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137th session in 2002 Sailed at BIB Wind from the S (mph)
average: 27 gusts: 33 |
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Board: 268 NAISH ENDURO Sail: 4.7 EZZY SE WAVE Fin: 11.0" WEED Suit: LONG JOHN Water Temperature: 65 F Air Temperature: 70 F |
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OH YEA IT WAS A GREAT DAY!!! SAILED 5.4 ACROSS IWC AT ISLAND #1 TO KING RANCH SHORE SEVERAL TIMES, MOSTLY JUST CHOP GOING BUT NICER SWELLS ON THE RETURN. MADE ALL JIBES, SOME FAST TACKS AND SOME HOPS. NEXT TWO SESSIONS WERE 4.7 AND NICELY POWERED, MOSTLY DOING JIBES BETWEEN ISLAND AND LAUNCH ON FIRST SESSION. INSIDE HAD SOME LULLS BUT THE LAST GUST ALONG THE FLATS WAS CONSISTENTLY FAST MAKING FOR SOME AGRESSIVE AND PLANING JIBES. MADE 2/3 OF DUCK JIBES. THE OUTSIDE WAS GUSTY AND HEAVY LIKE THE BAY, CHOP GOING AND SWELLS ON THE RETURN. JB WAS CROSSING THE IWC ALL DAY, 5.5 THEN 4.6 AND THOMAS DID GREAT ON 5.0. THOMAS RAN AGROUND AT ISLAND #1 JUST 50' FURTHER FROM THE ISLAND FROM WHERE I HAD JUST SAILED , VERY SURPRISING THAT I DIDN'T CRASH TOO. | ||