| session_date | Wednesday, August 19, 2009 | |
| Sail | Neilpryde RS slalom MKII 7.8, 2008 |  |
| Average speed | 23.56 knots ( 26.12 23.43 23.25 22.97 22.02 ) | |
| Remarks | No wind what so ever, barley paning most of the time, the odd gust came through. Most people were leaving saying the wind was not up to much and it had dropped even more. Had a little go with the new sail settings yesterday and new I was near to the sweet spot. Went out against all advice and caught a few reasonable gusts. Then all of a sudden , gust of the day arrives and I am right place, right time for it.
Felt like huge acceleration then just smoothness and silence. Blew straight out the end of the gust before reaching terminal velocity. I had decided that although the gear is good for 30knts I didn't think it would be possible for me. I think right now that this is achievable for a lightweight at Grafham. Hopefully tomorrow - looks better.
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