Plan was to use the light wind to get some time on the foil, ready for summer.
Good decision: using the 6/5/4 suit and 5mm gloves n' boots. Spent a lot of time in the water.
Bad decision: not squaring off the bottom of the mast :-/
So the wind was good when I hit the lake, but after 20 minutes fighting out to chest-deep water, an attempt or two, the wind just dropped right off. I kept playing with the gear but it was frustrating; progress was hampered by fighting to keep the kite in the air, and the foil hitting the bottom.
Found a hole in the lake bottom down near the new breakwater... it's not very long, but if I could get up on a foil, I could fuck off upwind from there easily. The problem is of course, getting up on the foil....
Got back to the beach and thought the fuselage was bent. Yup, sure is. Dammit....
Think I got body dragging with the foil sussed out though. And the feel for the foil again, although goofy is very goofy indeed.
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