(machine translated in 2023) Beautiful birthday gift: Wind
It's your birthday, you get wind as a gift. Delicious. 40th surf day this year. New record.
On arrival I parked my car with Roel and Jan. Here were more slalom toppers: Nikaj Droop, Martijn van Citteren, Jordy Vonk, Ingmar Daldorf and his brothers etc.

Wind was increasingly predicted, when I arrived the wind was disappointing, so first rigged the Daytona 8.3. By the time I finished, the wind had already increased, so instead of my GT85 I grabbed the iSonic 111.

iSonic 111, R10 46cm with Daytona 8.3
In the beginning, I could only just plan. With some pumps I did get into plane. Only felt when I sailed back some a lot of slack in the boom, boom head didn't seem to be quite fixed. On the side tightened the screws of the boom head, but then I felt a crack on the sail side of the boom tube. It was written off: the 3rd this year. Bales.
Quickly grabbed the X9, which also fits, but just, X9 should be at max, but is then even stiffer than the Unifiber.
With a whole boom I was finally able to go sailing.
The R10 works well, sailed nicely, quietly and enough lift. Could run board well on the rail and also have it planed through wind holes.

Because there were so many competitive surfers, Roel and Jan took the initiative to hold a few practice competitions with a boat and 2 buoys. Roel is really a hero to just sit in the boat.
After the first 2 heats the wind was really getting too much, Roel went to the side to eat something, I also went to the side to try a smaller fin.

iSonic 111, SL2 42cm with Daytona 8.3
After a quick fin, immediately switch back on the water. Wind only increased, but could sail well with the SL2 42cm, was not disappointing at all. But wind was so strong that the 8.3 really became too big. Time for a sandwich and thinking about whether I'm going to rig a smaller sail.

iSonic 111, SL2 38cm with Warp F2009 7.0
First time the Warp F2009 7.0 rigged. Rigging itself was easy. After rigging, Nikaj checked the trim, less outhaul, much less and a lot more slats of tension on the bar above and below the boom. Then we could go sailing.
In itself, it was getting on and sailing away. On straights it felt good, stable but also light. Speed felt good. Gyben certainly wasn't disappointing either. After some back and forth, we went back to doing some practice matches. Starts were good, but gyben didn't go at all, went in almost every buoy. On the straight the sail didn't feel too big, but by gyben the sail felt too big. My gybe technique is clearly not yet what it should be for its sail. So I can practice for a while.

Kabbelaarsbank

11:15 0.25 hour Wind: S/SW
Board: Starboard iSonic 111 - Deboichet R10 S 46cm
Sail: North Daytona 8.3 - North Viper 75 490cm - Unifiber Freerace/Slalom 220-280
  (machine translated in 2023) Little wind, could just get into plane, found that there was a lot of play on the boom head, went to the side to tighten the bolts I found a crack in the boom tube. So it's written off.
11:30 0.75 hour Wind: S/SW
Board: Starboard iSonic 111 - Deboichet R10 S 46cm
Sail: North Daytona 8.3 - North Viper 75 490cm - Neil Pryde X9 180-230
  (machine translated in 2023) Because my Unifiber was broken but with the X9, that fits too, just. Sailed nicely, X9 is even stiffer than the Unifiber in this length. Wind increased considerably and I was at max. Vin felt something big. Could let him walk nicely on the lift of the fin.
12:15 0.25 hour Wind: SW
Board: Starboard iSonic 111 - Deboichet SL2 42cm
Sail: North Daytona 8.3 - North Viper 75 490cm - Neil Pryde X9 180-230
  (machine translated in 2023) First the SL2 under my iSonic 111 along with my 8.3. Did expect it to work in a lot of wind. In fact, works very well. Could still walk quite well height. Pressure on my feet was also less.
13:00 1.25 hour Wind: W/SW
Board: Starboard iSonic 111 - Deboichet SL2 38cm
Sail: North Warp F2009 7.0 - North Platinum(09) 460cm - Neil Pryde X9 180-230
  (machine translated in 2023) First time with Warp F2009 7.0. Fortunately, Nikaj was present to give the necessary trim tips and to set the slats tension properly for my mast. On the water I noticed how light the sail feels. I expected a heavier rag. The sail also feels super stable, especially in hard gusts. The acceleration in gusts is also huge. What a difference from my Daytonas. Only with gyben in thick chop when I was well powered didn't really want to succeed. But just gybing also went pretty well.