On Saturday morning I dragged myself out of bed and got some breakfast at McDs on the way to Lake Ontario Park. I was pretty sore from the day before. The morning already started off looking windy so I rigged the old NP V6 7.0 and got myself ready. I was the last one to walk my gear out to the water and then realized I didn't have an uphaul on that boom as I haven’t rigged that gear in a while. Back to shore, carry the gear out of the water, took the uphaul from the 9.0. I thought I was going to be late, but turned out ok. There was plenty of time to get to the start line.
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| Nice rigging area! |
On the first race I was pointing so much higher than the day before that I overshot the top mark on my 3rd tack (lowest right line on the map)! I was slowly getting more time on the foil and touchdowns were getting to be less frequent. Some of my downwind runs were almost straight downwind, that was the one advantage of the slow huge foil I had over the other competitors.
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| 5 races - 46 km |
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| Slightly higher speed than yesterday - 15 knots max |
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| Solid wind in Kingston |
We managed to do five races. I was even excited to do the last race. By that last race, I was consistently finishing my one lap just before the really good IQ foilers were finishing their two laps. So basically I was still getting lapped, but only once instead of twice like at the beginning of the racing yesterday!
The 7.0 was so much easier to sail than the 9.0 the day before. Other things to remember for next time - yes the foot straps are way better for going upwind when they are outboard. One of the four mast bolts was loose again - I should take an Allen Key with me next time I’m out for a long foil!
CORK hosted a nice BBQ for all the competitors at the Portsmouth Centre. It is a great facility. Hopefully in 2023 the foil Kingston event will be even bigger with more wind foilers. Even wing foil is being talked about as an option. I also hope that the Sail GP event scheduled for Canada next year will be in Kingston because it has such a great wind and good infrastructure for sailing through Cork.
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| BBQ fun with Jamie’s friend Sarah |
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| Portsmouth harbour with some of the WASPZ boats And a coast guard boat |
On Sunday there was as predicted no wind. So we had a nice morning on the picnic table at our lunch site chatting with the other competitors. It was decided that there would be no racing. I wound up 5/8, similar to my 5/7 two years ago. I headed home before the award ceremony, but was pleased with how the event went for all of us.
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| Happy with my 5th place result but check out Anna’s dominance! |
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| The really good windfoilers |
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