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4th session in 2004 Sailed at BIB Wind from the NW (mph)
average: 29 gusts: 35 |
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Board: 268 NAISH ENDURO Sail: 4.7 EZZY SE WAVE Fin: 11.0" WEED Suit: LONG JOHN Water Temperature: 63 F Air Temperature: 60 F |
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THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A COLD ONE BUT WITH PLENTY OF SUN, WATER @ 64 AND AIR ABOUT 60 ACTUALLY NEVER FELT COLD. ONLY ONE FAIRLY LONG SESSION AND IT WAS SOLID POWER THE WHOLE TIME. HAD JUST ABOUT MAX DOWN AND OUT HAUL WHICH KEPT THE SAIL CONTROLLABLE BUT THE BOARD FELT TOO BIG IN THE BIGGEST GUSTS. TACK WAS DOWNWIND OF ISLAND #1 AND TO THE END BY THE BOAT RAMP. WHITECAPS AND CHOPPY EVERYWHERE BUT OVERALL PRETY NICE. THOSE WHO WENT OUTSIDE AND ACROSS THE IWC SAID THE SWELLS WERE WELL FORMED AND NICE. DID A COUPLE OF FAST TACKS ON THE INSIDE AND OTHERWISE JUST POWERED JIBES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT SEEING THE SANDBAR ON THE INSIDE JIBES. | ||