11 November 2024
Finally wind again, and also sun
After two weeks of windless and gray weather, finally the weather changed, finally sailing.
Banzai 5.3 on the One 95 with MFC 22.5/11cm thrusters
Fortunately no high tide, so hardly any shore-break. There was some low swell, from two directions, usually not much special, sometimes a single small nice short wave. Sailing direction was almost perpendicular to the waves, which made back-side wave riding difficult, but front-side easier.
After 15:00 there was a lot of rain predicted. Sailed until it almost started to rain. I was just able to roll up my sail before the rain started, packed up the rest in the rain.
Wonderful to have sailed again. Waves weren't great. Sunshine was lovely.
It was busy for a Monday in November, Belgians had a day off.
Brouwersdam Zuid
Present: Gert-Jan, Henk (Ouwe), Ronny12:45 | 2.25 hour | Wind: NW |
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Board: | Goya One 3 Pro 95 - MFC Freewave 22,5cm/MFC TF 2x11cm | |
Sail: | Goya Banzai Pro 5.3 - Goya Eightyfive Pro 400 - AL360 E3 Carbon 160-220 | |
Wind seemed a bit light for the 5.3, so minimum trim and slightly larger fins. Set worked well. Could plane almost all the time. Not a lot of waves to jump or wave riding. But because of the direction of wind and wave, front side wave riding was easy, even with the One 95, if you could find a wave. |