Horton, South Wales, the place I used to call home... I kinda miss it some days (others less!
I had fun picking my spot and scored some decent ramps, not surprisingly that my board has more cracks but nothing too serious this time and to be honest with not many more sailing days left and the thought of new boards I don’t really care, it has served me fairly well although I think I cracked it the 2nd day I had it – sailing on a speed course! I had a really fun and productive session when many missed a day of action. My main focus today was testing my new set of Black Project Twin Fins which I had collected only this morning from the Maui CNC factory. These ones have a more raked outline and a new foil with the wide point further back. Typical as I sailed out at full speed with virgin fins a massive turtle tried to commit suicide by fin but luckily I just managed swerve just in time. This was in fact the first real feel that I got of the new fins and they felt great. While not as fast upwind (as expected) they came alive on the small waves and I was super pleased with grip and slip on tap as required. As the day closed I heard a rumor that the Type 'R' and Type 'S' samples had arrived from China just in time for the speed weekend, I am looking forward to checking them out tomorrow.
The Black Project Speed Challenge Saturday 28th August 2010:
Confirmed entrants:
- Erik Beale (Ex-Word Record Holder)
- Peter John
- Dan Ellis (PWA Racer)
- Chris McNeil
- Tom Hammerton (HSM Sail Designer)
- Chris Freeman
- + more
Time to charge yoru GPS unit and sand those fins!
More details of the event will soon be available on the MauiVMax Blog
Sailing record: 83% 40/48
On Water Record: 88% 42/48
More to follow...
any chance of trying the Black Project Fins today?
ReplyDeleteI am sure that could be arranged, you'll have to check with Tom what sizes he has spare, I have passed your message on to him.
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