Roo (15534km):
1915 days ago Bit of a play on the new toy, haven't sailed since Nov 5 so a bit rusty. Autumn/Winter storms have been noticebly absent this year so one grumpy Roo hopping around over Christmas. Finally a decent forecast showed up a few days ago so loaded the SubaRoo up with the goodies and off to ARooBar.
Not enough wind for the little Mistral Speed board so Kermit, the lean green flappy tail machine from a land down under was the weapon of choice. Figured the wind may fill in so rigged the 5.6 EVO8 for a bit of squirt. Huey took his time coming to the party but it gave me a chance to tune up Kermi! Lots of playing with mastfoot postion and tail stiffness. Finally found the sweet spot for the continuous rocker and got it dialed.
Nice fang with a 38.022 knot peak, not bad for first time out and being underpowered. Figured I'd try a jibe as I was getting bored with the light wind....holy molley a 24 on the first go around. This thing is like a go-kart...it just turns so easily and super smooooooooth. Once I'm back in shape this will be a weapon, should be able to knock over my 26.96 knot alpha in 2019. I reckon Kermi is good for the low 40's on the old gps dial....can't wait.
SW 20 to 25 knots, GW60
Windtech Silver Bullet 57
NP EVO8 5.6
Vector Raven 26
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