Tony360 wrote:Adrien - a tale of two sessions
Special shout out goes to my wife for planning a full day of Christmas activities and missions, if I hadn't arrived at dawn I would have missed the best part.
By the time I saw you guys the wind was tanking, the waves were at their peak, and I figured I better get back down. Just before that C36 and I played chicken for the wave of the day,
sorry about that one.
No worries - all good.
Slippery slope. Arrived at Acadia at 7:45 to find the gate open and DB and Massimo getting sorted. Compared thoughts and decided to go 4.0/92 (in an effort to make sure I wasn't undergunned and set adrift). By the time I got rigged and walked down to upper Acadia I could see DB just barely getting a ride on 3.7 on the way out. Launched above the bridge and just barely had enough wind to pull me off the shore. Got a couple of underpowered runs in while Tony360 was up at Acadia and he had enough power to work the waves! Trolled for a while longer than exited at 'dog beach', followed DB's lead and walked back up the road to the parking lot. AG was stop-start so rigged 5.3/115 and gave it a second try. Launch to windward of one leg-breaker-log with a waist larger than me rolling around in the shore break. Better and nice to be able to push off some the large smooth rolling swell. Even stopped to put more downhaul and outhaul in while floating, but then the wind started to back and I was wishing I had an adjustable outhaul. A few more rides then nursed it in just behind AG and DB. Chilly, but not cold (I was expecting it to be bracing).
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