I got in a second water session this afternoon - winging over at Hickam.
Solid wind, but the waves were on the small side.
I brought the North Mode Pros - 4.8 and 5.5, but decided to continue using the Ezzy 5.0 as I only have this wing on loan for a few more days (and I'll likely keep using it in the upcoming week as the wind is supposed to be just like today through Friday).
And with the strong winds, I decided to setup the Eagle 890/DW190 - perfect for today!
Today's stats have me wondering is it the wing, the foil, or me? Definitely a notch up in the stats -
Pacific Yacht Club/MWR was holding a regatta inside the harbor, so I made a beeline out to Firsts. With the high tide, I went straight through. And the first approach I made to the waves, I busted out a tack into a drop on one of only a few breaking waves I rode today. Bill saw the whole things and said it was awesome!
I did migrate over to Seconds - but the waves weren't really breaking there either. The tide was just too high for the swell energy.
After a bit I headed in and did my speed runs (I hit 24mph with the 890... again - what was the difference here? I'm thinking there is special sauce in the Ezzy 5.0)
In these gusts the Ezzy was really well behaved. There was one backwinding - but probably my fault.
And in the lulls, as long as I didn't go down (which did happen twice), the Ezzy used whatever wind was present and converted it to forward motion.
24mph!!! I bet if I had the Eagle 690 I would have broken the 25mph ceiling... tomorrow -
W:50/FD:26/F:4/S:9
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