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A NICE SURPRISE FOR A 10-15, IT ACTUALLY STARTED BLOWING ABOUT 8:00 AM, BUT THINKING IT WAS A FLUKE, JUST KEPT WATCHING HOURLY READINGS WHICH WERE CONSISTENTLY 15-20 SO FINALLY DECIEDE IT WAS AN EARLY RATHER THAN LATE ONE.
SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY BUT RATED HIGHER DUE TO TIME ON WATER AND IT WAS PROBABLY A BIT WINDIER OVERALL. REALLY NICE FLAT WATER CRUISING FROM WORLDWINDS TO NORTH BIRD ISLAND AND BACK. CONSISTENT GUSTS NEAR SHORE AND AROUND THE PENISULA POINT. KEPT RUNNING AS CLOSE TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE TO STAY UPWIND AND NEVER HIT BOTTOM. DID GO ACROSS IWC ONCE ABOUE THE NORTH CABINS BUT THE WIND WAS NOT ANY BETTER AND THERE WAS NO REAL SWELL, JUST PURE MOGULS AND NO NICE PATH THROUGH. HAD SEVERAL REALLY FAST STARBOARD PLANING JIBES AND A COUPLE OF GOOD FAST TACKS COMING IN TO THE SANDBAR. DID 3 SESSIONS AND WAS ABLE TO PLANE 85% SOMETIMES EVEN THROUGH THE HOLES. THERE WERE SOME LULLS BETWEEN THE GUSTS BUT THE GUST PREVAILED AND IT WAS A REAL FUN DAY OVERALL.
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