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January 2012

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Krystal competes @ Breakwater to Beacon Windsurf Race

Over the weekend the "Breakwater to Beacon" race was on, down at the beach at Sandringham. The event was really well run by Windsurfing Victoria and Sailboard Head Quarter SHQ. On the sunday of the race it was my birthday and I couldn't have thought of a better way to spend it then on the water. I had a bit of a tough start to the race, with a slow beach start on the Formula board. Once I finally got up and planning and narrowly skipping over the reef with my massive fin..i was off and running. I finished around mid fleet which i was happy with. A big surprise of the day was that i won the lucky door prize! Which was a new short board...

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Krystal wins Womens Australian Nationals

After a tight battle with Tristan Brown of WA Krystal finishes second overall in the Open Laser Radial and first overall in the Womens.  It was a tough day on the water with another tricky easterly wind on Morton Bay. We had two races in under 10knots. In the first race I started towards the boat and played the shifts up the middle of the course while a group of young New Zealanders all headed out to the left. I rounded the top mark in 6th slowly climbing back to 4th spot. The next race I had a great start in the middle of the line, playing the shifts perfectly up the middle and protecting left where I could. I rounded the top mark with a comfortable lead...

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Day Five Australian Nationals

Krystal finishes day five off with a 19th and 1st, now sitting in 4th overall with two more races to go. Today was a very tricky day in queensland. We had a tricky easterly wind blowing today with 40* shifts. The first race was tough as I had a terrible pin end start where I missed the lay and had to tack. I tacked a infringe a another boat so I had to do a 720 (two spins on the spot). For the rest of the race I was playing catch up, it was so shifty but I just couldn't pick it right. For the next race, I really backed my game plan and went out to the right hand side after a good start at the...

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Day four Australian Nationals

Krystal posts a 3rd & 2nd on Day Four QLD National Titles Today was picture perfect conditions on Morton Bay. It was blowing 10-12knots SE over the land. I started the day off with a great start & played the shifts nicely up the first beat and rounded the top mark first. On the first downwind I sailed underneath the starboard layline and lost out on two boats. I gained one back on the beat while the NZl sneaked inside me on a shift from the left. I sailed a great reach making ground on Tristan Brown & NZL. I had to settle for third. Next race was a similar story where Tristan was able to find a little bit of extra boat speed on the run...

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