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SBIB, CC, TX. Falcon 89, BP S 32, Loft Racing Blade 5.6. Wind was very up and down, mostly down (planed 43 minutes in 5 hours). Wanted to try the 5.6 we got from Boro, and liked it a lot - feels very light on the water (but not when carrying it!). Will be fun to sail it fully powered.

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South Bird Island Bay, CC, TX. Mostly practiced shlogging until at the end the wind dropped too low to beach start in hip-deep water. Neither did uphauling work - the board just sank straight to the bottom and stuck there. Maybe I should reduce my beer and food intake here a bit. The walk back, with just a few short sails when the wind picked up a bit, was a tad frustrating. But even more frustrating was that the best wind came up for 30 minutes just after we de-rigged, only to drop down again after we re-rigged the same sails. But hey, it was warm and sunny. And I got to play around a bit with the "Taty stance" that Barton pointed out - I think he's onto something there!