(machine translated in 2023) Don't train for a while but enjoy Cruising
During lunch at work we walked outside, nice and warm, a bit of sun and a lot of wind: What am I doing here?

My plan was to only sail on my Raceboards until the World Championships. To gain as much experience as possible. Today I couldn't bring myself to do it, 4th day this week, so I thought I deserved to enjoy myself. Wind was also so strong again and to now sail again with 7.5 heavily overpowered.

FSW84 with Ice 5.3
When I walked into the water I already had the idea that the wind had become less, fewer foam heads. Immediately sailed a little looser, was really trimmed over max. What a crazy feeling his short board after days of standing alone on Raceboards, so vivid. It was looking for nice waves, but still made quite a few jumps. When the wind subsided further some duck-gybes practiced, one went really brilliantly. Still full inplane the sail already fixed and immediately sailing, felt faster than a normal gybe. When the wind was almost completely gone and I could no longer plan, I went to the side. Standing for a while chatting with Anita and Alex, the wind comes back. Martijn was going to get his Synchro 104, I thought. good idea.

S-Type 104 with Ice 5.3 and Eagle 35cm
Brilliant, Ice at minimum trim and fly. Express grabbed a very large fin for easy planing. With the FSW, I found Herkingen boring. But with the S-Type, it's a playground, a race track. Made a lot of gybes, and full in them, first a bit of space to accelerate, then laydown, sail up, turn over, close and go. And that is so easy with a 5.3 wave sail on flat water. I couldn't get enough of it. I also had a look with Martijn, to give tips to improve his gybes.

It was tasty, especially the last hour with the S-Type was great, water was so flat and gybes went so brilliantly. Even if things didn't go quite right, I could often plan them through.
It was nice to sail together again with the The Hague buddies from the past, we have known each other for a long time.
Drove home with a smile. Lovely evening, was cozy.

Herkingen

Present: Martijn (Volvosurfer)

18:15 1.25 hour Wind: W/SW
Board: JP Freestyle Wave 84 Pro - Select Wave Warrior 24cm
Sail: North Ice 5.3 - North Gold 430cm - Chinook Pro 1 Alloy 165-227
  (machine translated in 2023) In the beginning very nice, later the wind decreased and it was difficult to plan. But if there was wind I could walk high very easily.
19:30 1 hour Wind: W/SW
Board: Starboard S-Type 104 - Select Eagle 35cm
Sail: North Ice 5.3 - North Gold 430cm - Chinook Pro 1 Alloy 165-227
  (machine translated in 2023) Express caught a very large fin, wind was minimal and then you still want to be able to plan, Ice set to minimum trim. Set ran really brilliantly. Board ran loose despite the gentle wind. And gyben was brilliant, almost everything planned through.