This morning I was a bit pissed off because i didn't had the time to go to a descent speed spot. The choice was: staying home or give it a try on the local fishing pond (almost in my backyard). Now I am happy that i have choosen the later.

Because the wind was really gusty and shifting all the time (because of the houses, trees,...) I took my big set: Falcon 113 + Racing Blade 7.8

What a great feeling flying over the choppy water of a small choppy lake just around the corner. This morning when I left home i was figuring out what speeds should be possible. Before I did my first run, my goal was to go 50+. Never thought that i would do 60+ in these conditions.

The sails is just fantastic. Even in the heavy gusts (I measured 37 kts !!) the sails was still under control !! In those gusts I could easily use a 5.6 !! Very happy with the results. Only a bit slower then last week with the same sailsize, but then i was on a 85L board in completely flat water and a nice angle. Today it was chop-flying from the beginning till the end. Some runs I did without harness lines, because the chop freaked me out at some parts.

Last week I was the first of the world day ranking, today probably the last, but happy with my performance today !!

It's also my first GPS session on Belgian waters...

Dat was weer wennen, het leek een eeuwigheid geleden dat ik nog op een speedboard had gestaan.

Hoek haakser dan verwacht, en dan die korte hammergusts, geen easy omstandigheden.

Te weinig basissnelheid, en te weinig guts om me lang genoeg te laten afschieten.Runs vallen dus tegen (behalve die ene) maar toch leuk dat er nog eens een 40kn max te voorschijn kwam.

Verder een zeer gezellig topdagje met de mannen van Zero Beaufort (volgens mij moet je 2 meter groot zijn en 1 meter breed om in dat clubje toegelaten te worden ;-) en enkele andere toffe speedies.

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First i took the 51, after a while it was time for the 45.

I wanted to test the Proto 22 and 24 GPS 5.   The fin was super ,   new shape is perfect.  Easy on the run and in the chop.

The whole day i sailed whit the Warp 5,7 never to big, super to control.    Aldo it was hard in the gusts <img alt=

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Water was cold, wind was hard en gusts were heavy.

Shame I took the 5.1, big mistake, sail was to small to slingshot and gain speed.

Should have taken the 5.5 instead !

But i won't complain, had a nice funny day with the buddies.