Wow, what a way to end my windsurfing for 2018. After a torrential rainstorm overnight we were back to northeasterly winds in Hatteras. It was still warm though, so after some work emails I headed down to Frisco again with the crew.
This time the water level was higher and the waves were bigger. This was due to the very strong (30 knots?) NE wind. Luckily the wind was warm so I was comfy in just a 3/2 short armed wetsuit. The car's ambient temperature was reading 67f - that's 19.5c.
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| Nice carve jibe |
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| Lots of little jumps! |
I rigged the 4.8 Idol and went out on the Skate 108. I had the GoPro on the boom and sailed for 25 minutes. It was so rough I could barely make a duck jibe and my ribs were starting to hurt a bit with the waist harness.
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| The video still of my duck jibe |
Then I rigged the 8 year old 4.2 Ice and put it on the 25 year old Tiga 257. I used my seat harness for the first time this year and had some pretty comfortable rides for the next 35 minutes. After an hour I was spent and headed back to the house to pack up.
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| Not a huge difference in speed between the Skate 108 and the old Tiga |
I'm writing this in the car on the 14 hour drive home. I also found a photo from the one day when I didn't windsurf; here is my sail in the Big Blue Van as the boys were heading out for a possible SUP sailing session.
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| The BBV can actually store a rigged 5.4m sail! |
Overall an amazing trip with enough wind to sail 5.6m or smaller sails 5 of the 6 days I was there. And great warm weather considering it was the first half of November! Someday I hope to post some video I shot on that last day!
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