Sailed at Auckland, Bucklands Beach
Rated a 6 of 10

Wind from the W (knots)

lulls: 6

average: 17

gusts: 21

Board: Starboard Carve 99 2004 Wood
Sail: NP Zone 5.2 2007
Fin: Drake Freeride 280
Suit: XCel 4/3 infinity x-zip.

First time on winter suite. It's getting a bit colder at the end of the day. Water isn't that cold yet, but definitively colder.

When I left home the wind meter had 45km/h, but when I arrived it didn't really look like that. But I still measured between 13 to 21 knots, so decided to pick the 5.2. Could have gone with the 6.2 probably. Wind was very inconsistent, but had about 30 minutes where I was blasting fairly frequently with the 5.2. After that the wind died mostly. Couldn't water start most of the time, but I'm now fairly proficient with pulling up the sail with this small board. And my jibes are getting more consistent as well, even in rougher water.