The forecast called for light winds today, but I was keeping an eye on the thermals. Around 1pm they kicked in. I was out there around 4pm. Harris had already had his session - said he had to wait 45 minutes before the thermals kicked in. By the time I was unloading, he was already chatting with Kalani who had pumped up.
I used the GoFoil setup on the Project Cedrus 85cm mast again, but today I bolted on the PNL185. When I was rigging there were definite whitecaps - so I pumped up the Reedin SWX 5.2
The wind was coming on strong from the SE - side onshore conditions. It was good for the first 15 minutes, then the thermals all fell apart. I drifted for a long distance and I was way past Camp Grounds before I was able to pick up some light wind.
There was still some drama - I came off foil a couple more times - pretty demoralizing when you have a long paddle ahead of you. But that same kick in the teeth served as motivation to get back up and wing back in on foil.
I finally made it back - I landed at the first lifeguard tower.
So you can see it was good until it wasn't...
When there was wind, it was actually pretty good. I winged a total of 10 miles and got to 16.5 mph.
At least I didn't have to swim back!!!
W:46/F:58/S:17
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