I don’t usually get much response from the fisherman in the area when I go wingfoiling. But today one of the fisherman yelled out F&@$ Yeah, as I foiled past. There were also sounds from upwind throughout my session as hunters were taking occasional gun shots sighting their scopes. Bear hunting sites were being baited and there were almost as many boats as during Thanksgiving weekend. There were even some rumoured deer sightings.
The day started off well finding our new dock for the Launch Pad at the marina. It took me two hours to tow it down the river and out to the island. It is definitely going to be a much more stable launching platform.
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I like our new dock!
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I pumped up the 5m slick wing and hopped on Jen‘s 142 L Fanatic Sky WS SUP board. I did get going a couple of times but the 12 knot wind wasn’t quite enough for me to sail comfortably without constantly trying to pump the wing and board. Is colder fall air less dense? So I dropped off the board at the point to walk the 5m back and then brought out the 7m. Strangely the GPS says those walks had my highest heart rate of the day? (In hindsight that actually makes sense, that was while pumping up the 7m wing!)
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| My GPS trail |
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| Heart rate and speed |
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| 13°C water |
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| Windiest spot on the lakes! |
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| My retro harness |
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| Amazing sunset |
That was the ticket! Tons of beautiful runs and even some foiling tacks toeside but none on the foil heelside. Overall, an hour of sailing and 13 km. It was a beautiful and unbelievably warm day for late October. Water was 13°C air 14°C and I only felt a bit cold after that one time that I fell in. I foiled back to the new dock with some nice jibes and jumped onto that very stable platform!
Video of me landing at the new dock
I spent the rest of the evening packing up gear and looking forward to remodelling the launchpad for 2025.
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