What to say... What i feared came reality!

Quite a strange situation this morning. Ed and me trying to walk to the water with both the same sailsize. Just a difference of 60 kgs bodyweight, but hey let's give it a shot ;-)

Was the first one on the water and Ed wasn't really happy with my performance, so went back. Derigged my 5.6 and rigged my 4.7 which I knew already didn't work together with my F51, but i had no other choice (no small board). Later on Alain joined me together with a frenchman on 3.7

Did a few runs but there was not a single spot with flat water and the gusts were real hard. If I had attached my gps unit to my boom, i would have higher speeds for sure because my gear decided a few times to go on his own ;-) And again, I realised that such a small sail doesn't work on the F51: really instable, awkword stance... Herkingen was definetely not the place to be today. Later Pat and Tom used the remains of the storm. So we were only with 5 on the speedstrip, however it was quite crowdy at the (parking)-spot ;-)

Then came the rain where the other were hoping for. Wind shifted almost 90 degrees and now it was a very broad angle but hardly any wind. Rigged a new sail now (3rd time today), but even the 6.3 was quite small. Did 2 runs on my slalom board and then it was game over. A whole day to surf 25 kms... 

A survival day I won't forget very fast... And again, i have to stick to my rule: Above 45kts predicted wind, I have to stay inside. Not easy offcourse: it could always turn out to be less windy and a possible PR day... Even my 15 kgs of extra (stone) weight didn't help me today... Wish I had the same skills but at least 30kgs more bodyweight on days like this :-)

Feeling good though to