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BACK AT IT AGAIN TODAY ON A 15-25 FORECAST WAS ABOUT RIGHT, IT BLEW MORE LIKE 20+ AFTER 2PM. FAIRLY GUSTY AT TIMES THE 5.3 WOULD HAVE WORKED FINE BUT....
TACK WAS TO ISLAND #1 WITH SOME PRETTY GOOD CHOP ON THE OUTSIDE AND NOT MANY HOLES AROUND THE ISLAND. SOME RUNS BACK AND ALONG THE SANDBAR WERE GREAT BUT OTHERS GOT A LITTLE FRUSTRATING. HAD SEVERAL GOOD RUNS FROM THE LAUNCH TO THE NORTH END. DID A FEW PORT JUMPS, SEVERAL OUTSIDE FAST TACKS AND AN INSIDE DUCK JIBE. ALSO HAD SOME POWERED PLANING EXITS. DIDN'T MISS MUCH OF ANYTHING BUT SOME TRANSITIONS WERE NOTHING SPECIAL EITHER.
SAILED MOSTLY OVERPOWERED AND WITH ONLY A FEW HOLES. HAD SAIL AT MID DOWNHAUL AND MIN OUTHAUL. LATER WENT TO MAX OUTHAUL AND COULD HAVE USED MORE DOWNHAUL BUT DIDN'T. RARELY FELT FAST ON THE RETURN BUT ALMOST ALWAYS HAD GOOD POWER AND SPEED HEADING OUT. THE WIND DIRECTION VARIED SLIGHTLY AND THERE WERE SOME STRANGE GUST CLOSE TO SHORE. MUST HAVE BEEN POINTING TOO MUCH TRYING TO MAXIMIZE THE INSIDE SANDBAR AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN MAXIMIZING SPPED BECAUSE THE POINTING SPEED WAS BETTER GOING SOUTH.
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