10 May 2010
(machine translated in 2023) Surfing after the Giro.
The Giro passed through Zeeland today, over the Oosterscheldekering and the Veerse Dam. If you are so close, just take a look. After the riders had passed, quickly returned to the campsite, set up and sailed for a while.
Patrick already had his Point-7 rigged up. I started rigging my 8.3.
Noorde wind, really not useful at all on the Scotsman, but yes it blows and you have to do something.
First only on the water, go to the side to trim set I meet Patrick. Cozy.
After that we sailed a lot with Patrick. After a while decided to swap the GT85 for the iSonic.
Good to test and get to know the combo iSonic 115 with Daytona 8.3 better. It takes some getting used to, such a relatively small board with a relatively large sail. Foot straps were actually too big, but Patrick could stay ahead so didn't bother to float to the side to make the foot straps smaller.
Schotsman Surfspot
Present: Patrick14:30 | 1 hour | Wind: N |
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Board: | AHD GT 85 - Drake R13 Race 60cm | |
Sail: | North Daytona 8.3 - North Viper 75 490cm - Unifiber Freerace/Slalom 220-280 | |
(machine translated in 2023) Set ran nicely, could let the board run loose well. Set was actually on the big side, 7.3 and iSonic could have been too, unfortunately no wind on the side so then the GT85 is nice. |
15:30 | 1.25 hour | Wind: N |
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Board: | Starboard iSonic 115 - Hurricane SR 2m 46cm | |
Sail: | North Daytona 8.3 - North Viper 75 490cm - Unifiber Freerace/Slalom 220-280 | |
(machine translated in 2023) First time with the SR2 46cm. Vin seems to give enough lift, even when the wind is away for a while. Foot straps were too big, so I couldn't really stand comfortably on the rails of the board. Gyben now went a little better than the first time with the 8.3 on the iSonic. Still about 4 times neatly planned. Still needs to test a few more times, but the 46cm SR2 feels good for this combo. |