Zeer tevreden over deze sessie aan Herkingen Beach, ideaal bij zuid in de winter zolang het strandje toegankelijk is.

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Exhausting session... Never experienced so gusty weather on open water. Sometimes only 15kts, unable to waterstart. Within a minute 35 knots, and 300m further again 15-20 kts... 

Belgian spot today, with only Dirk and Dave. When we left, Pieter arrived. Rigged 5.6 but wind dropped when we started. 6.3 was the overall best size for today's conditions. 

Only had 2-3 nice runs, couldn't find the gusts for the other 2. Wind angle was perfect, but that means that you have to go upwind veeeeery far. On 49kms distance I did only 18 runs !! It takes about 10-15minutes to go upwind and come back. When you arrive at the dam, you need to be lucky to catch the right gust... If not, you can start all over again. So quite physical today, but fun. Alot of swimming today as well, but some others just a little more ;-)

Always nice to see a 10sec run of 70+ in the end. 500m not bad as well in those conditions.

Need to check my aquapack now... my gps units were floating inside 

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@Benjy: inderdaad vandaag spot van de (brave) Belgen. En wij maar afvragen waar onze noorderburen zaten. Ze zouden toch niet.??......jawel ze zaten er wel<img alt=