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LOTS OF BIG WIND AND THUNDERSHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH ANOTHER LATE SEASON COLD FRONT ARRIVING AND SURE ENOUGH THE WIND LASTED AWHILE AFTER THE RAIN ENDED.
WATER LEVEL IS UP SIGNIFICANTLY, THE WEEDS WERE BACK AND THE TACK WAS STRAIGHT OUT TO THE IWC AND BACK. NICELY POWERED AT FIRST AND MAKE HALF DOZEN OR SO RUNS TO THE KING RANCH SHORE. THERE WERE SOME NICE SWELL AREAS ACROSS THE IWC BUT NOT MUCH MORE WIND. NOT MUCH OF A PLANING JIBE DAY, MISSED A COUPLE DUE TO LACK OF POWER AND ENDED UP DOING MOSTLY FAST TACKS IN THE INSIDE. HAD MORE AND BIGGER JUMPS THAN USUAL, MOSTLY STARBOARD AND A COUPLE OF PORT. GOT SOME NICE HEIGHT AND DISTANCE BUT FAILED TO LEVEL THE BOARD OUT AT THE PEAK (NEED TO WORK ON PULLING UP THE REAR FOOT).
OVERALL A GOOD DAY, JUST A BIT UNDERPOWERED LATE AS THE WIND STARTED DROPPING, SURPRISED THAT PEAK SPEED WAS THE HIGHEST SO FAR WITH ABOUT THE SAME WIND BUT SMALLER SAIL AND BIGGER (WEED) FIN.
SAW A SIZEABLE STINGRAY (ABOUT 2' WINGSPAN) SWIMMING FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE SANDBAR ON LAST RUN IN.
GPS > > > 26.5 MILES @ 29.8 PEAK SPEED
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