davey_k
Log Started:
Sunday June 7, 2015
Total Records: 317
This Year: 55
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Saturday April 1, 2023
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Clover Pt, Kitesurfing
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Saturday April 1, 2023
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Conditions
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TOW
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Toys Used:
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Clover Pt, Kitesurfing
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WSW 16 - 30
some chop
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1.00 hours
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Ocean Rodeo Duke
Takoon Tiki 230
Ocean Rodeo Flite 12
Ocean Rodeo Shift Bar (Gen 3) 52cm
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The wind was playing April Fools' Day jokes today. Forecast called for 20-ish knots with a pop in the mid-afternoon but the pop came earlier and more than once. I was wary though because the wind seemed cold and unstable, with popcorn clouds in the satellite images. It was not one of those lovely afternoon westerly thermals! I launched a 12m comfortably and decided to take my Tiki for a spin but after two tacks I came in for my Duke b/c it was quite choppy which the Tiki can handle but that is not what it is for. On the Duke and I had a few good runs but I could see a squall coming across the water from Metchosin and it looked serious. I took it seriously and headed in, especially as I was on a bigger kite. As I got to shore the wind really came up. Fully de-powered, I left my Duke on the beach so I could have both hands on the bar as I went up the windward ramp. I know that the wind can increase at the leading edge of the point and that is exactly what it did. I started to feel the increased upward and downwind pull of the kite with the rock face in front of me. I didn't like the idea of punching out half way up the ramp but that is what I did. Happily, it all turned out okay ( but it could have been otherwise) and a fellow kiter quickly grabbed my flagged out kite as it dropped onto the grassy knoll. I got lucky today, and a huge thanks Tyler for grabbing my flagged kite! I am, was and remain humbled.
| GPS Track: 2023-04-01-Clover-Jokes | 12:24 PM to 1:19 PM |
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| Moving Time | 00:35:10 | | Planing Time | 00:20:50 | | Distance (km) | 8.5 | | Speed (Max/2s/100m knots) | 14.7 / 14.7 / 14.3 | | Number of Turns | 14 (43% Planing) | | MAX 2023 - 16.7 kt, 59 turns, 44% | TOTAL 2023 - 90 km, 5.5 hours |
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