Pete (15599km):
421 days ago  Christchurch Estuary, NZ ..Went out first with my Severne 7.0 and was nicely powered up, but key to holding it for a reasonable amount of time was to avoid getting into too much chop, and despite being well past high tide there was still plenty around. So came in after about 15kms to wait for a while. ..In the meantime and mostly just out of curiosity I decided to rig my 5.0 Loft RB for a brief test of the bottom end. Staked my 7.0 to the ground, half expecting to be back for it in 10 minutes. It was still choppy but eventually got a lot flatter, and I ended up doing 55 kms of enormously enjoyable sailing with the Loft 5.0 - Rigged on a skinny mast and allied with my favourite Tribal fin it certainly has plenty of accelleration and bottom end, and simply felt really great all the time - My nautical mile (mostly squashed in down in kitesurfers corner) has three gybes including my Alpha gybe in it. ..As for my favourite 7.0 I was very lucky it hadn't blown away, it had completely pulled up two large screwdrivers that I'd staked it to the grass with, and my car was directly downwind of it. Still feeling rather irked by the very poor job I made of that!
Carbon Art 82, Severne Mach 4 7.0, Loft RB 5.0, Tribal 18 worn down to 16cms ..my Alpha, which I very much feel is very close to my physical limit at 66 Kilos - is also of course, courtesy of my really great made in New Zealand board.
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