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thanks Wally
ill have a look at them - the booties i have work well on sup but for some reason not on new wally
First cruise today for me on my LT. Very surreal after 30 odds year. Ive gone dinghies -> Wally -> several slalom and wave boards -> many years racing cats and then not sailing at all for last 15 years. So today, in lightish air on an inland dam, was quite surreal, and a heap of fun! Some scissor gybes (a bit wobbly), planed once, got some harness time. Muscle memory is cool/amazing. Very glad to be back, stoked with my purchase!
You are kidding...... that means you have the third LT in Armidale! That's remarkable.
We're normally sailing on the little waterhole at our place on Commissioner's Waters, 4k west of the Blue Hole. The sailable part (before it gets too shallow and windless) is only about 100m by 50m but that's enough to chill out, do freestyle and get some sailing in. I did sail at Dumaresque until we bought this place over winter.
I raced my LT last weekend and may take it down to Malpas tomorrow; my wife can't sail hers as she has a dog club event on. I may also have to sail my Laser as the Keepit Laser guys are planning to come up. I'll drop you a PM with contact details.
There's one LT down at Maclean's Big River Sailing Club, and one owned by a Newcastle sailor who in often in Grafton. I think there's a couple more on order from northern NSW cruisers. Andy Landy, Olympic silver medallist in cats, former world Moth dinghy champ and a good windsurfer, is now in Ben Lomond and if I lend him a board and use one of my One Designs we may be able to get him into a local fun day as well. I think there'll be enough interest for an autumn event near the coast, but until then it would be great to get the three of us out around Armidale.
After all, Armidale has Australia's top sailing spot - FACT.*
Well, if you mean top by height above sea level. :-)
This is fun :). PM sent! How someone like Andrew Landenburger (sp) ends up up there is beyond me.
Get your LT's to Armidale people, looks like it's the place of pace!
Has anyone tried an LT for absolute beginners and can compare to the other offerings in the market.
There was a second hand LT for sale in Sydney, ? I saw it on Facebook ,just wondering if it sold
I picked my LT today up from Windgenuity and had it in the water at Connells Point Sailing Club in Sydney by the afternoon. Couldn't believe how quick and simple it was to rig. I'm returning to the sport and haven't sailed anything for about 15 years. It was about 10knts. I got it going to windward no worries, hooked into the harness and just totally loved it. 
Yeah i stacked on tacks and gybes plenty of times but I could n't care, it was so easy to uphaul and get moving again.
I was a lot more unstable downwind, and the centreboard is still pretty tight. I sailed for as long as my body could take (about 90 mins). Overall all I had one of the best afternoons i can remember having for a long time. Super keen to go out again.
Yeah i stacked on tacks and gybes plenty of times but I could n't care, it was so easy to uphaul and get moving again.
Another sail this afternoon, took the kids. The dam was glass when we got there - had a great time mucking around with it in SUP mode. Then a breeze puffed through and we had an hour or so of kids riding on nose, aft, standing inside me hanging on wishbone. They LOVED it, 'I can't believe how fast it goes!'. (Wait until we get more than the say 7kt gusts :)). Then de-rigged and on the Ute in 5 mins. Stoked.
Help how do you rig a Wally sail???
up at lake for Xmas - going out to practice on the LT to get ready for cruiser class at the Nats.
Dont know now what I'm doing trying to rig the sail.
To much down haul on that rig giving you the creases down the mast. I set the boom to the 50 mark and first pull out haul to as far as you can to the boom end and then pull down haul to just give you a slight crease down the mast, and I mean slight. Stronger wind I give more down haul and a little more outhaul.
Im from the old days so not sure if today this is how it's done but sailing my LT I get a very smooth set sail with no creases at all other than in really light wind when I bag it out a bit and have a few.
Yeah i stacked on tacks and gybes plenty of times but I could n't care, it was so easy to uphaul and get moving again.
Finally took the new Wally out on the lake and was very surprised how much fun it was (never had a long board before). Couple of questions where is the best place to put the mast track ? I also managed to ding it. It's through to the core a crack about 80-100mm can suck air through it. Does it need a full grind back re glass re fair re paint repair or just a jell coat fill in the crack.
I've got my mast almost all the way back, as with the One Design. If it starts really blowing I'll move it forward, again in the usual way. However there is a bit of variation at the front of the fleet, with some lightweights in One Designs moving the mast base forward.
