Wing Foiling Session - 7/11/2024

Weird weather again today.  There were rain clouds coming through all day.  Yet when I got to WPB, it was blowing hard.

You could see there was strong wind blowing, but the water didn't look like it.  Not chopped up and the small waves coming through were pretty organized.  Nothing to write home about - but you got what you got...

Prayot was already at the beach when I got there.

I set up the same gear as yesterday, with the exception of swapping out the Reedin for the North.

Prayot setup the just finished being repaired AFS Pure 900.  It behaved better with the rear stabilizer set up the correct way. 

Short session due to lulls and squalls coming through.

I wanted to see how fast the Pure 900 is - Prayot and I raced on a couple of runs.

You can see where I got stuck...

That dip clearly shows below also.

Once I got back up, I could see Roland was on shore and had pumped his wing up.  I could see the wind starting to falter, so I headed in.  Partially to tell Roland it wasn't worth it now, and also to not get stuck out there again - since the North really doesn't have a low end.

And just to demonstrate just how much the wind died back - Marvin came out with his new Appletree-Majek board to test it out.

Really fun while the wind was up!

W:84/FD:48/F:4/S:13

Garage Works - 7/7/2024

And in between errands, cleaning things and mowing the lawn, I got a bunch of stuff done in the garage.

First up was sanding and spraying clear coat on Kalani's SUP Foil board.  The windows worked!!! 

I was actually a little nervous because I haven't put the windows in a SUP before - but the physics was sound (and it worked).

Not pictured, but I peeled off all the UV cure clear coat from the Project Cedrus Carbon 85cm mast that I had repainted.  The UV coat started falling off when I used the mast to Foil Drive - with a razor blade I got the entire mast cleared.  I'll use some of the 2k clear coat from Napa to get this mast recoated.

Then I started working on Prayot's AFS Pure 900.  He ran this tip into the pipe at Fenceline.  At this point the major damage is repaired - but now I have to go and make sure both sides are balanced and the tips are the same size.

What makes that difficult is the compound curves this foil has - they are coming towards the tip from multiple approaches.

And last but not least - I helped Marlon thin out the rails on the longboard he is building for one of his friends.  Fast work when you use an electric planer.