The wind was picking up through the day - so after I took another ding repair/board modification job (Tim's Pyzel again) - I headed over to Hickam. I had a lot going on and pretty much got skunked.
When I first went out, I was trying out the Chameleon harness and Chinook harness line on the Ensis 5.2. I had high expectations of the wind and bolted on the HA1125/232. But I forgot to move the mast forward from the HS1850 position and had figured I might as well ride out once and back just to get the feeling on a poorly set mast/foil. I did try out the harness and I wasn't feeling it. And the wind looked really funny - not coming from the typical direction but more from the north.
That was just the beginning. I did make it back in from the first run - and took off the harness and harness line, then moved the mast all the way forward.
I spent the next hour trying to get back to the launch. The wind pretty much DIED and I was having to work hard to keep my balance on the board and then try and catch every little puff of wind. I don't want to paint the picture I wasn't riding - but that was the exception and not the norm today. Here's proff I was up on foil.
And I even got several transitions in - here I am mid-tack - I love turning while winging!!!
On the left hand tracks, you can see how "north" the wind was.
I was out from 2:30 to just after 4. You can see the huge lulls in the wind chart below.
I only got up to 15.1 kts - it sure felt like I was going faster (once I was up on foil). Looking at the graph below, today was pretty much the opposite of yesterday - only a little bit of riding and a whole lot of schlogging.
Despite the huge levels of frustration, I recognize today was really good training for light wind situations. If I had the Ensis 6.0 and the HS1850/chopped 300, I would have been better equipped.
I was tricked by the weather forecasters!!!
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