If we start getting crowds coming to Northern Tasmania to sail, I am blaming Sanden. Those shots make it look spectactually cool, and possibly a little better than it was.

It was a tough sail - some stoppy starty wind, sizeable waves, no sand, and a good deal of close-outs and whitewash - definitely a high output sail.

My everything hurts...

Pretty ordinary pics guys on a pretty ordinary day

The wind was lumpy yesterday but I thought it got better later in the day. By then we were already pretty tired and the waves were starting to break quite heavily but when you got the timing right jumping was lots of fun with the ramps getting nice and vertical. In the middle of the bay when the sets came through it got quite challenging. I got cleaned up in one big closeout but at least the water doesn't feel that cold yet and the sun was out so a bit of a swim wasn't as bad as it can be in winter. Thanks for the photos Chris ...Greeny forwards, Greeny going backwards one handed, Greeny duck jibing, Greeny no hands forward......that man has all the skills.

So unlike me not to be rude to you guys but that looks like a sensational day also looks like a decent period between waves

Ah Gil, don't you love coming out the other side of humbling days like that?

'Huh...what's that noi..........AHHHHHH, gurgle, gurgle, gulp, gulp...'

Hopefully the damaged pinky will be sorted by the time the wind comes back. Greenie said that he drank a stomach full of seawater in the whitewash, and I seem to recall doing my share of swimming and clinging, and thinking - 'Do NOT let go of that foot strap!'

And those waves look like they were a good distance apart AH, but looks can be deceiving, and the swirling, foamy soup made re-mounting a particular challenge, as Gil has implied.

But yes, I am also looking forward to the next BB sail, rocks and all.