Woke up at 4.30h because the best wind was gone be in the early morning. I started the engine at 05.00h for the 1.45h drive to Zonnemaire. Dave would do so also .
When I arrived the wind was gusting up to 22-23 kt. After rigging the 6.8 the wind dropped and the rain came in for over two hours. Finaly the wind filled in, clouds disappeared and sun came out. Wind was verry gusty all day long. Could go for higer speeds but did most of the session with the Falcon 124 and RS7 45; this was the best combo for the match racing. Posted runs were done with the 105.
Was a wonderfull day, even with the gusty wind I managed to keep planing all the time and did almost 120 km.
Especially the cruising towards "Hompelvoet" and back with Geert, Peter and Joeri in between nice waves was good fun. Some legs were over 8km.
Tim and Paul managed to do beautiful speeds and alpha's in these conditions, respect for that!
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