davey_k
Log Started:
Sunday June 7, 2015
Total Records: 317
This Year: 55
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Tuesday March 28, 2023
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Island View, Kitesurfing
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Tuesday March 28, 2023
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Conditions
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TOW
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Toys Used:
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Island View, Kitesurfing
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NE 10 - 16
Flat mostly
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1.00 hours
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Takoon Tiki 230
Ocean Rodeo Flite (A-Series) 14.5
Ocean Rodeo Shift Bar (Gen 3) 52cm
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Well that didn't go how I had hoped. First time on my new to me 14.5 A-Series Flite and it was awesome. However, I was not so awesome and neither was the wind or ebb current. As has happened to me a few times before, when I am just starting a session and not yet in the groove, I come off the board on my first gybe and somehow it gets way upwind of me. So a long body-drag session with the current not helping at all and FINALLY I got back to the board. I am now way down wind and decide to try to come ashore to rest a bit and walk upwind and try again. But as I got close to shore the wind shut off and the kite fell from the sky. I was in chest deep water so I gathered everything up and was, happily, able to walk to shore in the shallow water. The hazards of low wind kiting. Big thanks to j_dog who helped me pack up and was good company on the longest walk of shame I have ever done.
| GPS Track: 20230328-IV-Tiki | 3:22 PM to 4:30 PM |
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| Moving Time | 00:27:11 | | Planing Time | 00:04:13 | | Distance (km) | 4.0 | | Speed (Max/2s/100m knots) | 15.1 / 15.0 / 14.7 | | Number of Turns | 19 (5% Planing) | | MAX 2023 - 16.7 kt, 36 turns, 44% | TOTAL 2023 - 58 km, 3.7 hours |
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