There wasn't much wind predicted Saturday so I did a bit of work on the trailer. I watched Steve foiling with the wind wing which was cool.
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| Steve out on the wing foil |
I thought I might try the ocean instead and headed to the lighthouse but wasn't comfortable going out alone. I collected the last trailer fuses and headed back to the house. It was only 13c but with the sun and light wind it wasn't too cold.
I took the Skate 108 and 5.6 Idol and got planing 3x. I did get some lightwind upwind 360s, two duck tacks and a bit of backwind and switch stance. I was glad to be out on the water even if I missed the slightly better wind from the morning.
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| Light wind freestyle on the Skate 108 and 3 bits of planing |
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| Not much planing and no complaining.... |
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| Short windsurf then longer foil session |
Steve then let me try his foil which was the perfect way to end my 2019 windsurfing season. I quickly got the hang of the Naish Hover 120 with the huge 99cm wide 2000 square cm wing. I was using the shorter 55 cm mast to avoid hitting the muddy bottom in the sound. It took a moment to get used to the smaller board, but I went for over 30 minutes without being catapulted. Even without a nose on the board it stays above the water when you overfoil and drop down. I did quite a bit of up and downwind riding which was fun.
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| Steve's Naish Hover foil saved my afternoon! |
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| Even without footstraps the foil was pretty steady |
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| Foil GPS - with some upwind and downwind! |
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| Way more time at speed on the foil. |
So that counts as my 72nd and most likely last session of the year!
After that we started packing up and enjoyed the sunset. A last seafood dinner at Pop's with oysters, hush puppies, crab cakes and more left us all ready for an early start the next morning for the 14 hour drive home.
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