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11th session in 2003 Sailed at BIB Wind from the S (mph)
average: 31 gusts: 38 |
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Board: 268 NAISH ENDURO Sail: 4.7 EZZY SE WAVE Fin: 11.0" WEED Suit: LONG JOHN Water Temperature: 66 F Air Temperature: 75 F |
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BLEW HARD ALL DAY WITH BIG GUSTS OUTSIDE AND SMALL CHOP EVERYWHERE. EVERYONE HAVEING PROBLEMS TUNING-IN , NOTHING SEEMED JUST RIGHT, BUT DEFINITELY COULD HAVE USED 4.2 THE ENTIRE TIME. TOM S RIGGED DOWN TO 4.2 RIGHT AWAY AND I HAD 3 SESSIONS WITH THE 4.7, ALL FULLY POWERED AND HEAVY. TOM MADE THE CORRECT CALL DOING FINE ALL DAY AND EVAN'S LAST SESSION WAS ON 4.5. IT WAS TOUGH MAKING SOME OF THE OUTSIDE JIBES AROUND ISLAND #1 DUE TO MASSIVE GUST ZONE, BUT DID MAKE ALL INSIDE JIBES WITH SOME SMOOTH PLANING EXITS. THE TACK WAS FAIRLY UPWIND TO ISLAND #1 BUT THE RETURN TO THE LAUNCH WAS PRETTY ROUGH AND MORE DOWNWIND. THE FINAL RUN ALONG THE INSIDE SANDBAR WAS USUALLY A MASSIVE GUST RIGHT TO THE SANDBAR WITH A NICE FLAT ZONE AT THE END. AWSOME FOR HIGH SPEED PLANING JIBES WITH JUST A BIT OF A LULL GETTING BACK TO THE OUTSIDE. ON SEVERAL APPROACHES, ALMOST COULDN'T REMOVE BACK FOOT FROM STRAP TO INITIATE THE JIBE, WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN AN UGLY CRASH INTO THE SANDBAR. NO CRASHES, LOT'S OF SUN AND WIND. | ||