sboardcrazy (24291km):
2500 days ago 5-12kts W then patch of 15-18kts for 1/2hr Peel st Budgy
7.8m OD - 115Xcross 22cm delta Xt
7.8mOD - 89ltre falcon - 18cm delta
Spent 3 hrs odd to get about 1hr 15 decent sailing. Forgot my fins! Thanks Gareth & Milsy for the loan.
Was a gusty c 15kts when I first went out but the delta was too big / didn't handle the subplaning bits and picked up bucketloads of weed so I had to keep stopping to clean it off. Worked my way out to stay out of the flats but by then the wind had died.
Came in for something to eat and it came in 15-18kts.. plugged the 89ltre in and back out. Good except the older 18cm delta kept letting go whenever a gust came and I went to bear off..
Some fun runs but would have been more comfortable and got upwind better with a 7m. I'm a bit wary of flying into the shallows at the moment and I suppose I didn't bear off much but my speeds have been woeful lately..
Earlier I did a nice slow subplaning catapult as the delta ran out of water.. Too chicken to try and gybe in close so resorted to just turning the board around.
Only me then Wayne & Milsy. By the time Gareth got set up it was gone.
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