(machine translated in 2023) Surprisingly good day
After missing the previous weekend with the flu, I didn't want to let this day pass me by.
Prediction was not great, expect to use the GT85 with 8.3 all afternoon. However, on arrival the wind was very good and there were many small sails on the water. And then the sun started to come through.

After a lot of hesitation: wind meter gave up to 20 knots of wind but it seemed less and the forecast was also less anyway the Duke 5.9 rigged with my Skate 111. With that, I can definitely float back when the wind completely disappears. In the beginning it was really great, could sail around, jump a lot, one-handed, rail-grab and also a tail-grab. After an hour or so of sailing, the wind really got less, could hardly plan more, time for bigger stuff. Hesitated to immediately grab my GT85 with 8.3. 7.3 would have been good, but due to the sale of my HTS that was no longer an option. Then there's the Duke 6.7 on the Skate. Certainly went well in the beginning, but that too became too small.

I didn't wait a minute, quickly rigged the 8.3, immediately grabbed the Deboichet R10 54cm, if it was against overpowered with the 8.3 that should work well, on the water the fin soon turned out to be too small, board did not want to lift nicely. So just go to the side for the R13 56cm, which has more surface area. The 56cm was better, but I should have taken the 60cm directly afterwards. After half an hour or so, that 56cm also became too small to sail around. Then I stopped. Had another birthday.

The sun burned my head today.

Grevelingendam

12:15 1.5 hour Wind: W
Board: Fanatic Skate 111 - Mistral Freestyle 25cm
Sail: North Duke 5.9 - North Gold 430cm - North X-Composite M
  (machine translated in 2023) Set ran well, sometimes well powered, but sometimes planing on my toes. Jumping went both ways super, another tail-grab done.
14:00 0.5 hour Wind: W
Board: Fanatic Skate 111 - MFC Goya Freemove 31cm
Sail: North Duke 6.7 - North Viper 75 460cm - North X-Composite M
  (machine translated in 2023) Didn't run great, had pressure in my sail, but no speed and couldn't walk at altitude, felt weird, maybe a bad trim or it was the weather.
14:45 0.5 hour Wind: W
Board: AHD GT 85 - Deboichet R10 54cm
Sail: North Daytona 8.3 - North Viper 75 490cm - Unifiber Freerace/Slalom 220-280
  (machine translated in 2023) Sail trimmed a lot, after all there was still quite wind, I expected to sail max on the GT85, so nice test for the Deboichet R10 54cm. Wind was a bit disappointing, just had normal pressure in the sail and the R10 54cm is certainly too small, could not / hardly walk height and had easy spinouts.
15:15 0.75 hour Wind: W
Board: AHD GT 85 - Drake R13 Race 56cm
Sail: North Daytona 8.3 - North Viper 75 490cm - Unifiber Freerace/Slalom 220-280
  (machine translated in 2023) Balance in the set was a lot better, fin has more lift. However, the wind quickly diminished and sometimes I could not even plan, larger fin would have been better.