No sign of slowing down. Wind still above 30 SE.
Michael wrote:... Lots of debris and weeds made things worse. Being over powered while trying to dodge chunks of wood is not fun, hit lots of small ones with the foil but no damage ...
Mike wrote:... Lots of visible debris in the water and lots of little (and sometimes not so little) invisible debris knocking at my board...
Alton wrote:Michael wrote:... Lots of debris and weeds made things worse. Being over powered while trying to dodge chunks of wood is not fun, hit lots of small ones with the foil but no damage ...Mike wrote:... Lots of visible debris in the water and lots of little (and sometimes not so little) invisible debris knocking at my board...
Damn it This morning I just noticed a fin box on my surfboard got damaged from hitting wood. This might explain the drag I was experiencing.
I remounted the fin box with 5-minute epoxy (claims to be water resistant). Hope it will hold.
Mike wrote:Michael, to my eye I thought you were doing well. I did wonder if there were better waves way to the north where you started. I also wondered how the foil would fare with the debris in the water.