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     davey_k Tuesday March 28, 2023
    Island View, Kitesurfing
    This Year: 54
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    Log Started:
    Sunday June 7, 2015
    Total Records: 316
    This Year: 54

    Tuesday March 28, 2023 Island View, Kitesurfing
     Tuesday March 28, 2023 Conditions TOW Toys Used:
     Island View, Kitesurfing NE 10 - 16
    Flat mostly
    1.00 hours Takoon Tiki 230
    Ocean Rodeo Flite (A-Series) 14.5
    Ocean Rodeo Shift Bar (Gen 3) 52cm
    Well that didn't go how I had hoped. First time on my new to me 14.5 A-Series Flite and it was awesome. However, I was not so awesome and neither was the wind or ebb current. As has happened to me a few times before, when I am just starting a session and not yet in the groove, I come off the board on my first gybe and somehow it gets way upwind of me. So a long body-drag session with the current not helping at all and FINALLY I got back to the board. I am now way down wind and decide to try to come ashore to rest a bit and walk upwind and try again. But as I got close to shore the wind shut off and the kite fell from the sky. I was in chest deep water so I gathered everything up and was, happily, able to walk to shore in the shallow water. The hazards of low wind kiting. Big thanks to j_dog who helped me pack up and was good company on the longest walk of shame I have ever done.
    GPS Track: 20230328-IV-Tiki3:22 PM to 4:30 PM
    Moving Time00:27:11
    Planing Time 00:04:13
    Distance (km) 4.0
    Speed (Max/2s/100m knots)15.1 / 15.0 / 14.7
    Number of Turns 19 (5% Planing)
    MAX 2023 - 16.7 kt, 36 turns, 44%TOTAL 2023 - 58 km, 3.7 hours
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