I took La and Noe to Kaneohe Yacht Club this morning so Noe could race her Laser (she got second place overall and first in class). I also had to take Marlon to the airport today so he could fly out to Lanai so he could participate in a hydrology study. In between, the wind was forecasted to be at 5.0 wingable levels - so I hit Hickam.
Marvin was out there already practicing. I picked up a gust and was out pulling up towards the runway. I kept to that side because the wind was hugging over there. Then I figured I'd go downwind towards Marvin so I could give him some advice. After he made some hand placement changes, he was getting powered up better, and he headed in to take his son to a game. I tried to get going again, but the wind dropped to almost nothing.
The blue in the middle of all the red was me drifting for a long time waiting for the wind to come back up. I did not want to paddle in so I kept trying to pick up gusts. Harris came out and he stayed high (close to the runway). He eventually headed in and I was still trying to get out of the dead wind zone. I could see the wind on the surface, but it would dissipate before getting to me. Finally I picked up some wind and got back to the launch.
Lots of holes - you can see the correlation on the wind graph. There's always Tuesday to look forward to...
W:16/F:28/S:10
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