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     ThePope Monday January 20, 2025
    Kailua, Wingfoiling
    This Year: 12
    ThePope

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    Log Started:
    Monday May 13, 2024
    Total Records: 81
    This Year: 12
    Monday January 20, 2025 Kailua, Wingfoiling
     Monday January 20, 2025 Conditions TOW Toys Used:
     Kailua, Wingfoiling NE 10 - 15
    1m     		2.00 hours Armstrong FG Wing SUP 99L
    Duotone Unit SLS 5.5m
    Armstrong Fuse 70
    Armstrong Mast 865
    Armstrong Glide 220
    Armstrong HA 1080
    It was as though a toddler had control of the off/on switch for the wind today. A squall would rip through, then almost no wind for 20 minutes and I just bobbed around and waited for the next squall. Repeat. About an hour into the session the wind finally became a bit more steady. When gybing in bigger waves I sometimes struggle to find the sweet spot between: 1) being too high on the mast and breaching as I come down the wave, and 2) being too low on the mast and touching down or nose diving. There's a good amount of stored potential energy when you're relatively high on the mast, and this can come in handy when maneuvering through a gybe. Starting high and then slowly dropping your altitude throughout the gybe can help to power you through it. Proper altitude, or mast height, is the final step (thank God) in this convoluted 12-step gybe rehab that they sent me to after the intervention.
    GPS Track: Cruising altitude12:30 PM to 2:33 PM
    Moving Time01:27:59
    Foiling Time 00:53:02
    Distance (km)23.3
    Speed (Max/2s/100m knots)17.8 / 17.7 / 17.5
    Number of Turns 21 (43% Foiling)
    MAX 2025: 17.6 kt, 45 turns, 50%TOTAL 2025: 310 km, 18.1 hours
    MAX: 17.6 kt, 45 turns, 50%TOTAL: 1,389 km, 95 hours
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