| Spot | Sandy Point, Victoria, Australia | |
| Board | Carbon Art Speed 44, 2007 |  |
| Sail | Neilpryde RS Slalom MKIII 6.2, 2009 |  |
| Fin | Select Caspar GPS / Speed 25 |  | |
| Average speed | 41.31 knots ( 41.86 41.63 41.55 40.81 40.67 ) | |
| Remarks | Made the trip over with Anthony to the pit for a crack at some pbs and had everything prepered for a good session EXCEPT being able to test the RSS evoIII before I got there. Rigged it to the exact specs on the sail and it looked similar to the RSR but when I hit the water on my first run the draft was all over the place like a flogged out wave sail. Came in and put on more downhaul which improved things but I was wasting the good early wind so I could not f*ck around all day. In hindsight I should have let of the downhaul off to add more knuckle and move the draft forward. A wasted opportunity as I wrestled the sail all day. I was happy to beat my 5x10 as this gives me hope for when I get it sorted and can actually have a locked sail on the run. I think I would have gone faster if it was stronger OR lighter as I have got my 5 and 6.7 RSR tweaked to perfection. The big bonus was trying my new GoPro Wide angle camera (and seeing Anthony and Chris do well!), I am stoked with the footage and will edit a movie shortly. I tried a head mount as well as on the boom looking back. I will post it to my blog soon - www.whitelionwindsurfing.blogspot.com
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