bushfire (26346km):
2215 days ago Tarrawana, NSW, AU SE up to near 20 knots in the gusts
FOIL
A fairly short sail after work. It looked quite windy but was slowly dropping off. A good chance to try out the 7m Hyperglide proto. It felt very smooth, particularly going upwind. Same lift characteristics as the other HG's. It lacked a bit of grunt downwind, but that might be a sail tuning thing - I have to play around with camber spacers. First try out of the chicken strap attachment - it seemed ok - some tightness adjustment required.
I had a bit of a tangle with a fair sized eel down near Oak Flats - I did a bit of jumping around on the board as it was thrashing around. I think the racefoil came out on top!
SB Foil 147, SV HG 7m Proto, SB Racefoil
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