fangy (22667km):
2547 days ago 1 categories What a glorious sail. The water was crisp, the breeze hovering around 13-14 knots, the sun was out and I didn't have any of Agent Slug’s crappy 70’s earworms to deal with.
The shoreside crew slid the barge down the ramp for me and I went for the FangyMKII 20cm as the tide was a bit low. It coped with the 7.5 happily enough. In fact, the only blot was misjudging the tide and not being able to sail out of the Hook.
I started out hanging around the eastern end thinking of some Chutney Runs, but when the dolphins turned up darting back and forth under the board, it set the tone for the whole day. Eventually, once the dolphins had wandered off, I decided to see what the top end was like because from the rigging area there was a good chunk of glass visible.
I worked upwind to find the whole alpha glassy, with properly thick weed growing from the bottom. Obviously, the higher tides of late had kept that hidden from view. I spent the rest of the day just enjoying the magic carpet ride. This is what the fin was designed for and it cut through the thick stuff with ease at speed, imperceptible actually. ( I could feel the weed when grovelling out of a bad gybe) But overall is was just one of those days when the numbers are completely irrelevant to the how good the day scored. Cruising on the Barge, Smile on the dial, Top Ten Fangy Day
14 pt
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