Marathon on water

A marathon is 42.2 km. I sailed 43.2 km in 1:49, which amazingly is only a bit faster than the 2:03 world record for running a marathon. It is considerably easier to windsurf at 21 km/h than run at that speed!

Average speed of 21 km/h - just like a marathon runner!

I waited all day for the wind to switch from NNW to the predicted SW. I headed out after finishing emails and seeing the wind shift at 4pm.

View of my route from the SW wind direction.
Start finish is at the centre top.
I sailed upwind through the islands to the left, then over to
the open (flat) water lower right, then back downwind in the centre...

I worked upwind slowly via a nice route up through the islands.  I was on the Ray 122, 48 cm fin and 9.0 NP V8. I'm starting to get better at finding a set up that has both legs straight while sailing. I seem to spend too much time pinching upwind with my front leg bent or not even in the strap.

Wind was 11knots when I started, built to a steady 15, and was back to 11 when I finished. I timed it perfectly!

I have been uploading some of my sessions to the GPS Team Challenge but it seems my Garmin 910XT GPS isn't accurate enough for the site. So I hope a new GPS arrives for next weekend's sessions and that my actual top speeds are not too far off what I've recorded here in the past.