When I arrived on the beach at 1445, I was greeted with 16-20km NW and plenty of beach to sail. I started with a 5.5m sail, but soon changed down to a 4m as it was a bit tough on my sheet arm and Ian and Keith were leaving me for dead. There was a spot of rain for about 15 minutes, but otherwise a near perfect afternoon, with 20-25km NW wind. The 3m tide gave us a huge beach, not that we needed it as the wind was near square-on to the beach, so no tacking involved. As Murphy’s Law would have it, we could have easily pulled off a 50km marathon with these conditions. Maybe we should not rule out 1800 low tides for future calendar planning…
