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FINALLY A DAY OF WIND AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER, NONE FOR ME IN OVER TWO WEEKS AND TODAY WAS GREAT. THIS WAS THE FIRST FRONT TO ACTUALLY HAVE ANY WIND AND IT EXCEEDED 15-20 FORECASTS AND WAS MORE LIKE 20-25 WHICH WAS THE OFFSHORE FORECAST. SAILED A LITTLE OVERPOWERED ON 6.0 THEN 5.4, WHILE SAILING BOTH CONSISTENTLY FELT LIKE TO GOING SMALLER WOULD WORK FINE, BUT.......
FIRST SESSION WAS 6.0 PRIMARILY STRAIGHT OUT TO THE HIGH MARKERS IN THE IWC THEN GRADUALLY SHIFTING TO GET OUT AND AROUND THE NORTH CABINS. SAILED WITH MATHEW, ROBERT, PAT & TOM, WATER LEVEL IS HIGH WITH SOME PRETTY HEAVY WEEDS IN THE IWC. MISSED A COUPLE OF JIBES AND FAST TACKS AT FIRST, SEEMED A BIT STRANGE HAVING BEEN SO LONG BUT OVERALL FULLY POWERED, COMFORTABLE AND GETTING BACK INTO THE JIBE ROUTINE FAIRLY FAST. DECIDED TO RIG SMALLER BUT......... MADE ONE LAST RUN OUT ON THE 6.0. SOMEHOW GOT RE-HOOKED INTO HARNESS MID- JIBE AND HAD MAJOR CRASH, RIPPING SAIL WINDOW AND EVERYTHING FORWARD TO THE LUFF SLEEVE, BATTEN TO BATTEN.
SECOND SESSION WAS 5.4 AND GOOD THING, CONSISTENT 20-25+ MOSTLY JUST RIGHT BUT ON THE HEAVY SIDE IN THE BIGGER GUSTS. MADE SEVERAL RUNS JUST UPWIND OF THE NORTH CABINS BUT NOT ALL THE WAY TO THE KING RANCH. IT WAS NOT REALLY WINDIER AND THE SWELLS WERE NOT THAT GREAT. IT WAS A GREAT SESSION WITHOUT ANY SCREW-UPS SAILING WITH ELIANA, THOMAS, ROBERT AND DON.
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