2023 01 03 - Job's birthday downwinder

 Great clan together for a downwinder on Job's birthday.  We had Job, Luca, Cam, James, Stu, Garry, Adam & Sean, with Ant joining us on the beach at Brighton.  We set off from Ricketts, waiting a little while for Adam to launch and for Cam to join us from Ricketts south.  

Was a really fun downwinder, calling in at all the favourite spots.  Garry almost hit a pylon with an x on it on the way down, and I had a kite fall out of the sky just at the red cliffs at Sandringham.  I thought there might be more wind closer to the cliff - turns out there was none.  We also got a bit tight around Green point, I ended up taking it really shallow over the reef.  

I still had quite a bit of energy by the end so Stu and I did a quick trip out to Fawkner beacon and back to make it 50kms.  Job had beers and some fruit to celebrate the trip and his birthday - was a great little setup.  Awesome day.

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