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Barton (5511km):  6 categories      
Lac Bay, Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean Neil Pryde EVO5 5.8, iSonic 107, MFC KPR360, Wind: 22G27 knots Finally back on the water for a short session. Taty arrived shortly after I started to rig. We had a nice chat. He is looking good but rightly a little tentative about the condition of his leg. He said he has sailed once and straight-line felt OK but jibing was iffy - the right leg felt like it wanted to buckle easily in the jibe. He wants to go to New Caledonia but maybe not as a racer... this will depend upon MRI results in Holland in November to see how well the muscles are healing. No sense ripping everything apart by being too agressive. He said that after the accident, the area around the back of the right knee was basically numb - fortunately, he now has feeling/pain in that area so the nerves are healing.
Today was one of the windier days I have experienced on Bonaire in the past couple of years. I think today was only the second time I've rigged the EVO5 5.8. I was basically close to my control limit for the couple of runs I made across the bay before I needed to derig before darkness became an issue. Fortunately, no crashes, some adrenaline rush, and a small increase in confidence that maybe I can still do this activity... Yesterday, while thinking about sailing, I realized that sometime during this past Summer I slipped from the mindset of a 35 year old dealing with an aging body to the mindset of a 69 year old dealing with an aging body. The second mindset is not conducive to continuing sailing, at least for me. Fortunately, I'm back at a location that will allow me to transition back to my previous mindset. On the positive side, a young (17 yo) up and comer racer here on Bonaire wanted to race – I managed to hold position with him in the drag race – felt good. He was on a GA Vapor 6.4, iSonic 90 something and probably weighted 30 lbs less than me. Slalom racing has captured the interest of a number of high school age locals here so there will be plenty of drag racing opportunities for me in the after school timeframe :). | ||||||||||||||||||
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