First foiling day since Thanksgiving and YES, I still remember how to tack and gybe, Sweet!Long Beach was cranking, 22 at Pier J in the gusts and fronts, rain showers, sun, we had it all.
New painted and sanded foils, more rig rake and some sweet top speed runs including 22 knots straight down the channel on the way home.
"Who me Officer, no sorry must have got the wrong person".
But best was saved for our last windward mark bear away. 26.6knots and not bad in the usual Long Beach chop.
Nat and I sailed 41 km, hiked our legs off, and were rewarded by a great start to 2011.
Key learning this time around was allowing a little bit of twist into the main when it was cranking. Thanks to Adam Lowery for that tip. With a ton of cunno, it seemed to give me height and speed when we did our straight line tests up wind. Also really worked on smoothing out the carve on the gybe. Nice plus really fun.
Roll on Hawaii for the Pac Rim Champs.......
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