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1Ian Richards76,16
2Adam Gustafsson73,17
3Paul Burgess69,74
4Stephen Giles66,35
5Graham Dimelow64,93
6Chris Bates63,59
7Rob Morgan55,75
8Will Giles55,5
Had the pleasure of watching West Kirby blow it's socks off from work on the webcam all morning. Raced it down at midday, Rigged up & went out. Got 1 36knot run in then it dropped. GUTTED !!!



Anyway !! Thought I'd make the most of it & get a few Alpha's in on my Copello

First time to sail West Kirby, the wind was quite square to the wall.  Lacked fitness to achieve 40 knots, missed by 1 knot on Display ! Next time 
For the wind strength we had today speeds should of been higher, so it was a bit frustrating and hard work but still a great day.
Bit square blasting down the Kirb so bear offs into the middle was fastest.
Tried my weight vest for first time , really noticed extra tiring pull in the on the arms and gave up fairly quickly, might try with waist harness. Also tried the JP45 with Caspar$% and TM45, not quite as quick as the Falcom speed but a nice board.
Great 2 day trip.

Not a good day ! I was under powered with the 5m changed to 5.8m and 35 knots of wind arrived. Changed back to 5m and the wind dropped. Really dissapointed as wanted to get 40knots.

Good day and top fun.
Not broad enough for me and looking at my tracks the only half decent speeds were bearing off from the wall and I didn't carry them for nearly long enough. The course has suffered since the refurbishment and hopefully one day it will be back to its old self. Warm weather and flat all the way down though so no complaints at all. Ian was going really well on the tight course and got a top average for the day. Big thanks to Paul for putting me up! Will be back to sail here hopefully again soon.
The C3 strike did a great job and despite me becoming airbourne on a 41 knot run locked straight back in.
For reference next time need a bit more angle and more wind (10 knots more!!) for the 5.2. I think I can remember what the chart looked like! Used 5kg of lead all day in the weight jacket

Such as the MetO 12z forecasy chart:


and the MetO real time pressure chart - "as it happened" 



Amazing how theraputic the healing waters of the west kirby marine lake spa are.  mid you, keep a lid on it mate otherwise we'll have rc pilgrims from all over the world coming to check it out ;)
KA