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Grassy Pt, CC, TX. Fun to be on slalom gear on flat water again, but not enough power with 7.0/FF99/SD23 for real speed, could not go deep enough with power. Nina, who was better powered on 6.3/FF89/SD21, had no problems going 10-15 degrees deeper, which gave her a couple of extra knots (again!). I would have needed the 7.8 and a bigger fin for similar power. Wind averages were about 19 knots, gusts to 24. Gusty enough to have the speed vary by 5 knots several times in the nauti attempts.

But the water was almost 20 C again, and the air a bit warmer - a nice change from the sub-freezing temperatures only last week. Tons of dead fish in the water, and a few dead turtles that did not survive the cold (a few hundred cold stunned turtles were rescued by volunteers).

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Always fun beating Peter's speeds . First time with the "new" ca. 2016 Speed Blade 6.3 with a proper SDM mast, which seems to have a bit more power than the Racing Blade with the Loft RDM. Need a wing day again tomorrow to recover, slalom is work!