Thursday, September 18, 2025

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 guts 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!











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