3 sport, 72 km day in November!

I think this will go down as my longest November watersports day ever on Georgian Bay!

Wow, it was 17c by the end of the day. I started by checking the water temperature at the Launch Pad. 12c water is pretty amazing for November.

View to the south from the Launch Pad

I walked out to the point with the Skate 108 to check the wind. Nice solid 20 knots from the south. Felt like the 4.8 was a possibility but I decided on the 5.6 Idol which was a good sail choice. 33km of comfortable cruising. I fell in twice but wasn't really cold even with just my 4/3 suit in the 12c water. No tricks to speak of. Feet were fine without booties.

Some nice long runs out to Dokis island

Not very many fast jibes though

Timelapse of taking the sail to the point

Next it was time to try wing foiling. I had the Slick 5.0 wing and the Fanatic Sky 125 board with the high aspect 2000 foil 820 mast and 780 fuselage. I like how stable the Slick wing is in the gusts because it was really gusty. I had a few falls while tacking out of the harbour, but quickly got the hang of the board and kept my now bootie covered feet in the footstraps. I sailed for an hour and other than those first falls, stayed on the foil through almost every jibe. I did find a few lulls where I came off the foil but was amazed at how comfortable I've become.

Wing foiling jibes are sweet! Stayed on the foil for all but 5?
(And those were mostly in the lulls on the east side wind shadow)

Kept my speed up for most of the hour
My forearms were pretty sore at that point

Time lapse of my wing foil session

After a can of soup it was time for my last sport of the day. This time wind foiling. I put on my 5/4 wetsuit for this session. My 3rd sport of the day is the one where I can explore most easily. Upwind, downwind I can head wherever I want to go. I hadn't been on the 4.8 Idol with the Techno 148 and 76cm slingshot foil for a while. It is pretty comfortable even if the board is bigger than it needs to be for me. While I don't stay on the foil completely through the jibes, I'm getting good at making sure I don't fall in either. I went without booties again so I could use the footstraps. Toward the end of the session I did have my left hand cramp up pretty awkwardly. It eventually loosened up but it was a good sign that my day should be finished after 3.5 hours on the water.

Wind foiling lets me explore!

Lots of touchdowns and slowdowns on my windfoil jibes

Overall I'm hard pressed to say which sport I like most. I'm really grateful to be able to do all 3 in a day and enjoy the different sensations. It also helps that various different muscle groups are used.

The angels streaming out through the clouds!