by Michael » Tue Jan 05, 2021 6:23 pm
Wow! Showed up for the afternoon session and it looked like things had dropped off. Rigged 4.3, despite Mike's warning and the sound of the wind suddenly roaring through the trees. That was good for a reach and a half, then the 3.7 for 2 reaches, it was insane, at that point I thought I was done. Then I remembered I had an old Revo 3.4 in the van. I've been holding on to that sail for years and never used it. Like Mike said today was the day!
I can't believe how nice that sail is, I was really sceptical and almost didn't do it but glad I did. Even with the 3.4 I was over powered but felt mostly in control except for a few jumps. After a couple of reaches my confidence was up and sailed out a little farther. I found some nice waves on the outside, not big but lots of clean space between them and ripped into what felt like my fastest jibes ever, I was lit! It must have been close to 50 knots on the outside, I couldn't believe I actually made those jibes and survived, flipping that small sail was such a great feeling. Although the last reach I was totally out of control and just exploded into the water. A little shaken up after that I came back in and called it a day around 3:30. 2006 Revo saves the day, next trip to the Oregon Coast that sail is coming along!