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OH YEAH, IT LIVED UP TO THE 20-25 FORECAST BLOWING EARLY AND ALL DAY. NOT THAT CROWDED CONSIDERING IT WAS THE FIRST SATURDAY IN A MONTH IT WASN'T RAINING.
STILL PLENTY OF JELLYFISH AND FAIRLY HIGH WATER LEVEL.
TACK BAF TO ISLAND #1 AND THE BOAT RAMP WITH LOTS OF CHOP OUTSIDE BUT SEMI FLAT AND FAST ALONG THE SANDBAR. SOME HOLES BUT MOST GUSTS WOULD GET YOU THROUGH. DID A COUPLE OF PORT JUMPS AND FAST TACKS AND AN INSIDE DUCK JIBE. AT FIRST MISSED ONE OF EVERYTHING OUTSIDE BUT HAD PLENTY OF FAST, PLANING REGULAR JIBES ON THE INSIDE.
RIGGED ABOUT MIDDLE AT FIRST BUT LATER WENT TO NEARLY MAX LATER AND IT FELT BETTER. MANAGED TO GET FIRST DAY OVER 30 AND GLAD IT WAS ON THE SMALLER GEAR. WOULD HAVE RATED IT A 10 BUT THINGS SEEMED JUST A LITTLE OUT OF SYNC.
LOTS OF SPEEDERS OUT TODAY, RANGING FROM 28-40 MPH WITH SAILS FROM 4.7-7.7 MAKING FOR AN ACTION PACKED AFTERNOON.
GPS > > > 32 MILES @ 32.6 MPH PEAK SPEED
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