Liep voor geen meter, bijna alles geprobeerd en niets hielp. Totdat ik 30 minuten voor het eind het laatste redmiddel toepaste, 1 1/2 cm meer downhoul, snelheden gingen onmiddelijk 5 km omhoog en alles voelde weer licht aan.

Erg gezellig en lang zitten nabomen bij de Mac.

Not very windy but still a nice session. I tried a mast option today. There are loads of people having their masts measured nowadays and I think that is great, but it says a little bit only (how many masts of the same size and type are measured afterall) about the (in)consistency of mast production. It says almost nothing about the performance of the mast. Measuring a mast the IMCS way says something about the curve and the stiffness, very true but a 64/76 bend is just as much a curve 12 than a 66/78, and I know that when you rigg a sail with both masts, one will for sure rigg different than the other...so curve is just an indication. One curve 12 can be great in your sail, the other curve 12 can be a lot less performing. My opinion is that a lot of masts will work in a specific sail as you can tweak quite a bit by adding or releasing a bit of downhaul, outhaul etc and you should KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN YOUR SAIL instead of only focusing on numbers....

Today I sailed the racing Blade with a STIFF TOP mast, curve 8! The mast was also too soft for this sail, but by adding a spacer or 2 it still had a nice profile and twist was looking really nice. The sails are supposed to be rigged on a 64/76 bend curve, which is a 12, so you can definitely say that I was  'on the wrong mast', but hey, it was still fast i think and if it would have been a tad stiffer (so not necessarily another bend curve)  it would surely have been faster...I also know that the sails also work great on a curve 17, which is flex top. That would mean you can apply a bit less downhaul as the sail will open up more as a result of the flex top bend character of such a mast. So my advise is to rigg it right: make sure you know what you want the sail to look like when properly rigged and do a bit of tweaking with outhaul, downhaul, some spacers when needed and you will have a nice day of windsurfing!

We are blessed with great spots and beautifull nature. While I was walking to the strip with Serge we spoke about the beauty of our speedspots in the North. They really are magical places to sail even when not so windy like today.

I was completely stoked about the behaviour of the Rockstar 66 in the light conditions we had. The board does exactly what we aimed for in flat water speed conditions. I also had two runs on the Rockstar 54 and I can't wait to race it against full on speedboards. We are definitely on the move with our shapes and the learning curve is is still pointing upward. The mXr Ufo 28 is a great match with the board on flat conditions we had today. I tried to focus on smooth sailing and keeping the board completely stable. The fin for sure helped me in regards to that.

After a couple of sessions on the Simmer SCR sails it's getting more clear to me every time just how fast this years'sails are. There is a lot of forward oriented pull and handling is super sweet. The sail allows me to really stretch my body and rely on the pull the sail gives.

After sailing Gauke gave a deeper insight on the way top golf gear is designed and assambled. He made clear just how much individual finetuning is possible. Thsi made me realize the potential we have in windsurfgear development. It was a really inspiring afternoon. thanks for that Gauke!

kon er maar geen zin in krijgen, erg weinig wind en 5 graden, uiteindelijk toch maar het wter opgegaan en ben ik maar gaan expirimenteren met hoe ver ik kon gaan voor wat betreft lowwind trim.

Jammer genoeg kwam de wind pas door toen we aan het aftuigen waren, maar ja, de vloed liet niet op zich wachten.

Sorry, I meant to say Rockstar 60.

Brrrrrrr, koud gewoon!! Toch een lekkere sessie. Had beter gekund, maar waar het aan lag???