Looked like you were doing really well out there today Juergen! Glad you enjoyed the day and the wind picked up. I also thought it may have been a waste of a trip down but it worked out well. Sorry, no gps data to post today.

Nice speeds. You will have to let me know where teh shallow spots are. Hate to hit them at speed.

Looking at the tracks all of my fast 4 sections were in the channel to the left  (or right on the Google image). This is the spot to let go in E. Will pass image on via email.

..and yes THE stack is on cam, will edit and post on youtube, so funny!

Hope your toe is ok Evan, put some ice on, it's blowing in the bay tomorrow.

Wel done Juergen sounds like you made the correct call, can you get a Nautical mile run in at 45? 

Juergen, please post a link to your video when it's up!

Think I'm going to have to play with the settings on the Hellcat a little. I may have under downhauled it on Sunday. Looks like it was hitting 20 knots and I guess a 6.7m sail is getting big in those conditions??? Very back handed/unstable. Usually the 6.5m Ezzy Freeride handles it fine. Was you 6.2m Hellcat about right for the conditions?

Great to finally JAK meet down @ Area 45.

Good day on the water although the peak low tide was probably about 10 cms too high.  The bank was mostly submerged for the whole day so the water wasn;t as smooth as it can be.  No complaints though.

JAK's rapid slow down (and stack) was a highlight!.  I was water starting by sitting on mud when he came flying towards me cutting inside myself and the mudspit.  I stood up to show that the water was just above knee height where I was, and heaps shalower where he was heading....too late!.  Nice stack and I actually heard the wind get taken out of his lungs!!

I had a disaster with the GPS.  My watercasing cracked as I was getting ready to go out.  I didn't really care too much because it looked like it was going to be a light wind cruise...but then the wind came in and I got a few good runs and then I was spitting chips!

No scores from me either..........

JMAN, Doug and I have thought about this....probably just a fraction short on a E-NE wind but after our session the week before on a SW I reckon its a possibility on a SSW.  Doug did a run down to Townsend Bluff from the boat ramp and I'd be guessing that is close to a NM.

Evan, I am i reading thsi right you now have Hellcat 6.7m?

Steve - The demo from SHQ. Just need to fine tune the rigging as they are a little different to the Ezzy's.

Hey Evan,

Im assuming you had a NP mast for the Hellcat?

Jerry, the runs at 45 appeared much longer to me compared to Angling Club, however you need to gybe once. The good thing is you can bear away on both tacks, kind of V shape around the sand spit dividing the two channels.

Jerry, yeah, the X6 SDM.

Here we go guys, good for a laugh, "25 - 0 knots in 1 second - Or the stack of  the day at Area45"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-s9G1x31Po

Classic! and well edited

Nice stack, and we also could here the the wind coming of your lungs  So that is mud where you are gybing?

Next time I'm at SHQ I wil have chat with Paul or Luke to see if they are going to have H2 on demo. It would be worth while trying the V8 replacement. Maybe a 6.2.

I couldn't see the mud, was all murky in the area in particular where Drift sat in it to waterstart, he may have stirred it up a bit. Thought he was standing up to his hips in water, when he got up it was already too late and I was committed to the gybe. Well lots of fun and main thing no damage or injuries.

mud not good for board decks

Jak, glad you have given Area 45 a try and have video footage to prove that Mick lead you astray!!

I have done a ruler measurement on my computer screen of Area 45 on google maps for a NM run and the run to Townsend Bluff and the run across to the other side of the bay are both greater than a NM.  Excuse my crude skills but seeing they where well over a NM I am guessing we can get it.

Evan - what you using something other than an Ezzy - Jman must be getting to you

Old Salty, I seriously think there was no intention, just my stupidity by being greedy squeezing the last centimeter out of a run.

Looking fwd to try the NM next time, I may bring an extra short fin though.

BTW Nothing wrong with a NeilPryde Hellcat.

Doug - I can tell you this, I'm still not convinced there is anything better than an Ezzy!!!

Evan, wait to I start talking about NP sails.

I'm worst then Lyle.

Well done Matt, congrats on your PBs!

Hey Matt,

Great to see your post with the Loooong raceboards.  Great speed and getting that board to turn around so you can measure an Alpha is a feat in itself.

Yeah, its great fun on those boards in a breeze. There isnt much of the 'long' left in the water though at that speed!!

We should have a 'Long Board Nostalgia Day' on a quite day, just for fun. I still have a 25 year old Fanatic Cobra, couldn't bring it over my heart to throw it out, extremly nice in light winds, but a turning cycle like Queen Mary.

I have a Bic bamba still too. I use love going flat out at Inverloch with 8.5m full carve gybes.

Guys, just edited another clip from Area 45, this time without stack. You can see the chop comes in sideways and is very easy to manage. This would have been one of the faster runs I had later on Sunday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2NkbzLWNzY