Sometimes it pays to try something different. I'd already packed away the gear but Sunday morning was showing more wind than predicted. I loaded a bit of kit in the small boat and headed out to the bay. The Southeast wind was gusty in the harbour. So I headed out farther to my buddy Scott's place.
Scott had been out on his 5.4 and JP Excite Ride 148. He said it wasn't quite working for him. So I rigged my 6.2 and dock started right onto my Skate 108. I had to pump onto a plane, but got going on pretty much each short run. Because the runs are so short in the narrow channel, I wound up doing many more transitions than normal. Even so I stayed dry for quite some time. I did tacks, jibes, duck jibes, heli-tacks, and then, why not try some Vulcans?
I really hadn't tried many Vulcans in the last three years. I landed one each in 2011, 2012 and 2013 and am likely over 300 attempts now? On my 6th try this day I landed sliding backwards with my feet in the straps, hands on the other side of the boom, water-started back into the new direction got up and switched my feet. Not elegant but technically my 4th one. And my 1st Vulcan over age 50!
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| I was surprised to be able to see the vulcan attempts on the GPS... |
Scott and I sailed together for a while and then it seemed like the wind was dropping. We took a break, but as I was starting to derig, we chatted about his JP Excite Ride. So I tried his board and quite liked it with the 6.2. (I'd taken off my life-jacket with the GPS in it for the quick test of the JP, so no trail of that...). Here are Scott's shots of me on his board. Thanks Scott!
Overall a really great session that had me smiling!
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| Smiling trying out Scott's gear |
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| Trying some switch stance... |
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| Thanks for the photos Scott! |
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