Took Roland to Hickam today so he could get more parawinging practice in. Unfortunately the winds did not really cooperate.
Stu, Kalani and eventually Prayot also came along.
With the lighter, erratic wind I bolted the Cabrinha Prestige 905/Union 160 onto No.44
Power provided by the BRM S3 5.3
I did bring the Domani 960 along (in case the wind matched the forecast). I wanted to see if the mast mounting point was closer to the front wing on the Domani (and thus being a source of the slighter increase in the pitch instability).
Prestige on top - as expected a shorter chord (higher AR).
With the wind so up and down with all the rain clouds pushing through, it was hard to stay on foil for any meaningful length of time.
I got three really good waves at Firsts. The first wave I took I was able to retract, ride and redeploy.
The second wave I picked it up from the outside with a jibe, and Paryot was on his way back out - he jibed to catch it and retracted. I kept the PW up and rode it that way. I crossed over to get to the left in preparation for the bowl.
On the way back out, I hit a coral head in the shallows (I'm sanding the foil as I type this).
The last wave came after a long lull. It was the fourth wave of the set and it was head and a half high and held a wide, open face (beautiful!!!). This wave made my day!
The remainder of the time I was trying in vain to sail upwind - but the wind was kinda light and I was just hold my line. The wind lulled out for a long time at this point.
I eventually got a gust that I could get up on and I headed back in.
While out foiling Firsts (while sitting during the lulls), Kalani and Prayot were trying to chip in on waves and deploy the parawings while pumping. Need more wind -
Fun day despite the fluky wind.
PF:11/W:3/PW:146/FD:77/S:29
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