Timed it right!

There has been a surprising lack of wind the last few weeks. Often September has some epic SW winds. But I've been so busy with the Launch Pad construction that I wouldn't have had many sessions anyway.

Today was a nice warm day with not much on my schedule. I worked out, tidied up the Launch Pad a bit and had a good lunch. The wind started coming up slowly and was predicted to build till 6pm. At 5pm I pumped up the 7m Duotone Slick and headed out on Jen's 142 Fanatic Sky SUP board with the 2000cm foil underneath.

I did get going in both directions but it wasn't quite enough to jibe. So I went in and pumped up the 8m Duotone Ventis. What a difference 2 model years and 1 square metre make. The integrated boom on the Ventis is also a step up from the Slick's broomstick boom.

I was on the foil most of the time and worked my way upwind. No harness, just enjoying the 9-11 knots and the warm weather. Lots of jibes and a few toe to heelside tacks. I did over 10 km before the wind dropped and I couldn't get on foil again. I finally dipped into the water on my very last slog downwind to cool off - the 2 mil shorty was more than enough warmth for one of the last days of September!

Hard to see but I'm the blip wingfoiling in the circle...

Avoided all the shoals

Decent time on the foil, especially after pumping up the 8m

Nice session

Timed that right!

Zoomed in from the webcam

Not getting tired of those sunsets!
(That hydro pole will be gone soon...)

With all the moving of materials on the construction site the last few days and now this session, I'm already at 399 of my 150 intensity minutes for the week. My Garmin fitness age dropped to 55.5 recently!

Looking forward to more wind this weekend and having Katie, Richard and TWC friends up to foil together.

Wingfoil in the North Wind around Germain Island

It was a rare day without construction or students at the Launch Pad. The wind was a gusty 5 to 15 kn from the north.

I wasn’t sure if I was gonna need the 8m but hoped the 6m would do. I took Jen’s big 142l fanatic Sup foil with the 2000 cm foil underneath.

That worked as soon as I got out of the shadow of the island I was foiling 80% of the time. I eventually got better at timing my jibes in the gusts and even started getting some tacks.

I worked my way up and around Germain Island. Stopped in to visit with Cary and Liz. Overall 23.5 km, maybe my longest distance of the year. Nice in my 2mil wetsuit. I wound up swimming my gear the last big and caught myself carrying the gear back on the webcam!

Likely not many more days like this!