I made to Hickam by noon and the wind was up - enough to wing and it was more consistent than it had been (but still not solid trades). I wanted to try out the Stringfellow GoFoil Fuselage for the Project Cedrus Mast.
I pumped up the OR A 5.0
I'm going to have to try a shim - it felt like this was riding nose down a hair.
Marvin and Arvin were out when I showed up. Marvin got caught in the wind hole near the channel marker. He was able to get up on foil on his strong side (regular foot - outbound runs), but was having trouble on the way in.
Arvin was switching between the GL210 and the RS1000 - that was indicative of the up and down in the wind. The other thing going on was the amount of north in the wind. But at least it was wingable!!!
I headed out to Firsts early on before Harris showed up - but the wind was softer out there and the waves were not really breaking.
I have been mixing in the duck jibe into my transition repertoire - and I have been making more of them. I'm only tacking now when the wind is strong enough to pressurize the wing - I can keep up on the foil if that is the case. If the wind is lighter I'll jibe to stay up on foil.
Not a bad top end speed for the GL210. I did notice a couple of ventilation events, but these are now not even changing my riding - I just plow through them.
Next wind event is supposed to be here Thursday on - but there is some swell coming up from the south.
W:19/F:32/S:10
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