Hit Hickam after work. The wind at the launch was light - if the runway wind sock weren't out there parallel to the horizon, one would have packed up and gone home. Ken came in when the big group was setting up - he said an hour before (so 2:30pm) it was really strong, but was coming down fast.
I set up the same gear as Tuesday - Ensis 6.0, HS1850/Chopped 300/95cm mast/60cm fuselage, Narrow Wing Foiling Board.
Harris made a beeline for Firsts, so I followed. Mark and his friend were out there already. Firsts was breaking nicely and I got some good rides. After a bit, I saw Prayot and Roland making their way out to through the channel to get in on the wave action. Roland was holding his line, but Prayot started to drift downwind. I went over to check on him a few times (you can see my tracks over at Seconds). It didn't help that the wind seemed to have a bunch of holes in it. Prayot had to paddle in from outside Seconds... that is a really long paddle. Roland and I had made it in despite a long lull.
Was out from around 3:30 to around 5:30. Wind was definitely declining.
I got in 11.85 nm and hit a top speed of 14.6 kt - most likely on the good wave rides.
If the wind were steadier, I could have used the HS1250 and logged some higher speeds - just waiting for the right day (but it is hard to give up the insurance policy that is the HS1850).
No comments:
Post a Comment