Yesterday was interesting. First off, there was a regatta for wingers at Hickam. La was more excited about that than I was. She came with and I even brought the SUP out for her to paddle around and wing on if she felt like it (I brought the strap on keels so you can hold a line and even get up wind).
Noe also came and she wanted to wing.
The wind was super flukey - when we were setting up, Bill was out riding - by the time I was bringing gear to the beach he had come in and said the wind was swirling around and would swing 120 degrees. Plus there were significant holes.
I set Noe up with the GoFoil GL180 on the 29.5" mast and the Reedin SW1 3.6. She should have been on the Ensis V2 4.5 (but honestly that may have not made a difference today).
And there she goes! I told her to go over to the left so she would have some runway to drift downwind. The wind got weak by this time and it became slim pickings.
I went out on No.30, the Eagle 1090/DW210, the 85cm Project Cedrus Mast and Kalani's SW2 6.0 (this was a race after all). I was able to get up in the light wind with this gear.
The winds were really swirly.
So swirly that I got caught off guard on one directional switch, got knocked off the board and straight into the port wing tip of the Eagle 1090.
I'll spare you the before pictures, but instead of racing, I was in the Emergency Room for 4 hours getting stitched up (the specialists did a great job).
Crazy winds... I think I'll start wearing my helmet again when I know the wind is weird.
W:74/F:68/S:31
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