There was wind all night and it continued into the morning. After I replaced the bilge pump on the cedarstrip boat we headed out to the Launch Pad.
On my old weather station it said 17-21 from the SW. The Tempest said west and 20. I took the same 5.6 and Fanatic Freewave 116 from yesterday. But this time I was fully powered.
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| Smiling after my first session! |
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| First session GPS trail |
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| Good jibes in the middle of the session after a lot of tacking to start Nice speeds on the downwind part at the end! |
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| Nice wind at 1:30! |
After a shower and a few real estate phone calls I went out for another session. Same 5.6 Idol but this time on the Fanatic Skate 108. Sailing the two boards back to back is interesting. The Freewave is comfy to ride. It isn’t as fast and doesn’t jibe as well though as the Skate. The Freewave top speed was 44.0 km/h and I only planed out of one or two jibes - and only on when doing duck jibes.
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| My 2nd session GPS trail I was planing 74% of the time! |
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| A lot of nice jibes and long runs in the middle of the session Good speeds on the downwind at the end of the session |
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| Nice wind at 5:30 as well! |
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| My 2nd and 1st sessions: total 64.64 km Just an extra 1.4 km on the faster Skate 108 |
The Skate top speed was 46.9 km/h and I planed out of a lot of jibes - going almost 15 km without falling in. The Skate is a bit more technical to sail but for me I know exactly how to tack it or get it planing.
I don’t know why I didn’t do many tricks - especially on the Skate. I did a few duck jibes. And tried one duck tack. On my last jibe I decided to do a carve 360. It was fun and I need to do more.
I was nice and tired when we walked to the point to see the sunset. It was only 17c, the water was warmer than the air. I saw a post saying that the warmest part of the summer is already over. Glad I had this day.
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