Tuesday 9th October – windsurf **** - hot and sunny :) PB for zantos 32.11 :) Good night in our lovely spot by Sigean Etang at Port Mahon despite it being a hot night!!! Woke to a fantastic sunrise with loads of flamingos :) With wind forecast today but dropping during the day we were first on the beach at La Franqui at nine :) We had breakfast and waited for Peter Cutts to arrive – overslept :( with 20/25 mph on the gauge and the sea mirror flat couldn’t wait to get on the water! I rigged 6.4 and went out on the fanatic falcon 80 but to be honest was under powered nearly all the time:( but a German sailor who had arrived was flying but he was lighter and using the same sail size as me !!! I then tried the Xantos and broke the 30 kt. barrier for the first time with a 32.11 :) – I had one great run all the way to La Franqui and was nearly taken out by a learner kitesurfer practising on the beach and nearly wipped out when I passed the moored recue boot with my fin just catching the anchor rope!!! I then rigged my 7m and tried it on the 80 in winds that had increased but went too broad making it choppy :( but improved my max to a slow 33.24 :( and getting upwind was a nightmare in wind that was very up and down :( and I was ending up along way offshore!!! So with not much chance of good top speeds switched to the big Xantos and had an hour just enjoying the warm sunshine – sailed in a shortie too :) I couldn’t get a good hour because of the on off wind but enjoyed the swell out to sea and nearly got a 20 kt alpha. So another far from perfect day at La Franqui but can’t complain – the sunshine was fantastic :) We think we need new brake pads for the van :( so after going to the supermarket in Sigean looked for a garage – sadly we didn’t spot one – perhaps tomorrow? It was nice to be out with Pete :) – he used all four boards he brought!!! and was getting similar speeds to me, Mag had a nice day doing her exercises on the beach, reading, dozing and walking along the beach taking pictures of the British Saga Speed Team :) www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3972768310279.2154244.1012660562&type=1&l=f605c0a128]

Another nice day sailing in La Franqui but just not enough wind for me to any PB's - tried for a one hour again bit too hard getting up wind -miles out to sea big chop , bit  unsafe realy ,any breaks an your a gonna -good fun though -tried all 4 of my boards and not very quick ?? is it me ?? of course it is but i keep trying -