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SIXTH STRAIGHT DAY AND THIRD FOR 4.7, SOLID 20-25 AND CHOPPY. LESS THAN A DOZEN SAILING AND PLENTY OF JELLYFISH.
TACK BAF TO ISLAND #1 AND END ZONE NEAR THE BOAT RAMP. VERY CHOPPY EVERYWHERE, ALMOST ALWAYS FULLY POWERED AND MOSTLY FAST. TRIED TO STAY AS CLOSE TO SANDBAR ON RETURN AND THERE WAS A CONSISTENT GUST AT THE FIRST POINT SOUTH OF THE LAUNCH. HAD A COUPLE OF SPINOUTS, A FEW MISSED JIBES AND FAST TACKS BUT STILL HAD A GOOD DAY, MAKING MOST OF THE SAME SEVERAL TIMES. MADE A FEW PORT AND STARBOARD JUMPS BUT MOSTLY WORKED ON SPEED.
RIGGED SAIL JUST LESS THAN MAX DOWNHAUL AND WITH MID OUTHAUL, SEEMED TO MOVE AROUND A BIT BUT SOME OF THE GUSTS WERE VERY STRANGE.
GPS > > > 50 MILES @ 31.7 PEAK SPEED.
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