board: 240 JP 92 L FSW PRO         sail: 4.7 EZZY WAVE TIGER

 009 - Sunrise front so it was BAF to the Mudflats and North Cabins.  Mostly full power and a bit gusty.  Worked up to the north end and did several runs along the sandbar between Horseshoe Spoil where it was fast but not flat.  Also once in and out the boat ramp channel.  

board: 08 JP Freestyle 99L         sail: '09 Neil Pryde The Fly 5.1

My fingers got too cold! Just enough gusts to eek out a few monkeys and DW360s.

board: 240 JP 92 L FSW PRO         sail: 5.2 EZZY WAVE TIGER

 008 - Not much forecast so it was a big surprise to end up with a short but good sail.  BAF to SI#1 and a little almost to SI#2, it was sorta erratic with big gusts at first but the holes were small.  Only four others out but it was solo the last 45 minutes.  Maybe a good chance on sunrise front tomorrow?  

board: Choco custom Rodeo Maschina 125         sail: 6.3 Severne S-1

I only had an hour of sailing time to spend, and I had so many ideas I wanted to try. I keep dreaming of a warm steady 20 mph south wind and flat water where I can get in 50 attempts and try these ideas. I knew this was not going to happen today, so I was not expecting much. I would settle for a a few gusts and a couple of tries. It was sunny and warm. When I got there, I knew I had just missed the best part of the front, but at least I would get in a few attempts as I had hoped.

One idea was to just try to pop the board and land the nose down wind. Then, I would try to do a vulcan attempt still holding on to the boom. These attempts, just ended up in under-rotated crashes.

I gave up on that, and started doing my usual attempts. Same old out the back door.

As I knew the gusts were fading in frequency, I decided I was going to make myself stare at the back of my front hand. I had thought last trip, to Lake Belton, I would draw a large V on the back of my hand. Today, I was going to imagine this, but instead I decided to stare at the the split on the boom cage of the boom head. I thought it was helping, but then I ran out of time/wind. I think I will now put a big V on my boom head.

board: 08 JP Freestyle 99L         sail: '10 Naish Session 5.7

Got all the way to Hippie Hollow when I saw a sailor leaving with a boom on top of their car and realized I had forgotten my boom. Drove back and therefore missed a good 45 minutes of the planing wind :(. Did get about 15 mins planing, but then the wind dropped to barely LWFable. Feeling perfect temperature wise in my full suit without fleece or hat and the cold water really reminded me of sailing in the Gorge. It made me smile.

board: 246 JP 91L FRC FWS         sail: 5.8 EZZY WAVE TIGER

 007 - About as advetised but didn't really materialize today, good direction but the peak was low and short.  BAF between SI#2 and the north end with medium power and small holes. Tried an old JP very similar to the original 92 FSW  thinking it might plane faster than the current FWP.  It didn't feel as loose but jibed great and planed easy, no sure it was easier to plane.  Just a handful out for a short but worthwhile session.

board: 240 JP 92 L FSW PRO         sail: 4.7 EZZY WAVE TIGER

 006 - Surprised that it was much higher than forecast and pretty much got the most of it.  Whitecaps while rigging disappeared and with the inside lulls it looked to be the wrong sail.  Soft planing on first run to the KRS seemed like a mistake, it was a really slow return to find a little more power inside.  Luckily it filled in for medium and some full power.  Ended up making half dozen round trips between SI#1 and the KRS eventually returning upwind of SI#2.  Did a few short runs between SI#2 and the Piles where there was a bit of organized chop.  Final run from the Piles was good except for the lulls along the drop-off.  What a shame, less than a handful on the water.     

board: Choco custom Rodeo Maschina 125         sail: 5.9 Severne S-1

 Brief planing wind, and then a lot of hoping for more.

board: '09 JP Freestyle 90         sail: '09 Reverb 5.2

We drove north because NOAA said it was going to be this:

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTH TEXAS ON SUNDAY FROM 10 AM THROUGH 7 PM... .A POTENT UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVING NORTH OF THE REGION WILL BRING VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO NORTH TEXAS ON SUNDAY. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

But, unfortunately it didn't turn out that way.

On the plus side, 100% (5/5) on the V's...2 on starboard, 3 on port. Or maybe I semi-fell once on a 3rd starboard attempt? I semi-fell on something once I think, but my old brain doesn't remember. 

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board: 08 JP Freestyle 99L, JP Freestyle 90L         sail: Neil Pryde Firefly 4.5, NeilPryde Firefly 4.9

Fun to hang out with the gang, but as far as windsurfing goes it was a bust.