It has been a solid week of wind here on Lord Howe, we flew in on Wednesday 8th and have sailed every day so far. Those that flew in on Saturday the 4th have also sailed every day. For me the pick of the days has been Saturday, winds 25 to 35 knots, Sunday was in the 20 to thirty range and Tuesday was pretty similar. oOn the other days the bigger sails have seen a little more use.
Thanks to the Tas Windsurfing and Ben I have borrowed a GPS to try out. My message to all you GPS Sailors out there is that you are all a little mad. The first time I went out I logged 20 knots and had a great sail. The next day was a little windier and I reached 25 knots, a little scary but fun. One of the other sailors logged 28 knots the next day and suddenly found myself looking for huge gusts and bearing away at ridiculous angle in search of more speeeeeed. A gentle recreational activity is turned into a white knuckle ride of fear and terror. Its not fun but its quite addictive and probably should be banned!!!!
Sounds like you had a better week for wind than we had last year.I was looking at the chart for up there..
Love to be there .Where are the pics?
Good stuff Al, 7 days in a row sounds awesome.
congrats on 25 knots... good luck on the 30! 
Have you had a look at alphas etc on gpsresults as yet or you keeping it simple while in holiday mode?
Thanks for pix Al, we would have loved to be there this year, the best yet looking at wind stats for the last month. A bit nippy but fast as.
Was wondering if that tango tackin' turbo Tim is there, and looks like him on the beach there with mine host the silver surfer, discussing the chiaroscuro shimmering on the turquoise asphalt of the speedway. Ah paradise,. Is that fish bread Pete blasting the senior class speed record to smithers there too, go well young man.
Did Gill snap those pix, if so thanks
3rd pic down looks indicative of most of last year..Love the great chop hop!Is that Tim? Wow the surf on the reef looks impressive in the background..
Must have been colder last year as I can't remember seeing him in boardies..How many people ? Any women?
oh dear you have done it now Al, the cats out of the baggies or in them. its better to come out than stay in Tango. However this raises the question of whether you may have been doing too much DRAG racing with those other dark side local lagoon hoons, calypso christo and jumpin jack. its just that previous comments on this savage public forum have stated that its only kiters who wear calvins on the outside of there wetchecks err wetsuits. Better high tail it out of there before the Paparrazi descends for the kill shot and really blows the cover, although its global now it could go intergalactic.[}:)]
yeah we had tas rigging like a mad man when i was there-must have used half the shed due to wind changes.
Are you hiring out metal detectors this year for Pete? That reef break looks huge in the background.
Pete did bring the metal detector..I think they managed to find 30 cents. He did find a whole lot of golf balls though!
Last day today as everyone is on the plane out of here. It has been a fantastic run of wind this year for the trip. Those that came for the whole fortnight have sailed everyday bar arrival day in powered up planing conditions.
With a sail this morning in the 20 westerly, I will have sailed 12 days in a row planing! The hands are a little sore but beginning to feel pretty windsurf fit...
This year we had 10 sailors in the first week and 8 in the second. A great bunch of people all.
Happy sailing!
Great reporting Al. Here's my LHI picture.
This is a classic orographic cloud on top of Mt Gower. This would have been a good day to do the Mt Gower climb, it was a close call, a guided tour with local legend Jack Schick was on at this very moment. A better time to experience the unique cloud forest atop My Gower could not have been had.
However the forecast got the better of me and I gave it a miss. Al took the honours this day with a 30.5 knots under less than ideal speedsailing conditions.
A very windy fortnight, not much time for alternative activities.
Dieter and I got lost for second time trying to find the route to the Mt Gower base camp.
The view was good when we gave up trying.
Came across a magnificent Banyan Fig on the way down.
This is a Scaly bark tree, the second largest tree on LHI after the Banyan Fig. A bit of typical LHI vegetation. Over 80% of the Island is still natural vegetation.
Successfully scaled Kim's lookout one morning as a warm up to yet another day on the water.
Thanks Tim and Tas for running another great windsurfing fortnight. We finished off last night with a couple of beers and Jazz at the Pinetrees. The band was running hot, the joint was jumping.
Had the traditional last sail this morning before flying home. Some good runs around Rabbit Island in between the rollers reforming over the reef. A sail in the morning, home by 7, LHI is pretty easy to get to.
Had a great time on Lord Howe. Thanks Tas and Tim for organising a good fortnight
I'm not sure what Dieter is doing in that tree???
I'm glad you appreciate it.
Maybe you are looking for a smaller wave board.
I see that heritage beanie on your head.
did u go to Balls Pyramid ?? .. . its absolutely amazing !! would like to see a photo if u did
Wow Nice photos Anne, looks like a great place to sail !
...... and did you really leave your other half at home 
