Yeahhhhh...first session of 2014 is a fact!! What a day, I just hear it's the warmest 3rd of January since 1901!!!! Great day to go for a speedsailing session. Unfortunately the predictions were not met by far, but hey, blue skies, sunshine and 10-11 degrees Celcius is nothing to complain about at tghis time of year. I wanted to rigg 6.3 when I arrived but the others were convinced the wind would pick up....it didn't, but we were all on 5.5-5.8 sails so everybody had to make the best of it. 

I used the mXr Love Machine 42 to see how it would do at this spot with the run up in chop as usual and I'm really happy with how it performed, even though for sure the 44 would be the better size (actually 49-54 cm wide boards and 6.3-7.0 sails) in this light wind, but it is good to see where the lower limits are for a given board. I used the UFO ASY HA ST Carbon 20cm for the first time. The fin felt solid as a rock. This is not a lifting fin as the lay-up is not for lift, so I'm especially happy with this light wind result and once Chris tweaks the lay-up for lift I feel we can easily gain a knot in these conditions. I have no bigger size with me so could not try bigger sizes. 

Winter is not so bad when it's like this....