Morning session with SW wind direction.

Post this porttack session seperatly as i learn a lot about this spot in the 3 days i sailed here. Many times the locals told me that the other course with SW is not working as the wind doesn't fill in because of the mountains. Actually when walking down the course we thought the wind was super steady, strong enough and not gusty. On the water it felt strange, very short accelerations and no high speed in the same wind angle than the starboard course. 

What i also learned about West Kirby. I compare this spot with La Franqui as you can sail here all day and facing different water and wind conditions during the day.

Yesterday the wind was steady and strong, the course broad. This means the water has no time to calm down as the wind is haugling all day long. The broad angle was not the main problem, but the water conditions. Today it was different, the wind was up and down, these kind of weather conditions can be record breaking. Everytime when the wind dropped, the water in the laked calmed down and became super flat. The dark clouds gave us a sign the next wind was coming. Its all about perfect timing and make sure to make 2 or 3 runs in 10 minutes before the water gets wild again. Like this you have two positive things, perfect (broad) angle in combination with flat water. Something to think about.

So steady wind and steady angles are not good for record breaking speeds in my opinion. La Franqui is exactly the same, mostly the wind is up and down during the whole day.