Hit Kailua this morning - it has been a while and this was the first time winging. Actually pulled up while it was still dark. The wind was blowing in at 13 - 17mph, but every now and then gusts would blow up just past 25mph. I figured its better to be overpowered so I pumped up the Ensis 6.0m. This was also the anointment of #20! I setup the new board with the HS1850 and the mast jammed all the way to the rear as the starting point.
The launch here is very foil friendly - sand, sand and more sand.
I went out, then came in to adjust the mast, and repeat that four times. It was hard to tell if the adjustments were making a difference because there was a lot of motion going on in the layer of water the foil was interacting with - and a lot of up and down with the wind swell coming through. I was out for a while and got 14.59nm in. You can see I spent a bunch of time at Jump City. There were rollers running through and they were a ton of fun to catch. I would depower the wing and just pick up a ton of speed from the wave. I think if I had the HS1250, I might have broken 20mph.
Hit 17.1mph on the HS1850 - not too bad.
Kailua is a pay chart on iwindsurf.com - so the forecast below shows Kailua, but the actual chart is from Kaneohe.
This board was doing everything I shaped it to do -
And here's where the mast ended up. Even here it seemed that I was still putting more back foot pressure than I would have liked. I think I'll take it to Hickam next to really get it dialed in on the flat water.
I might also move the front foot straps forward a notch - the additional weight forward will be a tell tale whether the mast needs to come up or not.
Number 20!!!!
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