12 July 2008
(machine translated in 2023) Wonderful day at sea. Wind seemed to be disappointing at first, but fortunately came through well later.
Blokkendam
11:45 | 0.5 hour | Wind: W/SW |
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Board: | JP Freestyle Wave 84 II - Mistral Freestyle 25cm | |
Sail: | North Duke 5.9 - North Gold 430cm - North X-Composite M | |
(machine translated in 2023) Could just plan. Sometimes it was even bobbing, clearly too little wind. After some hesitation, I went to the side to grab bigger things. |
12:30 | 0.25 hour | Wind: W/SW |
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Board: | Starboard S-Type 104 - MFC SL 34cm | |
Sail: | North Duke 5.9 - North Gold 430cm - North X-Composite M | |
(machine translated in 2023) By the time I had taken my S-Type out of my cart and screwed a fin under it, the wind seemed to have picked up again. After 6 raks it was clear that I should be able to get away with the JP easily. In itself, this set went well, board was still quite controllable. Although the 32cm or even the 30cm would probably have been nicer. I was soon way too high on the wind. |
12:45 | 3.75 hour | Wind: W/SW |
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Board: | JP Freestyle Wave 84 II - Mistral Freestyle 25cm | |
Sail: | North Duke 5.9 - North Gold 430cm - North X-Composite M | |
(machine translated in 2023) Set ran well, sometimes the wind was strong and it felt like max, but most of the time it was wonderful to enjoy. Sometimes I could have definitely used a smaller fin. But most of the time it was nice to get out of the shallows easily while riding golf. The Power XT does not work well with this Duke, I think the pulleys are not quite right. They cut my downhaul rope. Usually it went well, but today I had to go to the side 2 times because the string was through. Very annoying. |