Woke up this morning to the sound of wind. It was a bit cool - 20c, but good white caps. I rigged my 6.6 Hucker. Of course the wind seemed to drop off as I was getting ready. Wind was very gusty. Lots of good reaches, and a few well powered jibes, but lots of standing around too. Some reaches were - Lay in water waiting for enough wind to waterstart, yank out of water onto full plane, plane straight up the lake, slow down and stop, have to balance with front foot ahead of mast track 1 foot under water, then full plane, then go blasting into a jibe, only to find no wind at all during sail flip, and practice submarine again coming out of the jibe. I was out for about 1.5 hours. Overall - very good sail. Lots of practice with wind from varying angles and speeds. Ted
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