went from little under to lots overpowered. First catapult for | | | | | | | | several months (daydreaming before getting in straps) and I bloody well went through the sail! 322. | Jan 3 | Nth Ricketts | 5.7 | Acid 80 | chop |20-25 S |230Wv| No 5.0, so rigged 5.7. New rigging tool meant could get heaps of | | | | | | | | downhaul on + rigged flatter than normal (+38cm), and it sailed | | | | | | | | brilliantly. Amazing sail that Naish Force... 323. | Jan 3 | Elwood | 5.7 | Acid 80 | chop |20-25 S |230Wv| Thought i was too tired from earlier sail at Ricketts, but was a blast... | | | | | | | | Cept for that damn shorebreak - gets you every time! 324. | Jan 5 | Ricketts nth |5/5.7 | Acid 80 | chop |20-15 S |230Wv| Rigged 5.0, planed one run, wind dropped, riged 5.7, one run, wind died! 325. | Jan 6 | Ricketts nth | 5.7 | Acid 80 | chop |22-15 S |230Wv|Fun day.. jonny christened the rocks. 326. | Jan 13 | Elwood | 5.7 | Acid 80 | chop |18-22SSW|230Wv| Not flying, but good fun end of week sail 327. | Jan 14 | Elwood | 5.7 | Acid 80 | chop |16-20 SW|230Wv| Bit less than day before, so only just on the plane. | | | | | | | | Standing up before jumps helps get more bounce. Good one. 328. | Jan 15 | Ricketts nth | 5.7 | Acid 80 | chop |19-23SSW|230Wv| The pick of the last 3 days. Pandora got out too, and all the | | | | | | | | crew were down at Ricketts. Some nice stardboard tack jumps (my worst tack). 329. | Jan 17 | Elwood | 5.7 | Acid 80 | chop |18-20SSW|230Wv| Must admit, was having a shocker of a session, so | | | | | | | | decided to try something new - duck gybes! | | | | | | | | Fluffed every one, but was getting onto the right | | | | | | | | side of the sail and was damn close. Even better, i | | | | | | | | didnt loose any teeth! Was great fun... 330. | Jan 18 | Ricketts Sth | 4.1 | Acid 80 | chop |28-32ESE|230Wv| BALLISTIC... overpowered, but some big floaty | | | | | | | | jumps, and planing gybes whether you liked it or not. 331. | Jan 24 | Elwood | 5.7 | Acid 80 | chop |18-20 S |230Wv| Still fluffing duck gybes - but learning more and more.. 332. | Jan 26 | Green Point | 5.0 | Acid 80 | s.chop |10-25 N |230Wv| So so close to the duck gybe! Initiating justa lil too late (thanks for the tip Hamish) | | | | | | | | Very gusty day, but a good way to spend an australia day morning. 333. | Jan 31 | Dendy St (B'ton)| 5.7 | Acid 80 | s.chop |12-17SSW|230Wv| wind died, but played with heli-tacks (fluffed em all!) 334. | Feb 4 | Elwood | 5.0 | Acid 80 | s.chop |17-22SSW|230Wv| Rigged the wrong sail! Bugger! 335. | Feb 5 | Nth Ricketts | 5.7 | Acid 80 | s.chop |16-19SSW|230Wv| Plane one, dog one, plane one, dog one.... 336. | Feb 6 | Nth Ricketts | 4.1 | Acid 80 | Big Waves! |28-35SSW|230Wv| Oh man oh man... what a night... one of the | | | | | | | | bigger and better days ever!!! Big waves.. | | | | | | | | Lotsa wind. Perfectly powered.. and.. da da | | | | | | | | FIRST DUCK GYBE!! (in fact 2 of the buggers) 337. | Feb 20 | Nth Ricketts | 5.7 |Torquay | s.chop |10-17SSW|?????| Bernie gave me his board to try and | | | | FreeWide! | | | | not bad... Did a heli tack so was happy! 338. | Feb 22 | Elwood | 5.7 | Acid 80 | s.chop |17-20SSW|230Wv| Hit 75% of duck gybes!! Coooool!!!! :-) | | | | | | | | errr... but only on starboard tack.. :-( 339. | Feb 28 | Elwood | 5.7 | Acid 80 | s.chop |17-18 SW|230Wv| Elwood was truely Smellwood due to rain on weekend | | | | | | | | But at least i was planing... 340. | March 1 | Nth Ricketts | 5.7 | Acid 80 | s.chop |10-17SSW|230Wv| Aw bum. But when the wind died | | | | | | | | I tried some heli-tacks and | | | | | | | | managed my first starbaord tack one. YaHoo. 341. | March 5 | Nth Ricketts | 6.5 | Fanatic Bee | s.chop |17-19 SW|320Fr| Took out the big green Bee Beast onto the bay | | | | | | | | for the first time in years! | | | | | | | | Stoked to duck gybe a 6.5!! :-) 342. | March 8 | Nth Ricketts | 5.7 | Acid 80 | s.chop |18-20SW |230Wv| Almost planing through the duck gybes now... 343. | March 9 | Nth Ricketts | 5.7 | Acid 80 | s.chop |18-20SW |230Wv| Stand up for heli tacks boy! 344. | March 13 | Sandy Point | 6.5 | Fanatic 274 | Flat |18-20E |320Fr| Late sail - packing up in the gloom and headlights | | | | | | | | used for those that finished even later!! 345. | March 14 | Sandy Point | 6.5 | Fanatic 274 | Flat |20-25WSW|320Fr| Fun day.... 32.4knots (60.00km/h!) for me, 33.0 knots for Adrian, | | | | | | | | and an awesome 29.6knots for Pandora (on a slower | | | | | | | | run than the one on which the GPS failed!!). Thats over | | | | | | | | 54.8km/h for Pandy!! All measured with a Garmin Foretrex 201 GPS unit. 346. | March 16 | Ricketts Sth | 5.0 | Acid 80 | chop |17-25WSW|230Wv| First port tack duck gybe (v.bad!). Bagged out 5.0 to | | | | | | | | get some extra runs - seemed to work... 347. | March 24 | Ricketts Sth | 5.7 | Acid 80 | chop |18-22SE |230Wv| Pandoras new board is brilliant! (and she loves it too!) | | | |Fanatic | | | | Sails very much ontop of the water. | | | |New Wave 78 | | | | Feels very light... nice one... 348. | March 25 | Green Point | 5.7 | Acid 80 | s.chop |12-25 N |230Wv| Sailed aggressively, but didnt make a port tack duck gybe. | | | | | | | | Will this be the last warm sail of the year? 349. | April 1 | Nth Ricketts | 5.0 | Acid 80 | waves |20-28SW |230Wv| Where was everyone??? Gusty (air temp ~16, water 21) but good fun... 350. | April 7 |Pt Danger Torquay| 5.0 | Acid 80 | L.waves |18-28WSW|230Wv| Some BIG waves... one 10-12 turn waveride! | | | 5.7 | | | | | Adrian was on a 5m+ wave bearing down on moi! 351. | April 14 | Nth Ricketts | 5.0 | Acid 80 | waves |20-25WSW|230Wv| Very westerly... some good jumps off incoming waves 352. | April 15 | Nth Ricketts | 5.0 | Newwave 78 | waves |20-25 W |230Wv| Very up and down. Went through main panel on 5.0 AGAIN! 353. | April 15 | Nth Ricketts | 4.6 | Newwave 78 | waves |20-25WSW|230Wv| Back for an arvo session... underpowered early | | | | Acid 80 | | | | then spot on later. Verdict: Prefer the Acid! 354. | April 17 | Rye Front Beach| 5.7 | Acid 80 | s.chop |10-20 N |230Wv| Wind up and down. Best heli-tack to date on Acid | | | | | | | | Best Duck gybe on port tack. what a place... | | | | | | | | oh.. and put my knee through a bottom panel on the 5.7 :-( 355. | May 7 | Ricketts Sth | 4.1 | Acid 80 | waves |25-35WNW|230Wv| Lotsa wind and very glad i rigged "small". One big starboard | | | | | | | | tack jump - which is good cos i'm crappola at them - landed | | | | | | | | _very_ flat. Ouch! Board lived... i think. 356. | June 13 | Ricketts Nth | 5.0 | Acid 80 | waves |20-30SSW|230Wv| Sunny so not as cold as you'd think. Good to be on water... 357. | July 29 | Rye | 5.7 | Acid 80 | s.chop |10-20N-W|230Wv| Wind swung westerly and then was very up and down. | | | | | | | | Very low tide, meant dodging sandbars a neccessity. | | | | | | | | Tried to tell Mel, failed, and she went flying into one! 358. | Sept 9 | Ricketts Sth | 5.0 | Acid 80 | waves |18-27SSE|230Wv| FINALLY back on the board! V.rusty! 359. | Sept 23 | Sandy Point | 5.0 | Acid 80 |HUGE Waves |20-25WNW|230Wv| CRUNCH!!! Massacred in the waves and destoryed the 5.0!! | | Front Bch | | | | | | Hit by mast+ high set and didnt stand a chance... | | | | | | | | Bugger... 360. | October 1| Green Point | 5.0 | Acid 80 | s.chop |17-25NNE|230Wv| First sail of new Combat wave - feels similar to Naish Force | | | | | | | | Couple of nice duck gybes on my "wrong" side, but jumps were guano. 361. | Oct 8 | Ricketts Nth | 5.0 | Acid 80 | s.chop |20-28SSW|230Wv| Great day! Lots of sailing, some big jumps, | | | | | | | | but i got really dehydrated. Got fined for parking on | | | | | | | | the road, only cos i was avoiding crossing the Melb Marathoners.. :-( 362. | Nov 5 | Sandy Point | 5.7 |Fan. Newave78| med. waves |17-22E |230Wv| Caught a few good waves... great day. Cupla jumps too... | | | | | | | | Was completely stuffed at the end of it, and walking the | | | | | | | | gear back over the dune was akin to Mawsons trek in the Antarctic. 363. | Nov 6 | Sandy Point | 5.0 |Fan. Newave78| sml. waves |17-25E |230Wv| Smaller waves, but caught an absolute beauty at the end | | | | | | | | which I not only got several turns on, but also managed to | | | | | | | | ride even the white wash all the way in to the beach, where | | | | | | | | I stepped off into ankle deep water, grabbed my gear, and | | | | | | | | walked back over the dunes to have lunch! Perfect. 364. | Nov 6 | Sandy Point | 5.7 |Fan. Bee 274 | flat |17-25E |320Fr| Afternoon down at the inlet on a fading easterly on a 5.7, | | | | | | | | with some quick runs, but as I said it faded, and I ended up | | | | | | | | giving my sail to Pandora so she could get going. 365. | Nov 7 | Sandy Point | 6.0 |Fan. Bee 274 | flat |15-20SSW|320Fr| Some speed runs to round out the trip. Little pumping required, | | | | | | | | but generally flying along. My festering toenail (from banging | | | | | | | | into the end of a ski boot) ripped off mid run! Ouch!! 366. | Nov 14 | Ricketts Sth | 4.1 | Acid 80 | waves |25-35WNW|230Wv| V.windy... just MikeK and i out. Keeping bent down when | | | | | | | | flipping the sail meant the differne between planing out | | | | | | | | and stalling. Good tip. (Also SHEET IN!) 367. | Nov 26 | Ricketts Nth | 5.0 | Acid 80 | s.chop |17-20SSW|230Wv| Rigged the wrong sail - but could get going well waaay out | | | | Tabou 69 | | | | the back. Sailed MikeK's Tabou, and, frankly, for a >100l | | | | | | | | board it was simply the best such board i have sailed.. 368. | Dec 2 | Ricketts Nth | 5.7 | Acid 80 | s.chop |17-24SSW|230Wv| Rigged the sail poorly and suffered accordingly! nice day though 369. | Dec 3 | Ricketts Nth | 5.7 | Acid 80 | s.chop |17-22SSW|230Wv| Rigged it better. Lots of switch stance gybing, and | | | | | | | | this clearly, with duck gybes, is the way to go. Stay in | | | | | | | | the stance till moving again... 370. | Dec 6 | Ricketts Nth | 5.7 | Acid 80 | s.chop |17-22SSW|230Wv| Hit some semi-planing duck gybes by staying switch stance. | | | | | | | | Normal gybes, flip feet EARLY again gives good results | | | | | | | | Tried (yeah, right!!) a spock or two - pretty funny stuff!! 371. | Dec 7 | Ricketts Nth | 5.7 | Acid 80 | s.chop |15-20SSW|230Wv| One niiiice semi-planing duck gybe, but wind died | | | | | | | | too quickly to call it a great session... 372. | Dec 10 | Ricketts Nth | 4.6 | Acid 80 | s.chop |20-30 SW|230Wv| Very gusty on a front at the end of a 42.1degC day. | | | | | | | | Didnt last long. One huge jump - landed on my back! 373. | Dec 11 | Ricketts Nth | 4.1 | Acid 80 | s.chop |25-30 SW|230Wv| WHAT A SESSION!! One of the best EVER for jumps! | | | | | | | | I tried half a dozen backloops!!!!! | | | | | | | | More at: www.windjunky.blogspot.com/2006/12/mad-mike-monday.html 374. | Dec 14 | Ricketts Nth | 5.0 | Acid 80 | s.chop |15-20SW |230Wv| Made to pay for such a good monday. It was raining, | | | | | | | | gusty, crappy. But still beats driving a desk. 375. | Dec 15 | Ricketts Nth | 5.7 | Acid 80 | s.chop |15-18SSW|230Wv| Choppy sail. Had a go on an RPS isonic race board thingy... | | | | | | | | isonice rediculously unstable, but redicululsly fast 376. | Dec 19 | Elwood | 5.7 | Acid 80 | s.chop |10-18SSW|230Wv| One planing run. one successful helitack. one cut toe :-( 377. | Dec 28 | Sandy Point | 6.5 | Fanatic Bee | flat |18-20WSW|320Fr| Some nice runs and duck gybes on 6.5 378. | Dec 30 | St Georges Beach| 5.0 | Acid 80 | vs.chop |15-20SSE|230Wv| Very gusty downwind of silos. But great to be back in W.A | | Geraldton, W.A | | | | | | 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 379. | Jan 1 | Coronation Beach| 5.7 | Acid 80 | waves | 18 SSE |230wv| Oh No!! Board broke!! Delam infront of back strap!! | | Geraldton, W.A | | | | | | 380. | Jan 3 | Coro Beach W.A | 4.1 | Fanatic Goya| waves | 30 SSE |220wv| Second hand 2004 Fanatic Goya to get me by... | | | |Pro model 81 | | | | Sails very nicely - very snmooth, but catches | | | | 2004 | | | | the odd rail. maybe sower to plane. But i like! | | | | | | | | TC Isabel passed inland so huge Cb's. Big sqaulls | | | | | | | | with thunderstorms. Overpowered at times on 4.1. 381. | Jan 4 | Coro Beach W.A | 5.0 | Fan. Goya 81| waves | 22 SSE |220wv| 1 attempted back loop. Hands wrecked!! forced to wear gloves! 382. | Jan 5 | Coro Beach W.A | 5.0 | Fan. Goya 81| waves | 25 SSE |220wv| Longest single session ever. Sailed a couple of hours | | | | | | | | non stop. Beautiful conditions. Adrian carried camera and | | | | | | | | hence he had saliors round him like "flies round a dead | | | | | | | | dingoes donga after he'd had a dump". BIG crash/ejection | | | | | | | | duck gybing. Ouch. 383. | Jan 6 | Coro Beach W.A | 5.0 | Fan. Goya 81| waves | 25 SSE |220wv| "Festival of windsurfing". Talked to Mark Stone board | | | | | | | | designer. Got Mojo back for duck gybes after big stack. | | | | | | | | Hit a few nice ones. 384. | Jan 8 | Coro Beach W.A | 5.0 | Fan. Goya 81| waves |18-22SSE|220wv| Sailed Jon's Goya as winds lightened. V.nice board. Small | | | 5.6 | GOYA FW | | | | swell - nice little late session on own board. Bit underpwrd. 385. | Jan 12 | Coro Beach W.A | 5.0 | Fan. Goya 81| waves | 25 SSE |220wv| Wind went a little more offshore and got some brilliant down | | | | | | | | the line sailing. Raced from behind between gap in wave, | | | | | | | | then "gybed" up into the face and ripped off several turns. | | | | | | | | Best ever frontside ride at Coro. Great end to the trip | | | | | | | | after missing a session cos i was crook. At least one backloop | | | | | | | | attempt to end trip. Gotta look over shoulder and sheet out landing 386. | Jan 22 | Ricketts Sth | 4.1 | Fan Goya 81 | s .waves |25-35WNW|230Wv| Slightly overpowered and choppy, sailed terribly!! 387. | Jan 27 | Ricketts Nth | 5.0 | Fan Goya 81 | s.waves |20-25WSW|230Wv| Oh no - crack in board! Fun sail though... 388. | Feb 3 | Elwood | 5.7 |Fan Newwave78| s.chop |17-22SSW|230Wv| Sailed mistress P's Newwave. Nicer board than Goya.. | | | | | | | | Did a "sorta" rail grab... 389. | Feb 11 | Ricketts Sth | 4.1 | Goya 78 wave| waves |35-45ESE|200Wv| Test rode the goya, but too much wind. Insane... | | | | | | | | However board was actually manageable in the air! | | | | | | | | Lots of spin out, but using smallest fin overpowered 390. | Feb 25 | Ricketts Nth | 5.0 | Fan.Newave78| s.waves |18-25WSW|230Wv| Fine while it lasted... First rail grab! 391. | March 5 | Sandy Point | 5.7 | Fan.Bee 274 | Flat astack|18-24SSW|320Fr| First planing duck gybes!! (on starboard) | | | | | | | | Also duck gybes on port tack. | | | | | | | | Simply beautiful day at the inlet. 392. | March 8 | Ricketts Nth | 5.7 | Fan.Goya 81 | s.waves |15-18SSW|230Wv| Only enough wind to get going - lotsa "walks of shame" 393. | March 11 | Ricketts Nth | 5.0 |Fan. Newave78| waves |24-28SSW|230Wv| Some good waves. One failed backloop. Some nice planing gybes... 394. | March 17 | Ricketts Nth | 5.7 |Fan. Newave78| waves |17-19SSW|230Wv| Wind was a little light... some nice nose first sailing | | | | | | | | weed beds - but scraped nose on rock! 395. | March 24 | Ricketts Nth | 4.6 |Fan. Newave78| waves |23-28WSW|230Wv| Wind swung about a lot... some | | | | | | | | nice duck gybes, hands weeell back 396. | April 5 | Ricketts Nth | 5.7 |Fan. Goya 81 | s.waves |15-20SSW|230Wv| Not really enough and then died. Only one | | | | | | | | out. Mistress P in car waiting.. waiting.. | | | | | | | | 2 helitacks that werent bad.. stand up more 397. | May 1 | Green Point | 5.0 | Acid 80 | s.waves |17-25 N |230Wv| The Acid is back! Thanks Rory. Its great!! | | | | | | | | First sail as a dad!!!! 398. | May 19 | Green Point | 5.0 | Acid 80 | s.waves |20-23 NW|230Wv| One of the best G.Point sails ever - was actually consistent. | | | | | | | | (No, this isnt a joke!) Sailed like a gumby, but had fun 399. | May 24 | Green Point | 5.0 | Acid 80 | s.waves |20-23 NW|230Wv| Another good sail at Green's. I'm shocked. | | | | | | | | (Home on baby duty... ) 400. | May 27 | Rye | 4.1 | Fan Newave78|flat/waves |25-30 N |230Wv| One of the best Rye days... howled all | | | | | | | | day. P and Mike came along too. First | | | | | | | | post-preggas sail for P. Hurt leg in | | | | | | | | crash, but was incredible fun for 400!! 401. | Sep 9 | Green Point | 5.7 | Acid 80 | s.waves |15-20NNE|230Wv| Only about 4 runs - wind was just too flukey as it went a | | | | | | | | little more easterly. Still, good to get wet after 3 sailless months. | | | | | | | | Took out the GPS for a laugh and cracked a whopping great... wait for | | | | | | | | it.... 20.13knots!! (whats that, about millionth place on | | | | | | | | gps-speedsailing.com) 402. | Sep 16 | Rye | 5.0 | Acid 80 |flat/s.waves|20-25NNE|230Wv| Did 25NM distance, and top speed of 26.29Knots! Strange | | | | | | | | wind direction - chanegd so heading straight out at times. | | | | | | | | Wish i had worn helmet earlier as, when fresh, was seriously | | | | | | | | comtemplating going forward :-) 403. | Sep 16 | Green Point | 4.1 | Acid 80 | waves |20-30N |230Wv| After a morning at Rye, couldnt help but have some afternoon | | | | | | | | at Greens! Very windy at times. Some very fast runs. 10sec | | | | | | | | avs of 25+knots. Not as nice a place to sail as Rye, but | | | | | | | | was still a blast. 404. | Sep 23 | Green Point | 5.7 | Acid 80 | waves |25-30NNE|230Wv| Wayyyy overpowerd (damn rigging in a lull northerly) | | | | | | | | Managed my first 50km/h run on the bay - going out! 405. | Sep 30 | Edithvale(James)| 5.0 | Acid 80 | b.waves |15-30WNW|230Wv| Wind constantly up then down, and current in channel | | | | | | | | a bugger (so a cupla walks of shame) but boy, does | | | | | | | | this place have amazing waves. Very fun when on. 406. | Nov 3 | Sandy Point | 6.5 | Fanatic Bee | flat |15-18ESE|320Fr| Wind a bit up and down but much fun. New fastest | | | | | | | | speed (27.6knots) on gps-speedsurfing.com 407. | Nov 4 |Sandy Point FrBch| 5.0 | Fan Newave78| s.waves |15-25ESE|22Wve| Got my best ever backside ride (hehehe... yes Adrian!) | | | | | | | | with about 4-5 top turns. | | | | | | | | Wind died and became a slog, but first 20min great 408. | Nov 17 |Ricketts Pnt Nth | 6.5 | AHD 69 | s.waves |15-18SSW|?????| Sailed Boqs AHD - qut nice! (But big in air) | | | | | | | | Thanks Boq!!! 409. | Nov 24 |Ricketts Pnt Nth | 5.7 | FanBee 274 | s.waves |16-20SSW|?????| Sailed the Bee on the bay. Felt loooong! | | | | | | | | Duck gybe on port tack in waves... wooohoo! 410. | Nov 30 |Ricketts Pnt Nth | 6.5 | JPFreeWve 93| s.waves |15-18SSW|FWv27| First sail new board!! (2007 JP FreestyleWave 93) | | | | | | | | Ok, wind crapped out and hence | | | | | | | | only got one or two maringal runs, but for a | | | | | | | | 93 litre board it feels small! Top stuff!! 411. | Dec 9 |Ricketts Pnt Nth | 5.7 | JPFreeWve 93|conf.waves! |17-22WSW|FWv27| Very confused sea, but JP handled it amazingly | | | | | | | | well - very impressed. 412. | Dec 12 |Ricketts Pnt Nth | 5.7 | JPFreeWve 93|s.waves |17-25SSE|FWv27|Stayed out as the wind went more and more easterly | | | | | | | | and picked up round the point. And hence.. we (me+Adrian) | | | | | | | | kinda followed it - working more and more around/"up"wind | | | | | | | | until we had sailed from north Ricketts to south | | | | | | | | Ricketts just as everyone was heading out from | | | | | | | | there on their wave boards and 5.0's to catch the true south easterly. | | | | | | | | Had to walk back to car - inverse-walk-of-shame! 413. | Dec 17 |Ricketts Pnt Sth | 5.0 | JPFreeWve 93|s.waves |17-28SSE|FWv27| Wind got stronger and stronger... so changed | | | | Acid 80 | | | | boards and meag downhauled sail. Then *BANG*! | | | | | | | | Downhaul pulley had ripped clean outta the sailtack ! 413. | Dec 30 |Ricketts Pnt Nth | 5.0 | JPFreeWve 93|s.waves |17-25SW |FWv27|Windy early as change came in at the end of | | | | Acid 80 | | | |a hot day. Then died slowly.... | | | | | | | |Hit a fuggin plastic bucket at full noise - big catapult! 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 414. | Jan 1 |Ricketts Pnt Nth | 5.7 | JPFreeWve 93|s.waves |17-25SSW|FWv27|Put a hole in the 5.7 from a the nose going through the | | | 5.0 | Acid 80 | | | |sail on a failed duck gybe! Good fun early on though... 415. | Jan 3 |Ricketts Pnt Sth | 4.1 | Acid 80 | waves |25-30SE |230Wv|Overpowered at times on 4.1 - big floaty jumps. | | | | | | | |Raking sail back on gybes on waves worked a treat! 416. | Jan 6 |Ricketts Pnt Nth | 5.0 | JPFreeWve 93| waves |18-25SSW|FWv27|Wind just got better and better... Almost (almost!) landed | | | | Newwave78 | | |230Wv|on James from a big jump... ooooops! Lotsa fun. | | | | | | | |Bernie stood on a cobbler fish - ouch! (Hot water solved it) 417. | Jan 13 |Ricketts Pnt Nth | 5.0 |Acid 80 | waves |18-25SSW|FWv27| Lotasa fun but hit green buoy and it hurt! | | | |JPFreeStyWave| | | | Couldnt buy a gybe out the back. 418. | Jan 20 |Ricketts Pnt Nth | 5.7 |JPFreewave93 | waves |18-25SSW|FWv27| Session finished when i heard a bit of a bang/pop, | | | |Fanatic FWV78| | | | sail went a bit funny, i had about 1 second to | | | | | | | | think "what was that" then the boom disintegrated | | | | | | | | in my hands! Unfortunately it was on the way in, | | | | | | | | so i couldnt sail and hence had to swim it in, | | | | | | | | carrying the broken off boom arm (cant go rubbishing | | | | | | | | the bay; gotta leave that to the dredge...). The | | | | | | | | pop i heard was obviously the initial failure, in | | | | | | | | the back end of the boom, which was then followed by | | | | | | | | the front end shearing away from the excessive load. 419. | Jan 27 |Ricketts Pnt Nth | 5.7 |JPFreewave93 | waves |18-25SSW|FWv27|A few good planing gybes and one nice planing duck gybe! | | | |Acid 80 | | | |Good day and bbq afterwards! 420. | Feb 7 |Sandy Point Inlet| 5.7 |JPFreewave93 | flat |18-22SSW|SpX30| New superX30cm fin worked a treat! All alone on the | | | | | | | | inlet apart from 2 fisherman and the sailing | | | | | | | | was superb/sublime, right on sunset. At least | | | | | | | | two 30+ knot runs. Purely magical... | | | | | | | | Pity about the crash when fin hit the bottom | | | | | | | | sailing too close to the shore! | | | | | | | | Lotsa planing gybes on both tacks. | | | | | | | | Big Grins all round! Almost too good to have to myself. 421. | Feb 23 |Ricketts Pnt Sth | 5.0 | Acid 80 |s.waves |18-28WNW|Wv23 | ADRIAN & MEL's wedding sail!! | | | | | | | | Between ceremony and dinner.. even | | | | | | | | Adrian got out for a sail; sans helmet! | | | | | | | | Some nice planing gybes, one nice jump coming | | | | | | | | in, and a bizarre roulettes-like | | | | | | | | fly past with Helen zipping through the | | | | | | | | the middle of 3 of us coming the other way, | | | | | | | | her EYES CLOSED! Top day... Congrats A&M! 422. | Feb 24 |Ricketts Pnt Nth | 5.7 | JP FreeStyWv| waves |15-20SSW|Fw25 | Good sail in flukey winds. Jellyfish are back... | | | | | | | | Worryingly, slid off board twice in mid gybe. 423. | June 30 | Rye | 5.0 | Acid 80 |flat/s.waves|20-25N |230Wv| Finally back on the water!! Sailed like poo. :-) 424. | July 13 | Rye | 6.5 | JP FreeStyWv|flat/s.waves|15-25N |SC30 | Cold water! Blew out and destroyed 6.5; not bad | | | | | | | | for a sail buoght new in 1999! Did a PB for a nm. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.0 = KA Reactor >Mar1999-> 5.0 = Neil Pryde V6 >Dec 2004 5.0 =NP Zone > Sep 2006 5.0=NP Combat >Sep 2006 NP Combat Wave | 5.5 = Gaasta Flow 2x | 5.7 = Gaastra CS1 | 6.7 = Gaastra MC2x | 6.5 = Sailworks Retro | >May 2000 ->5.5 = Sailworks Retro 4.6 = Sailworks Revolution 4.1 = 2004 NP Zone >Jan2005 5.7 = 04 Naish Force 5.7 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Starboard FS = (Pandora's) Starboard Freestyle Extreme (FreeSex) Fan 274 = 1999 Fanatic Bee 274 F2 Wave 256 = 1999 F2 Wave 256 Viv = 1997 Bic Vivace 275 Acid80 = Starboard Acid 80 (2004) Fan Goya 81 = Fanatic Francisco Goya Pro model 81 (2004) JPFreeWve 93 = JP FreestyleWave 93 (2007) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SC = South Channel FB = Fawkner Beacon PW = Point Wilson FR = Frankston Beach ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------