Some interesting figures:

- 3 - the number of fins broken on submerged rocks

- 264 - the number of kilometres of shore line

- 1 - the number of sunbathing topless women spotted

- 2,700 - the length in metres of the Pt Wilson jetty

- 53 - the number of sea urchin spines embedded in my feet

- 160 - the number of days to remove all of the sea urchin spines from my feet

- 240 - the number of dollars spent in surgically removing the last 9 of the sea urchin spines

- 2 - the number of nudist beaches along the bay

- 2 - the number of nudist beaches I wish I could erase from my memory

Did it this last season.

Started in the Spring 2012 with the westerlies - it was pretty easy to do Beaumaris to Rosebud with these winds.

Also Pt Cook to Ricketts was pretty easy in the summer seabreezes.

The western side of the bay was the most difficult. Had to wait for the March 2013 Easterlies to finish these sections.

Would like to have a crack at Mud Islands.

Fantastic stuff - inspirational. I've gotta give this a crack - I've covered most of the eastern side - never really ventured west. Fascinated that you went across the mouth of the bay across the heads - ballsy.

thats a fair effort! was someone dropping and picking u up after a sesh?

Yes, they were all solo round trips, not downwinders.

Generally I would head upwind, cutting across the bay, where possible. Then return along the shore, slightly downwind.

On 3 of the legs, the wind died before getting all the way back to the launch spot. So there was a bit of swimming and walking on those 3 legs - probably around 6 kms all up.

Sea Urchin spines were around Pt Wilson. Corio Bay is very shallow, lots of seagrass, rocks, and sea urchins.

Yes, booties would have stopped the sea urchin spines.

Boards used were Sector V3 60 (Pt Melb, Rosebud, Queenscliff, Sunnyside legs), Slingshot Fuse (werribee south) and F One Fish (all other legs).

The Rip crossing was challenging. I made sure I crossed in strong winds (Easterly 23 knots) and the tide was on the turn. Crossing from Queenscliff to Pt Nepean was fine. From Pt Nepean to Pt Lonsdale was a bit trickier, albeit a short trip (2.5 km). It was a downwind leg, and a little gusty as the wind was coming from behind Pt Nepean, so I was extra careful not to drop the kite in the water. Despite the tide being on the turn, it was quite rough in places and perfectly smooth in others. There was quite a few small boats and yachts going out of the heads at the same time.