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STARTED BLOWING FAIRLY EARLY TODAY BUT UNABLE TO GO OUT UNTIL LATE. EVAN HAD BEEN OUT WITH 5.0 MOST OF THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND IT WAS JUST RIGHT.
MANAGED ONE GOOD SESSION MOSTLY FROM LAUNCH TO ISLAND #1. SOMEWHAT HOLEY IN SPOTS ON THE INSIDE AND A BIT GUSTY ON THE OUTSIDE. WAS ABLE TO STAY ON PLANE BUT SOMETHING WAS OUT OF SYNC WITH THE SAIL AS IT DID NOT FEEL ALL THAT FAST. ABLE TO CONSISTENTLY STAY AHEAD OF THOMAS ON A 5.0 AND DON ON 6.0, MOVING HARNESS LINES DID HELP. DID A FEW PORT FAST TACKS, STARBOARD DUCK JIBES, SOME SMALL JUMPS AND MISSED A COUPLE OF JIBES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. WIND WAS A BIT SOUTHERLY, GOOD SANDBAR RUNS GOING SOUTH AND THE WATER WAS RELATIVELY FLAT OUTSIDE. OVERALL IT WAS A GOOD SESSION WHICH ENDED AS THE UNIVERSAL TENDON JOINT BROKE (FORTUNATELY RIGHT ON THE SANDBAR AT THE LAUNCH).
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