By the time we got the winging equipment set up, the wind seemed to have come down a bit. But the wind sock at the runway was still straight out and the flag at Hickam Harbor was flapping, so we went out anyways.
We were out from 10:30 to 12:30 - you can see this was mostly a light wind session.
I made another change and rigged up the 95cm mast - I had a blast with the extra height (makes me think I should get the 100cm).
I noticed I had the footstraps set too far forward for today's setup. The footstraps were setup for the Go Foil GL210 on the 29.5" + 3" adaptor that I had out last time. I'll have to document the positions for the different foils. Probably has to do with the shifting center of lift - I think the Go Foil COL is further forward, so the straps need to be further up as well - and the opposite is true for the Armstrong.
I got up to 13.2 kts - considering it was light this was pretty good. I also was staying up on foil during most of the transitions. Towards the front half of the session, I went from a heelside outbound run, into a toeside jibe and shortly after tacked back onto heelside. I did that twice - and although it wasn't pretty, I did get a new transition under my belt. This tack was easier than a pure heelside (weak side) to heelside tack on the inbound runs. Going to have to put some effort into dialing this in.
Super fun light wind session!
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