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DIDN'T QUITE SEEM UP TO THE 20-25+ FORECAST BUT IT WAS WARM WITH JUST A LITTLE DRIZZLE, ABOUT A DOZEN SAILING TODAY ON 6.0-7.8.
TACK WAS TO ISLAND #1 AND/OR UPWIND A BIT, WATER WAS FLAT AND WIND FAIRLY CONSISTENT INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. THERE WERE HOLES BUT GENERALLY ABLE TO STAY ON A PLANE. STARTED OUT WITH MININAL OUT/DOWNHAUL AND GRADUALLY NEEDED MORE THROUGH THE DAY. GOT THE BEST OF THE WIND, IT SIGNIFICANTLY PICKED ABOUT 3PM AND STARTED TO GET OVERPOWERING AT TIMES (NEEDED MORE DOWNHAUL), BUT DID NOT REALLY LAST VERY LONG.
DID A FEW INSIDE DUCK JIBES AND OUTSIDE FAST TACKS AND HAD SOME NICE POWERED JIBES ALONG THE SANDBAR. MADE 2 TRIPS ACROSS IWC TO KING RANCH SHORE AT THE 3.5 MILE RANGE, THERE WERE SOME NICE SWELLS AND THE WIND SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN A LITTLE MORE CONSISTENT BUT NOT STRONGER. MANAGED TO STAY AHEAD AND/OR KEEP UP WITH WOLF, ON 7.0 ON ONE RUN BAF TO KING RANCH.
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