(machine translated in 2023) End of winter break
After almost 4 months of not surfing there was finally wind today and it was "warm" enough.
Wind seemed to be a bit disappointing on arrival, measurement gave 12 to 15 knots.

Daytona 7.3
That seemed like a good wind for my newly purchased Daytona 7.3. HTS underneath, just fin guess, 40cm Hurricane and go.
Once on the big water, it soon became clear that the foot straps of the HTS were still large on summer shoes. 7.3 could also use more trim, back to the side to give more trim with the trim mill. Sail ran well, gyben went well and speed was certainly not bad. Got trouble quickly with my left arm, didn't seem to have any strength. Trapeze ropes moved so I didn't have to put as much force with my left arm.

After 1.5 hours the wind subsided slightly, somewhere in the shallows put less trim on it. But after 15 minutes or so, the wind came back very strong. Daytona back on max trim and the water back on. I kept going until I got pretty tired and the wind was just too strong for the 7.3 on the HTS, just sometimes overpowered, had to start pushing with my mast hand in the gusts.
Wanted to stop, but the opportunity was perfect to test the Daytona 7.3 with the S-Type 104. So I grabbed the S-Type and got on the water, found it no success, still running trimming, but the S-Type had too much trouble with this big of sail in the chop, with the HTS I was definitely faster. On flat water, the S-Type probably does.

All in all, almost 3 hours sailed, wonderful to have been on the shelf again.

Kabbelaarsbank

11:45 2.5 hour Wind: W/SW 12/20 kts
Board: HTS Super Fast M - Hurricane SRA 40cm
Sail: North Daytona 7.3 - North Viper 75 460cm - HPL Slalom 177-238
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14:30 0.25 hour Wind: W/SW 16/22 kts
Board: Starboard S-Type 104 - Hurricane SRA 36cm
Sail: North Daytona 7.3 - North Viper 75 460cm - HPL Slalom 177-238
  (machine translated in 2023) Not really a very good combo. Sail felt too big, even after some rimming I didn't get it well.
Maybe it works on flat water, but in chop up to 50cm it just doesn't feel right and it certainly didn't have speed.
I didn't seem to be able to transfer the pressure of the sail to the board, maybe a larger fin, but also didn't have any spinouts, so if that was the problem.
Foot straps were also on this board on the winter stand. But because you have to screw, I didn't change it anymore. This may also have contributed to the not good feeling.