Great day at the canal. We got there early to get in some runs before the wind built to maximum and were pretty confident by the time they opened the course. When the wind kicked in soon after I suddenly went from sub 40 runs to PB's! The course is very broad in in less than 30 knots of wind you just can't get down it. As soon as the wind hit 30-35 it is sailable but when it hit 35-40 we were really flaying.

I don't think I have ever sailed a 5m Koncept in that strong wind before, but on this course I can do it ( with 8 or 9 KG of lead in the vest) and the new 2014 5m sail felt fantastic at this extreme!

After my best run I rested for a while and did another that seemed slower and was lower on peak and 10 sec but was my best 500m run and at that time, a new Aiustralian WSSRC 500m record at 44.775. On his last good run a few hours later, Tony did a 44.85 to take back the record. At least I had it for a couple of hours!

A few big PB's but the best one if the 5 x 10 sec. I have finally cracked the 44's