Damn Dave, I think you may have captured a picture of Michael in the 4th pic. That might be him in the 3rd pic too, a bit small to be certain. Wow! Your photography skills never cease to impress me. As Michael said, yesterday was challenging and frustrating. Locals were saying that there was more east than usual making it so challenging to sail. 3.7 for me 3.4 for Heather. 3.1m swell forecast and 17 knots on Windguru. Mast clocking me in the side of the head and bashing me in the wrist was memorable highlight/lowlight of the day.
Today was way more civilized. Still lots of logo/mast high sets rolling through but the wind was steadier. It was super fun to have Chuck join us for the day despite him being on a kite
. Michael and I had Matt Pritchard give an hour and half of coaching in the afternoon which was awesome. For me he preached patience, which resulted in me dropping in on what he said was a mast high set wave. I was so focused what I needed to do that I didn't pay attention to wave size. All I know is I got 3 hits off it and it felt great. Heather had a great day riding the reform waves on the inside and practicing jibes. Today was 2.1m swell and about the same 17 knots wind. 4.5 for me, 4.2 for Heather. Pic is of Matt and his two best students of the day and Daniel on the Naish photobombing us. Photo credit Heather.