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WHAT A SURPRISE ON A 10-15 FORECAST! IT BLEW 20-25 MOST OF THE NIGHT AND DAY, DROPPING A BIT WHEN DRIZZLE SETTLED IN. COLD, DARK AND GLOOMY DAY BUT SAILING WAS COMFORTABLE AND GREAT, MOST SAILED WITH 5.5-6.5.
ONE NICE SESSION AND IT WAS GOOD FROM START TO FINISH. TACK WAS STRAIGHT OUT AND BACK, ABOUT 2/3 OF TOTAL RUNS WERE ACROSS IWC JIBING IN THE SPOIL AREA WHERE IT WAS VERY SHALLOW, JUST KNEE DEEP. ALSO FOUND A SIZEABLE WEEDBERG WHICH WAS STATIONARY, SOME EVEN ABOVE THE WATER SURFACE, JUST ACROSS THE IWC AT ABOUT MARKER #122. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF NICE SWELL AREAS AND IT WAS PRETTY FLAT ACROSS THE SPOILS. ABLE TO STAY PLENTY POWERED SO NEVER HIT BOTTOM BUT IT LOOKED SHALLOW.
WIND WAS MOSTLY CONSISTENT AND ENOUGH TO PLANE AND STAY POWERED ALL THE TIME WITH GOOD SPEED. DIDN'T FEEL VERY AGRESSIVE ON MOST JIBES, NOT SHEETING IN WITH COMMITTMENT AT TIMES. MANAGED SEVERAL HIGHER JUMPS GOING OUT AND A COUPLE INSIDE JUST BEFOEE THE JIBE. DID LOTS OF INSIDE FAST TACKS BUT DID MISS 2 NORMAL INSIDE JIBES.
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