AlfaMale (18525km):
2246 days ago 1 categories Day 2 of the Oz Championships at Kyeemagh, in a 20kt Sutherly! With some hell of a lot of chop.
The windward mark was a NM into the nightmare swell, that was LARGER than the windfoil mast height at times... meaning you couldn't fly over it or you would run out of water.
3 races today.
1: Made it upwind OK, but then downwind... urgh rose up on the swell, which gave me more board speed (surfing), but then I'd crash nose first into the next wave and go down... too many times to remember.
2: Though about my mistakes... tried a different tactic, sailing downwind at a more relaxed angle, staying on one wave until it flattened, then turn downwind for the next lineup before turning slightly upwind (well less down) to ride it when a gust hit... Seemed to work better!
3: Went port early to try and avoid some swell on the upwind leg. Failed. Downwind was awful, watched half the fleet cross in front of me as I chased them (and over-cooked it...). Urgh.
Still, came away with 2nd overall in the Free Race series! Hurray :)
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