(machine translated in 2023) Slalom XL
Finally a Slalom XL, after often not going through and having missed that only one from last year I was really looking forward to it.
Wind was predicted south, ideal for Almere-Haven. I was on time. 7.3 rigged then 6.3 and 5.8.

During the skippers meeting it was explained that we would start with a triangle track. 2 very long legs, about half wind and then a short leg straight into wind. So 1x tack with your slalom set... Can I do that? 2 rounds so only 1x tack.
And starting alla defi wind with a boat sailing over the starting line, always difficult. We'll see.

After the skippers meeting we brought stuff to the beach and tested the 6.3. It was quickly clear that it was still too small.

1st heat(upwind)
Start was bad, was only just close to the start when the boat was already sailing.
At the first buoy it went well. At the tack in the upwind piece you fell into it. But was soon back on it.
Sailed out, went pretty well.

2nd heat(upwind)
Start was better. Viel struggled to make it to the first buoy in the middle of the field. Fortunately, there were many who fell silent and I was able to make up for many places. Unfortunately, things went completely wrong with the tack. Fell in and needed 3x to get my sail back in my hands. This didn't work. Next heat I'm going to gyben. Wind had increased considerably so was often at max.

3rd heat(upwind)
Started on my S-Type 104 and 6.3. Start was bad, didn't get away, wind hole and that just with small set. Once in plane it went well, gybed at the tack, lost time by having to cover more distance, but better than falling into it. After the 2nd gybe I stopped for a while, but all in all it went quite well.

Pause, warm up and recover.
During the break we were told that instead of Upwind, we would go downwind, a kind of 8 with a very wide bend.

4th heat(downwind)
After the break I picked up my S-Type again with 6.3. But didn't get away, quickly back to the side for the iSonic with 7.3. Was late at the start. Could start at the very back. Fortunately, this went better for me, track was not completely half wind, but could walk enough height and could be spacious enough to get directly from the 2nd gybe to the finish.

5th heat(downwind)
Good start, with difficulty made it to the first buoy. The part to the 2nd buoy was spacious, but just doable, unfortunately a bit more had to be sailed afterwards. That was really too spacious, too much chop, too fast, too little pressure, almost went in, Sail thrown open and bobbed a bit after which I could gyben and walk high again to the 2nd buoy. After the 3rd gybe it was very wide to the finish, but could just make it. Course was shifted because the wind had turned too far.

6th heat(downwind)
Good start, I think was somewhere in 10th place. With a lot of effort and a bit of bobbing the first buoy was reached. Wind had turned even further than expected. So actually the job wasn't right yet.
I couldn't walk enough height from buoy 3 back to buoy 1. So I had to tack to make it. And then from buoy 1 it was much too wide to buoy 2. I ended up gybed 2x. To get to the finish line. Pain in my knee was not gone after 2 weeks.

There was some filming during the Slalom XL:Youtube Video!
At 2:20 and 4:14 I get through the picture.

It didn't really go great, had a lot of trouble with the chop. As if I wasn't fit. My starts were also bad, instead of doing your own thing as trained, I was just following the rest again and so always 10 to 20 seconds late... Not sharp.
Finally turned 20th. But first in the Silverfleet Men.
And I've had pleizer and that's important too.

Almere Haven

11:15 0.25 hour Wind: S
Board: Starboard S-Type 104 - C3 D2 36cm
Sail: North RAM F8 6.3 - North Platinum 430 - Neil Pryde X9 180-230
  (machine translated in 2023) Too little wind for this set. Could not plan and/or walk height.
11:30 1.5 hour Wind: S
Board: Starboard iSonic 111 - Select SL7 39cm
Sail: North Daytona 7.3 - North Platinum(09) 460cm - AL360 E3 Carbon 210-270
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14:00 0.5 hour Wind: S
Board: Starboard S-Type 104 - Select SL7 35cm
Sail: North RAM F8 6.3 - North Platinum 430 - Neil Pryde X9 180-230
  (machine translated in 2023) Set ran nicely, but was a bit on the small side when planning in dirty wind. But on the straights a lot less heavy than the iSonic. Control was good.
14:30 1.25 hour Wind: S
Board: Starboard iSonic 111 - Select SL7 39cm
Sail: North Daytona 7.3 - North Platinum(09) 460cm - AL360 E3 Carbon 210-270
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