Norm and I did a WP-PV run this afternoon. While I was dropping off the board/foil at WP, I saw this guy chilling at the beach. When we launched (I go to PV to pick up Norm and whoever else wants to go, and we leave Norm's truck at PV for the recovery) - there was as second seal also chillaxing.
The wind was whitecapping when I dropped off the board. When I launched, it was one of those days where the wind line looked like it kept drifting further offshore.
When you wing/parawing in shitty-shifty winds, you got no choice but to learn how to make lemonade.
This was the view at the start -
Norm was trying out the Enduro 1100 on FD.
I setup the same gear I've been primarily running for PW.
I want to downsize the foil set - but whenever I do I regret it. I need to just accept that the Enduro 1300 is fine.
And this is the PW I should have taken out - Maliko 5.1. Instead I used the Ka'a 4.8 - not wanting to have to wrestle a PW. But I was being optimistic with the wind strength.
And this is what the finish looks like.
While I was out, the wind was getting worse and worse. I knew I brought the wrong PW almost immediately.
I did get up early - and I actually went a considerable distance, but when I tried to jibe the PW didn't have the wind to stay up and thus started the long drift across the Campgrounds area. The wind across this stretch is usually weak - you either plow straight through to get across, or you drift and try not to get hammered by rogue sets.
After CG, the wind does fill back in and I was able to get up twice. The first post CG run was long with multiple jibes and lots of waves ridden.
I had one wave that had plenty of push so I retracted the PW and just surfed the wave. And I even redeployed the PW successfully!!!!
Definitely made the session worth it!
I was perfectly powered at this point. But I still think I should stop over-estimating the wind strength and go bigger.
Norm gelled with the Enduro 1100 right away. He looked like he was going faster, turning harder and still running with plenty of glide. He said he likes it!
W:56/FD:103/PW:23/S:6
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