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GREAT DAY, 3 LONG SESSIONS, WARM (ACTUALLY HOT), MOSTLY 20+, ALMOST THE WHOLE GANG AND SEVERAL MORE VISITOR FRIENDS.
FIRST SESSION LOOKED AT BIT IFFY BUT FIRST RUN OUT WAS FINE AND IT JUST KEPT GETTING BETTER, FAIRLY SMALL HOLES, ALWAYS PLANING AND CONSISTENTLY POWERED. JUST CROSSED THE IWC ONCE, IT WAS NICE BUT HAD JUST A BIT TOO MUCH POWER TO COMFORTABLY MANAGE.
SECOND SESSION WAS SIMILAR, BUT MUCH MORE FULLY, OCCASIONALLY A LITTLE OVER, POWERED BUT JUST IN THE HIGHER GUSTS. THE TACK WAS BAF BETWEEN ISLAND #1 AND THE LAUCH, THERE WERE SOME REALLY NICE RUNS INSIDE ALONG THE SANDBAR. NICE GUST ZONE AROUND ISLAND #1, DID LOTS OF OUTSIDE FAST TACKS AND A COUPLE OF INSIDE DUCK JIBES. THE CHOP WAS PRETTY LIGHT OVERALL, DID SEVERAL HOPS/JUMPS BUT MISSED A COUPLE OF OUTSIDE, INSIDE AND A DUCK JIBE.
HAD THOUGHTS ABOUT RIGGING SMALLER FOR THE SECOND TIME BUT TOOK A LONG LUNCH BREAK AND DIDN'T.
THIRD SESSION WAS ALSO GREAT, JUST A BIT LESS WIND BUT STILL PLANING AND MODERATELY TO FULLY POWERED MOST OF THE TIME. AT TIMES THE SANDBAR RUN HAD MORE HOLES BUT THE OUTSIDE WAS CONSISTENTLY GOOD.
STRONGEST FRONT OF SEASON DUE IN AT MIDNIGHT, IT IS SUPPOSED TO BLOW HARD NORTH ALL NIGHT AND DAY WITH RAIN CLEARING LATE MORNING.
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