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Thanks for the lend.

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Created by ka43 > 9 months ago, 23 Jun 2008
ka43
NSW, 3105 posts
23 Jun 2008 9:23AM
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Just wanted to thank a bloke who lent me a weed fin up at Canton Beach yesterday. We took a day trip up there and as I had never sailed there before thought I would be OK with normal slalom fins.
WRONG. Never seen so many weedies. I would get planing then after 20 meters had to stop, get off and clear the Xmas tree I was dragging under my board.
Put the weedie in and hey presto. Turned what was going to be a **** day into a top fun one. Although this was after I went over the handle bars and smashed the nose of my board. Gotta love duct tape
Good spot too, nice rigging area and pretty shallow water for yonks. Long runs too.
Thanks again Bruce.

FormulaNova
WA, 15111 posts
23 Jun 2008 1:50PM
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ka43 said...

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WRONG. Never seen so many weedies. I would get planing then after 20 meters had to stop, get off and clear the Xmas tree I was dragging under my board.
Put the weedie in and hey presto. Turned what was going to be a **** day into a top fun one. Although this was after I went over the handle bars and smashed the nose of my board. Gotta love duct tape
Good spot too, nice rigging area and pretty shallow water for yonks. Long runs too.
Thanks again Bruce.


You know it's shallow there when you aren't just sailing with some bits of weed, you are sailing on the weed. Literally sailing on a carpet of weed sometimes. At least it can keep the water nice and flat.

It can be a bit surprising to go out a long way, fall off and be only knee deep though.





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