Did they miss much....No not really but there was some wind, The afternoon saw the return of the southerly but only for a short time. I rigged my 5.8 and blasted around on my 95 for about and hour, No swell just pure flat water which gave me the opportunity to work on my gybes. I worked on increasing the arc of my gybe to help my chance of planing out of them, I have a habit of carving real hard and turning on the spot which kills my speed and stalls the gybe. Do I plain out of them...Only a few but I make It round dry about 90% of the time now on my 95 even in real choppy conditions so I'm happy with that.
A storm appeared out to the east and it looked bad, I was way out the back before I decided it was time to come in. One run too late, As I gybed and made my way back the wind shifted dead off shore and left me with some serious work to do to get back, Lucky it was strong enough for me to keep planing but it was very hard to make it back to shore. It took me about half an hour or more to get back anywhere close to shore and with wind starting to drop I decided to take my chances with the rocks and came in well north of where I needed to be. I managed to pick a hole in the rocks and sail in to shore and start the long walk back to the car, by now the wind had stopped completely and the storm was about to hit. I popped my kit on my head and walked back down the beach to the van.....That was lucky.
The forecast tomorrow looks much better....
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