sboardcrazy (24919km):
23 days ago 5-12kts E Coal point
5th Wing attempt followed by fin
Wing - 130 F One - 5m Mataador - 1800 Naish
I was worried about winging at Coal in case I couldn't stand up and ended up being blown to Wangi.
I went really well..
I managed to stand , turn and get back to the start.. It was pretty light when I 1st went out and a bit of a balancing act. By the time it kicked in I'd been out 40 mins and was pretty buggered. I found the lumpier chop at Coal exhausting.
It started to foil 2 x. Both times I didn't really know what was happening , got the wing too far forward , headed off downwind and fell off the back. I was too tired to persevere. Probably best to try at a flatter location like Teralba or Marmong until I get my head around it.
Now I know what to expect I'll wait a till it's a bit stronger before I go out so I can work at foiling while I'm fresh.
2sec Pb - 7.2kts but only about 2kms ( 43mins). They are the conditions I bought it for. Once I get my act together it should be good.
It looked like it was coming in so I rigged the big fin kit .
125 Tabou Bullit - 7.5m Turbo - 38cms tectonics weedy.
then WT64 ( 112ltres) - 35cms tectonics weedy
The 125ltre was pretty good. I was only planing slowly but it was good in that wind.
I thought it was getting stronger and the WT is more fun than the Tabou powered up so I changed to the 112ltre WT64.
Bad move. There wasn't enough to get going..
I'll have to have a play with the Turbo. I need to get the cams to pop easier so I can waterstart and uphaul easier with them the right way up.
Andrew, Nic , Gert and John on wings , Greg on windfoil.
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