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Wahey the big 40 !     I was thinking about investing in a weight jacket coz I'm 12 stone wet through then Howie said he's got a spare if I wanted it. So I'm looking forward to trying it tomorrow...

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Although I got 2 new PB's, 250m and 500m and this was my fastest session on a tight course, I feel very unhappy with the results as I think I should have been going much faster. I set the sail wrong for the first hour or so, and only set it properly when the wind dropped down, so missed out. Also, the course was very square and I never once boar of into the lake for better peak speeds, big mistake. And, I have a big problem in my head when there are dozens of out of control freeriders right in front of me, I keep thinking I might kill one of them by accident. All in all, I sailed very defensively today and just could not settle down. I think if I could have sorted my head out, 40k averages would have been possible for me. Rant over, but it was still was fun:)  

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Slowly nibbling away at board volume takes me down from my 96 litre Super Cross to an 87 litre iSonic. The fastest session I ever had on my Super Cross was much windier than today with a better angle on the course and the speeds were only slightly up on what I got today so I'm kind of hopeful that next time conditions are spot on then I'll be claiming some more PB's.

This was my first time out with a sub 30cm fin and Daz's advice to go with a 29 was spot on. Having only sailed with bigger fins in the past I was kind of worried that I'd have no upwind ability and be constantly spinning out but this was certainly not the case.

The morning was a bit of a battle with the wind pretty square on but during the afternoon it swung around making for a more broad course and higher numbers were had with much more ease. My best run of the the day where I got my 37 knot average and best peak of the day was late on when me Pete.C and Mark.H waited and timed our run to coincide with a passing squall. The waiting was rewarded with a magic carpet ride down the wall peaking at 38.5 knots, one of those runs where everything feels just right and I was saying to myself "more wind, more wind !". A great day but the hunt for 40 knots continues......