My light wind dream has been realised !
8M Strike CWC
GoFoil GT2200 with 20" tail
Kalama E3 DW 6'1" x 23' @ 105litres
FD+ set at 130mm from bottom of board (as high as possible, so minimal drag when up on foil)
Me @ 80kg
So what made this session so enjoyable was the total lack of frustration.
I got going in the very first gust that came along, I was about 20 metres from shore in between the moored yachts
No mad pumping of wings or board, just using the FD to get initial board speed from the windless floating starts, then pumping the wing a few times to get out of the water and hear the prop spitting......
In the lulls I was able to pump the wing in a circular loop in front of me to stay up and if started to lose height a few board pumps got me up and gliding again.
Im winging in a harbour type area with lots of surrounding land masses that create fickle winds and large dead spots, but using the cruise control I was able to reposition myself where I could see the "darkies" and grab the gusts to get up and flying. During the periods where there was absolutely no wind and I was just bobbing about on the glassy water I wasn't stressed or frustrated as I knew I was guaranteed to get up as soon as I got a bit of breeze.
I had a heap of runs and came in very satisfied and Im sure if anyone was watching from the shore they would have thought I was a wing Ninja to be up and flying in such conditions.
It's definitely not my skill, I am laying the praise squarely on the right equipment for the conditions
