I finally connected the dock ramp I built last fall to the new dock. Yeah, that took a while.
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| The new dock (I built the ramp part)! |
Once it was connected I rigged up the 7m slick wind and put the big 2140 Pump foil under the Sky 125.
The wind was a nice steady SW breeze. 10c and 10-12 knots. The sun was starting to break through and I was comfy in my 5/4 suit. I was happy to be wearing my helmet with the repaired strap.
Wow. So easy to get up on that huge foil with the 7m wing. And unlike the last gusty session with the 5m wing I never needed to pump the board to keep going. Upwind was easy. I can hardly wait for the 8 Ventis I have on order for those sub 10 knot days.
12.6 km which is now my longest distance since surgery. And while the big foil felt slow, looking at my top speed of 13.7 knots 25.4 km/h I wasn’t really that slow. I might just be confusing stability with slowness. Looks like I’m able to jibe at speeds down to 8 knots without it stalling which is cool. The big foil jibes better than I expected.
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| Averaged 11 knots but hit 13.7 |
It felt very Zen to be up on the foil going so slowly. And even though the wind was falling I was able to get going every time after a my 3 falls while trying to hook into the harness or working on foot switches.
The web cam caught me foiling back to the new dock! The construction should start blocking that view next week?
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| Proud of my new dock! |
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| Nice jibes! |
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| I was out from 4 to 4:50 as the wind dropped from 12 to 10 knots average |
Thanks Jen for the photos and help with the dock!
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