Just heard from my young mate Benny (Troppo) he got 9th, I'm so frigging happy for him 
Wind came in at around 25 knots before the start.
Had no time to change down so I went out on a 7.8 and futura 122 and got destroyed, 4 big out of control stacks on the way to the first mark, could not sail deep enough to get down and around the boat so bailed and went back to ledge.
Bad luck Adam, there's always next year. 
Great to see Karin Jaggi going under 30mins too 
"Bjorn Dunkerbeck had a bad start to the race getting tangled and having to make a couple of jumps,"
That's a pretty cool way of getting untangled!!
Does anyone know what sort of top speed the fastest windsurfers recorded?
Also did they end up having boats for every mark?
I was in the kite race and trying to find the tiny white markers in a ocean full of whitecaps was totally crazy, needle in a haystack comes to mind.
Finding out that the course had been changed from what we were expecting just before the start didn't help matters.
^^^ yes windsurfers had full course same as every year
25mins
Dusta it was not much flatter, it is just that pic looks flat
I windsurfed on Fri and was on the boat on Sat.
Fri was about 6ft and Sat about 4ft (chop, actual faces, not surfer's feet lol)
a pro?
chris lockwood was told he could not enter the race because they said he was a few minutes late. he was understandably gutted.
nobody had more at stake than chris in this race.
i would bet if Dunkebeck was a little late they would have allowed him to sail.
chris lockwood was told he could not enter the race because they said he was a few minutes late. he was understandably gutted.
nobody had more at stake than chris in this race.
i would bet if Dunkebeck was a little late they would have allowed him to sail.
didnt get to see what the top sailors were using board and sail size wise and or standard or weed fins? noted the BD was on 8.6 (downhauled to look like a floppy bag!) and think I clocked somewhere Peter V was on 6.8 ish?
Wondering what the general average was.
was interesting to watch for a change!
I missed the race because I was doing stuff in the morning that I could have done later. Didnt expect it to be starting when it did, and got caught out. Its happened to others in the past (eg Anders).
Next year...
Well done to all the guys/gals who had a go. Party went off again. Great to catch up with the crew.
Not sure how this will look but I thought it was a good view of the guys tearing off into the distance.
