4-23-2013 Tuesday
OBX - Liquid Rush
Day 8 at OBX
4/23/2013 Tuesday, Rodanthe, NC
Same as yesterday - gray, cloudy, misting, ugly day but happy to sail.
Picked up the rigged gear from yesterday, 4.0 and sailed with the 85 liter.
Quickly rerigged down to the 3.5 with the 85 liter board. Even with the 3.5 I was
overpowered and the 85 liter was to big. Today’s session wasn’t pretty but I
did manage several nifty high wind transitions. Working crew out along with
Chuck and Dean.
Video camera mounted on the boom recorded the consistent 8 second gybes from unhooking to re-hooking in. In the 45 minutes of go-pro recording 37 jibes were completed.
Sail Time: Morning session 11:00-12:30, Afternoon session
1:30 3:30
Gear: 3.5 with the 85 liter liter board
Conditions: Gray, cloudy, misting
Weather: Air 50s water 50s.
Wind: Mainly NNW winds maximum of 20-40
Schooled: High wind stuff
Images: Wind Data for the day
Video: 8 seconds of gybing
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