(machine translated in 2023) Wonderful day at the Grevelingendam on the new Spot for me: The Boat Ramp. Temperature was very doable with 11.5 degrees. Wind was strong but not too gusty. Waves weren't good for me, wrong foot for jumping. But in the end I was able to jump reasonably well. Started with Ice 4.7 on JP FSW 84. Definitely wanted to have enough pressure and buoyancy. Well that turned out to be more than enough so I looked up the Style. It was easier but still big. Hansie was spearing across the water again and to keep up with it the Eagle 27 was screwed under the F2 Style. When the idea was raised to sail to Herkingen to speed up, I was of course so excited. After the crossing I already had 62.0 km / h on it in the 2nd rak. Fat. After about an hour I returned to the shore to sail with Martijn, Hans and RonVo.

Botenhelling

Present: Hans (Hansie), Martijn (Volvosurfer), Ronald (RonVo)

12:00 0.25 hour Wind: SW 21/30 kts
Board: JP Freestyle Wave 84 II - Select Wave Warrior 22cm
Sail: North Ice 4.7 - North Gold(a) 400cm - Neil Pryde X6 145-195
  (machine translated in 2023) Set was on the big side, actually too much pressure in the 4.7 for the fine, and the JP is therefore too big. Could easily be smaller.
12:15 0.5 hour Wind: SW 22/30 kts
Board: F2 Style 245 - MFC RON 20cm
Sail: North Ice 4.7 - North Gold(a) 400cm - Neil Pryde X6 145-195
  (machine translated in 2023) The Style offers much more control than the JP FSW with an overpowered 4.7. Jumping went well, some very good gybs put away in the waves. Super. Only with too much pressure on the fin had some spin-outs.
13:00 0.75 hour Wind: SW 22/33 kts
Board: F2 Style 245 - Select Eagle 27cm
Sail: North Ice 4.7 - North Viper Wave 430cm - Neil Pryde X6 145-195
  (machine translated in 2023) With the Eagle under the Style, the board runs a lot faster and can give much more pressure on the fin. Runs nicely.
13:45 0.25 hour Wind: SW 20/33 kts
Board: F2 Style 245 - MFC RON 20cm
Sail: Hot SuperFreak 4.2
  (machine translated in 2023) Hans told me to test his Freak 4.2. Strange, very quiet. The pressure point is clearly different from North's. In addition, Hans has quite long strings. Thought the sail sailed well, but despite the 0.5 smaller than my Ice I liked the Ice better.
15:00 0.25 hour Wind: SW 25/36 kts
Board: F2 Style 245 - Select Eagle 27cm
Sail: North Ice 4.7 - North Gold(a) 400cm - Neil Pryde X6 145-195
  (machine translated in 2023) Sailed on for a while, was very tired, wind actually too hard, but could still easily sail with this set.

Herkingen

14:00 1 hour Wind: SW 25/33 kts
Board: F2 Style 245 - Select Eagle 27cm
Sail: North Ice 4.7 - North Gold(a) 400cm - Neil Pryde X6 145-195
  (machine translated in 2023) Just crossed from the Boat Ramp. Wind direction was just not wide enough to sail super times. Water was rough for the first part behind the dam, but the largest part was very flat. Board walked very quietly, even if I went even wider towards chop I still had all the control. Max 62.9 km/h on the GPS.