Day #35 on the lake

Max Temperature 82 °F / 27 °C
Wind Speed 4 mph / 10 km/h ()
Max Wind Speed 16 mph / 26 km/h
Max Gust Speed 18 mph / 30 km/h

I sure was glad I forgot my full wetsuit today, because I might have worn it. I wore the only suit in the car, a shortie, and it was perfect.

Bob H. called right after I left the house and as I came to OHB, he pulled onto Bell Road, so we got to Cook at the same time.

It looked really good and I thought I would sail 7.5/Fanatic to conserve my energy, but it just wasn't enough. I hit the water at 12:45, had one nice run toward Elm Hill, semi-planed back to the beach, rigged 9.5/AHD and planed almost the entire time until I quit at 4:20.

It was a gorgeous day with only a couple of powerboats after 3pm and one jet-ski, which I only saw for a couple of minutes. I spun out my big Tectonics fin for the second time in 7 years -- in about the same spot on the lake I did it the first time and with the same wind direction (south). Southerlies are especially strong up near the mouth to Hamilton Creek and that is where it happened both times.

Bob planned to try riding a board with his kite today, but his lines kept messing up. Still he flew it a lot and it sure was cool to look at. Several boats parked near him and watched for quite some time.