The West Coast Speedsters (W, United States of America) - 2020-01-10
Sailor 2 Second Peak (Kts)5 x 10 Second Average (Kts)1 Hour (Kts)Alpha Racing 500m (Kts)Nautical Mile (Kts)Distance Travelled (km)
Barton
23.346(D)
20.659(D)
2.591(D)
15.011(D)
17.142(D)
9.885(D)
Roo
Roo Jr.
Jay-Anthony
Marc
Aron
RD
Taty
Amado
Terence B
Juvannie
Nagel
Alexander
Terence C
Bimbi
Chen
Marc van B
Gediminas
David Brittain
Manouk
Chad
Physiorol
Average
Barton (5511km):
1539 days ago
6 categories

Lac Bay, Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands

2015 Sailworks Retro 5.5, 1990 Hi-Tech 8'9", Wind: 21-26 knots Gust in rain squalls to 40 knots

 

My new focus is on having fun rather than going for PBs. Today was a good day for fun. Fully to overpowered on the Retro 5.5 and the 8'9" board. Sure glad I kept these old Gorge boards.for days like today. Narrow and heavy, they stay nicely glued to the water, even with some reasonably large chop (18 - 24 inches?). Speed is slow but fast enough to get my full attention in the bigger chop. What I'm finding interesting is that I make 9/10 jibes on the Gorge boards and about 1/10 jibes on the slalom gear...

Just happy to be on the water. Yesterday I had a chat with a fellow that I've know for about five years. He used to be an avid windsurfer, spent the winters surf sailing in Baja. The past five years have been somewhat painful to watch as his body has slowly refused to cooperate any more. He gave up sailing a couple of years ago. He is in his late 80s so I still have some time left...



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