Great day practice in Long Beach Sunday, managed to come in just as wind bulit but it was ok, got my practice in but didnt get to do much speed testing with Nat Zack or Eric. Boat was packed and now as I write this at 40 000ft I'm trusting the boat is on the roof of Zack's van and on its way to the Gorge. We're planning for a late sail Wednesday before full on testing Thursday and racing through weekend. Time to see if all the training / set up and the new boat since the Words is going to pay off.
Liz is always amazed by the amount of time I can spend "fettling" the boat so though I'd write a list of the mods I've done to the Mach 2 in the three months of ownership. Nothing compared to owning a Bladerider but fun all the same. So here goes:
- Precourt micro tension block on forestay
- Gulari custom wand mount starboard side (tap snapped in the port side one!)
- Wand elastic tension system brought back to wing bars
- JPZ ride height adjuster
- Million $ shim tape on front foil
- AMac custom front foil horizontal (thinner section)
- 4:1 mainsheet
- 8:1 down haul
- 24:1 vang
- EC6+ "cheese slicer" on rear wing bar
- North Spectra hiking straps
- Sailing Bits Velocitek mount
- Breather tubes on hull drains
- Nano 4 / Raptor / EC6+ rigging / Boat Bits carbon prodder rig as number 2 rig
Whats on your ride?
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