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GREAT DAY AFTER A LONG SPELL ON LIGHT WIND, CLOUDS, FOG, COLD ETC. THIS FRONT HIT JUST AFTER NOON AND ENDED UP BETTER THAN THE 15-20 & 15-25 FORECASTS. IT WAS A FAIRLY CONSISTENT 20-25 WHICH MADE FOR GOOD SPEED, ALMOST FULL TIME PLANING AND SOME GREAT LONG RUNS.
TACK STRAIGHT OUT AND BACK BUT WITH HIGHER WATER LEVEL ABLE TO CROSS THE IWC AND MUD FLATS FOR SEVERAL TRIPS TO THE KRS. RUNS BACK FROM THE KRS WERE UPWIND PAST THE NORTH CABINS, ONCE UP THE BOAT RAMP CHANNEL TO SHORE. THAT RUN AND THE RETURN TO THE KRS WERE OUTSTANDING, NEVER OFF PLANE WITH SEVERAL FAST AREAS. MISSED SOME INSIDE JIBES AND FAST TACKS AND DUMPED IT ONCE IN A HOLE BEHIND A BARGE.
JUST ONE LONG SESSION FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYONE WITH SAILS RANGING FROM 4.5-6.0. RITA/LOREN AND MALCOM ARRIVED FROM CANADA,PETER IS BACK AGAIN AND TOM EVEN SAILED IN THE CHILL.
GPS > > > 40.8 MILES @ 28.9 MPH PEAK SPEED
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