davey_k
Log Started:
Sunday June 7, 2015
Total Records: 304
This Year: 42
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Wednesday July 17, 2024
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Clover Pt, Kitesurfing
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Wednesday July 17, 2024
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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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SSW 17 - 23
flood tide confusion
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1.30 hours
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Ocean Rodeo Duke 3 5'4"
Ocean Rodeo Crave HL 12
Ocean Rodeo Shift Bar (Gen 3) 52cm
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Arrived to light wind and watched CB pump a big kite for his foil. I pumped my 14.5 Flite and expected to go out on the Tiki but as I got my wetsuit on, and all of my other accoutrements, the wind came up. I launched the big kite anyway just to see how it felt and it felt big, so I put it right back down (thanks Wade for the fast launch and land). I then pumped the 12m instead and that, and the Duke, was the secret sauce. I went off the windward side reef and with high tide and a very southerly wind I easily skimmed out past the kelp. The sea was flooded and confused and kind of hard to ride initially but I got used to it. (I guess I got soft riding the lake for four days.). The wind was very cool, steady and lofty. I was able to make easy reaches to Finlayson Point and I made many tack turns thanks to the lofty wind. There was a sail boat anchored about 200m off the spiral staircase and that was weird. I made a point of staying far away from it and not doing anything upwind of it that I might then regret. Otherwise, I had a fantastic time on the water and on shore talking to all of my fellow kiters. Summer kiting is the best!
| GPS Track: 20240717 A beautiful summer session | 5:05 PM to 6:26 PM |
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| Moving Time | 01:02:06 | | Planing Time | 00:52:32 | | Distance (km) | 18.7 | | Speed (Max/2s/100m knots) | 14.4 / 14.3 / 13.7 | | Number of Turns | 27 (26% Planing) | | MAX 2024: 16.8 kt, 72 turns, 75% | TOTAL 2024: 556 km, 31.8 hours | | MAX: 18.5 kt, 136 turns, 84% | TOTAL: 2,097 km, 115 hours |
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