What can i say but WOW. Man did Shearwater turn it on today. Lack of wind not really a problem on the other hand lack of control. It was really really good. Stuck with my 5.5 all day but should have gone in and rigged smaller. Another 3 or 4 days of it still to come apparently yeah baby. Wet my Single Thruster for the first time today too and that was also very good. It's the first time there has been strong enough wind since i bought it. I'm totally wrecked but totally satisfied and that's a good feeling.
yeah it was epicc some great rolling swell when the tide changed was awesome until my board and sail disconected half way through
best day in a looooong time and great to see so many windsurfers, as like yesterday
Far out great pics haircut, I was stuck in a car all day driving home from Bundy with the in laws dreaming of getting on the water at redcliffe, i bet that place was firing today!
I loosely counted 21 of us at one stage. We outnumbered the kiters nearly 2 to 1 which is a change
That was you Switch? I was the last to arrive.
Gee they're good photos Haircut. ...didn't get any of me did you? Some of the best hops I've done.
That was a great afternoon. Good crowd.
yeah it was me thnks for the help there was more windsurfers than kiters which is good to see 
Yiaw, awesome photos & I like all our focused faces :)... Not to mention my prodigy haistyle & uphaul rope fix... lol
Thanks for pix HC, suprising!
qldnacra, day was awesome & water nice & blue... had to catch me breath a few times
Awsome day, i sure i am not the only one at home now shattered !!! Very happy with the 5.4 today after Kirk's tuning tips, thanks mate. Lets all hope this is just a taste of what summer has in stall. BTW, does anyone know how Justin found time to take great pics, every time i saw him he was doing loops......or something else cool.
Pics are great HC!!, but yet another weekend the wind comes and it happened to be my Little boy Josh's 4th Birthday(which I am not complaining about!!)..Gutted not to get out tho
. Glad you all had a good day
Yeah that was epic body is a wreck today but ... woot!
Nice pics thanks haircut your advise on jumping worked too, actually have some proper ai time after that session might not use a slalom fun next time tho :(
geez fella's "epic" is quite a big call! Wasn't really that spectactular, we have had some epic days there, but sorry that was not one of them Come back when its blowing 35kn plus might change your minds.
Back in this arvo at 2pm for me.
Try today then averaging about 30-32 and gusting up to 40. Perfect conditions for someone that has been sailing about 5 months. Oh my f**cking god was a very common thought going through my mind today.
Also at VP, never seen so many whitecaps. Talk about out of control.... A bit too much for this old fella, but good experience. WIll have a rest to try again tomorrow hoping this SE will continue!!
Redcliffe pretty wild as well, could just hold down my 4.6m at Queens. Only two kiters and five sailboards. Great fun.
Golden beach was frothing white caps like a rabid dog today, only had a 100 ltr and a 5.4, talk about white knuckle ride;loved it
Today was awesome, now that is wind!!!!! For the question re sail size, I keep it real simple, 1 board, 2 sails, 1 mast. The last 2 days sailed with my small sail, a 5.3 wave sail, just added a bit more downhaul and quite flat.
My opinion is too many guys over think their quiver and carry too much kit giving too many options.
Anyways top session, fingers crossed for Tuesday!
Yeah mate a 5.8 would have stretched those arms out today!
I used to use a 5.8 in heavy winds and just pulled as much downhaul as possible, sail looked so floppy! And had sloop much outhaul, this may help, but that would have been a struggle for sure ! The 5.3 was quite a handful in the big gusts, but awesome in between.
The 4.5 and 80l were OK on Saturday. Small gear is so much more light, fun and responsive. An extension of your body.
Hey macro i know what you mean. I was on a 4.9 NP Fusion and it was really good except when those big gusts hit it was very hard to sail. It kind of felt to me like the wind was coming through in spirals when the storm surges hit because on minute i would have huge power in the sail a second later the sail would flap as if i was heading to far up wind which i wasn't but it was only occasionally. It was the weirdest feeling because i was still planing.
I was over the other side at the sand bank when the biggest surge hit and i thought of jumping off and waiting it out but then thought what if it doesn't ease for a while so i started sailing back and there was windsurfers flying everywhere. At one stage when i was heading back over i was hooked in and planing and the whole board just blew out of the water. The wind just seemed to get under the windward rail or something and just picked the board up and it was flapping around in the air and i didn't know what the hell to do but it came back down and i spun out on landing. Luckily i pulled off the quickest water start i've ever done and got back over. It was an experience and a half.
After yesterdays "Big Monday", I can relate to the above comments re the gusts. I had a 4.6 and as I have lost a fair bit of weight due to severe Bali Belly, now 67kgs, even the 4.6 was a handful for me. Looks like today will be a similar wind pattern. Will probably try VP again!
Cheers - Enjoy it while it lasts.........
