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NOT QUIET UP TO THE IMPROVED 15-25 FORECAST BUT IT WAS A PLENTY GOOD 15-20 DAY. LOTS OF LESSONS FOR TAMUCC STUDENTS AND LOTS OF FREE DEMO ACTIVITY AT ROGER'S TRUCK & TRAILER FULL OF NEWVSTARBOARD & SAILWORKS GEAR.
TACK WAS OUT BETWEEN ISLANDS #2 & #3, DID MAKE ONE IWC CROSSING AT MARKER #143 & ISLAND #4 AND BACK ALL THE WAY TO THE BOAT RAMP END. IT WAS VERY CHOPPY, UNORGANIZED BUT FAIRLY CONSISTENT BETWEEN ISLANDS #2 & #3 BUT DIDN'T STAY OUT THERE VERY LONG AND IT WAS PRETTY FLAT EVERYWHERE ELSE.
VEERY EASY TO PLAND WITH SPEED ALONG THE SANDBAR GOING SOUTH BUT NOT AS FAST ON THE RETURN,, HAD TO PINCH UPWIND QUIET A BIT TO GET STAY ON THE SANDBAR. MISSED A COUPLE OF THINGS TODAY AND HAD ONE MAJOR SPIN OUT, ONLY DID A DUCK JIBE AND A FEW FAST TACKS.
HAD THE SAIL AT ABOUT MINIMUM, COULD HAVE USED MORE DOWNHAUL LATE, AND ABLE TO PLANE FAIRLY CONSISTENT BUT ONLY OCCASIONALLY FELT ANY SPEED.
GPS > > > 27.5 MPH @ 43 MILES
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