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Yeah! Franqui trip 2016 together with Johan Huitema!

After driving all night we arrived on La Franqui beach where we were greeted with 'dutch weather', a very broad course and not much wind... not what I had pictured in my head! But with the forecast of both today and tomorrow, Johan and I had decided to put all our eggs in one basket and give it our best shot on saturday. So I decided to rig 5.6, which was a bit small at the time, but boy, would it come in handy later on.

After sailing a couple of times with lots of waves in the down the course, we weren't sure if the wind would come, but blue patches of sky were starting to appear. With their arrival, suddenly the wind changed angle and started picking up speed. There was La Franqui again as I had imagined it! ;) We sailed for quite some time until the wind actually became too strong and I had to wait for lulls to start as the wind was already getting too strong for 5.6. By the end of the day sand was flying all the way down the course and it was suicide to go out. But we were spent anyways and it had been a good day. Derigging proved still a challenge though and putting it all in the car, what a mess.

Great first day on La Franqui, I love sailing in these conditions!