Day 8 - No wind

We sat around all day today waiting for a forecast that was not that impressive, But wait we did. We filled in the day by reading books, Mostly windsurfing mags but some hard core novel reading has also taken place.  Scotty claims to have read his 4th book since leaving high school, We've also watched a few movies and visited the local windsurfing shops to help pass the time.

We went out to Coronations for a look late in the arvo and it was dead flat, Like nothing I or any of the guys had seen before. We sat around for a while and waited for the wind to pick up...It didn't so we called it quits and headed back to Geraldton.

We did get a quick sail at St Georges when we got back to town but It was nothing special, Flat water and sailing straight into the afternoon glare...But a sail none the less.

Tomorrow sees the best forecast we've seen in days, We are looking forward to it...Hopefully there will be some swell to go with the wind.

Day 7 - The afternoon sesh

The wind had switched south and It was time to head to the beach, We decided on an afternoon session at St Georges. It wasn't all that windy when We first got there so I rigged my 7.2 with my 120 and went for a short blast, And short it was. I was straight on the plane and at max speed, Did a little chop hop and was lining up the next ramp. As I loaded up the boom for the jump I heard a crack but before I could do anything my kit exploded. My boom had snapped, I had ripped the arm clean out of it. Now that was fun, I've only done this once before in a high speed crash. It was to far to swim back so I flipped the rig to see if I could water start and sail back, I could and I did get back and the boys were impressed I came back with all bits of my boom. After a closer inspection we could see that the other side was cracked as well and would not have lasted much longer. The jumping session at coronations must have put this boom to the test, I'm very grateful it decided to fail at St Georges and not out the back of Coronation. Anyway if you have a 2010 Pryde X6 boom I'd suggest you inspect it either side of the boom head before you go sailing and make sure there is no cracks, After  some research I've found that this has happened a few of them.

Anyways I switched booms and changed down to a 6.7 and sailed the rest of the afternoon, The boys had some fun trying some freestyle moves and some jumps. It was a good way to finish the day.....I did manage to bust my first harness line today as well.

We put the GoPro on Pete today so we'll see how that turned out and post something up in the next few days. We got a few pics today so enjoy them, the forecast looks ok for tomorrow afternoon so we'll be going back to Coronations.

Day 7 - The morning sesh

We got up this morning knowing the forecast was not all that good, Scotty went for a jog while the rest of us had breakfast. When Scotty came back he told us we could get a sail in down at a beach near the Point Moore play ground. We drove down and had a look, It looked ok so we rigged and went out. On a 6.2 I had one planing run before the wind died, A few of the lighter guys managed to salvage something out of It but mostly we were under powered, We did managed to see some dolphins which was cool.

....The afternoon forecast looks a bit better.

Day 6 - Coronation 4.7

We sat around most of the morning waiting for wind, This season has been  nothing like I've experienced in my previous trips. The forecast looks very dodgy for the rest of the week with only 2 real solid days the rest look a bit hit and miss.

Out of boredom we went for a drive to St Georges to have a look, The wind was SE and quite off shore but Pete decided to rig and have a go. He slogged out and once past the wind shadow found himself off and going with out much of a problem. Pete sailed for a bit longer before he came in and took up position in the shade of the trees with the rest of us.

The wind started to switch and was SSE, We started to get our gear out of the car and rig. Scotty got a call from Barn who told us Coronation was starting to fire, We quickly threw our kit in to the cars and headed out to Coronation beach.

Most of us were on our smallest kit, It was windy but at times I could have done with a half meter more but it was still good. My first run out was cool I hit a wave and flew, Managed to land nose first and come out of it fully planing. Gybed onto the second wave and caught a sweet ride, I was having a ball. With all the other guys around you It was awesome fun and pushed you to try some things you probably would not normally try.

No forwards for me but some sweet jumps, Scotty was pulling a few forwards and trying some other moves that I don't know the name of. Pete went for a back loop but didn't get the landing but credit to him for giving it a go.

We had some big stacks, Stuffed some gybes and damaged some kit but It's one of the best days sailing I've had in a long time. We finished off the night with a few beers and quite a bit of bullshit, Most of us hurt but we went to bed wishing for more of the same tomorrow.