UnusuallyLargeRobin
Log Started:
Tuesday July 13, 2004
Total Records: 455
This Year: 95
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Tuesday August 10, 2021
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Nitinat Lk, Wingfoiling
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Tuesday August 10, 2021
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Conditions
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TOW
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Toys Used:
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Nitinat Lk, Wingfoiling
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SSW 15 - 18
flat
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2.50 hours
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Fanatic Sky Wing 5'0 75 lt
Naish Wingsurfer S25 3.6m
Me Carbon-based Lifeform 187 lb / 85 kg
Axis Foil PnG 1150 (1713cm2)/370 tail/Short fuse/90cm mast;
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Beach disaster! Here's a kook tip for you kids - so pumped up my wings in prep for a session and had my 5.3 sitting on top of the 3.6. I'm standing around chatting and waiting for about 20 minutes when there's a big BOOM... my 5.3 strut seams have burst wide open and the bladder is expanding out like a red snapper up from the depths! Wings are pumped to spec, temperature was not excessively hot, but the strut and leading edge are black, so obvious expansion and excessive pressure resulted in seam failures. Lesson learned - even in moderate heat and sun if you're going to leave your wing lying around inflated you should deflate or let some pressure out.
Despite that managed to make the 3.6 work in fairly light wind, 2.5 hrs, 23 kms, 32 km/hr top speed. 110 turns, practicing starboard jibes flying out toeside the heelside turn back. Got that all sussed now. Also close to getting some port heel tacks, Hope to have those today. Loving the Nitinaht training ground!
| GPS Track: Nitinat ULR Aug10 | 7:30 AM to 9:29 AM |
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| Moving Time | 01:36:10 | | Foiling Time | 01:19:48 | | Distance (km) | 23.2 | | Speed (Max/2s/100m knots) | 22.7 / 21.4 / 13.6 | | Number of Turns | 187 (60% Foiling) | | MAX 2021 - 15.6 kt, 187 turns, 68% | TOTAL 2021 - 336 km, 21.9 hours |
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