An unlikely day of sailing

9/12/12 Wednesday

Milner Beach, Last week of summer 2012.

An unlikely day of sailing.

The MB weathertalker was a steady 6-10 from SSW but at Milner Beach there were south winds with whitecaps beyond the point.

So I decided to go for it. Launched at 4 with the floater board due to the wind shadow on the inside. The first 50 yards were fluky thus I was lucky I had the floater board. 

Not a bad session I didn't expect much, I was pleasantly surprised. Watching the GoPro footage I

had a 6 minute blast of steady planning with a hero

jibe on the outside and then 3 minutes of steadiness to head back in.

Probably the last day of summer shorty weather. 

This is only the second session of September.
And did I mention the lack of the enemy weeds.... I think they all blew in to the MB launch site.

Sail Time: 1.25 hours from 4:00 - 6:00

Gear: 6.0 with the109 liter RRD FSW board

Conditions: Flat water, side shore to side off.

Weather: Air mid-70s, Bluebird, water mid-70s.
Wind:  S-SSW winds maximum of 17 estimated.

SCS Harbor reported 5-12 and MB reported 6-10.

Schooled: Opposite side heli-tack

Images: Speed on the big board