I headed out as the 3pm wind was supposed to increase through to 6pm when the rain showers were due. While I toyed with the idea of taking out a short board, I again went with the 6.5m sail and foil under the Techno. Good call.
The wind was fun, I think averaging 15 knots (my wind meter isn't working right now). Lots of whitecaps and 20c air and 22c water. Jen and Fabienne came out to the point to get some photos. Thank you both! I managed to do one pretty good jibe right in front of them, almost staying on the foil the whole way round but losing speed as usual on the sail flip.
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| The zen of foiling |
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| Hi on port tack |
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| Hi on starboard tack |
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| Smiles |
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| In control |
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| More smiles! |
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| Not gonna lie, there is a lot of uphauling after my jibe attempts |
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| Checking the GPS watch |
And then the wind shifted to north and died. I tacked back upwind and called it a good day.
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| Foil track from the west - tack back upwind at the end |
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| 16 foil runs in around 40 minutes and 10 minutes to get back after the wind died |
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