Great to finally get some runs but a very strange day! I got there a bit late and missed the initial change where Ado and Mat got their 40+ speeds. I saw Mat and Peter on 4m Koncepts and sand blowing in cloads off the dues so I rigged my 4.6m as well as my 5.4m. But the time I had the wind seemed to have eased a bit so I went on the 5.4m with lots of weight. No good! Too hard to handle on the run in in the extreme gusty conditions and the course was too broad after a wind shift. After a few tries I got the 4.6m and shed the weight. This felt really nice but I was struggling to get 40 knot peaks and 39k 10 secs. Felt a little underpowered on the run. After a while I swithed back to the 5.4m with no weight and it felt good. There seemed like there was plenty of wind and good angle but the speeds were not coming. Still 40 peaks and 39 10secs. Finally the wind swung just a tad more south and I got a nice run. It felt like a mid 40 run but was only just over a 42 Peak. Afrer than I did two more runs in squalls and back to 40 peaks. Very strange! I think Mal Wright would call it 'slow water'. 
I need to do a bit of tuning up.... on my body!! I am feeling it today. 
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