Wind Journal for Berend de Boer -- Tuesday April 25, 2006 , 2:30p-5:00p -- See All

14th session in 2006
Sailed at Auckland, Point Chevalier
Wind from the NW (knots)
        lulls: 7
        average: 14
        gusts: 20
Rated a 7 of 10

Board: BIC Nova, Starboard Carve 99 2004 Wood
Sail: NP Saber 6.2 2005, NP Saber 7.2 2005
Fin: Drake Freeride 320, Select Ride 50
Suit: Short sleeve.
Air Temperature: 21 C

Finally some real windsurfing. Windmeter gave some 17 knot gusts, but it went down to 14 or so, so I decided to start with the big board and the 7.2. Did a nice jibe with the 7.2, not carving but I didn't stop either. But after a whilethe wind strengthened and there was quite some chop. Which isn't nice with the big board. But this time I had taken everything so the Carve 99 and the 6.2. Perfect. And scary sometimes.

It was noticable I hadn't done real windsurfing in some time. No success with any kind of jibing at all. And I made some forward crashes when going down wind too much. But anyway, it was great to do some windsurfing again.


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