RACE 4 DEFIWIND 2023 - 77th

Someone else took the new medium board that had been working well for me so I had to go on the small board. I had a good start, but on the small board you need to constantly push to get upwind and I just didnt have the energy or power to do it for 40km. This meant I was with the front pack for the first 2-3km, but then started to drop back as I needed to push to get upwind. I defintley learnt in this event that I need to have too much power in the gear to go well. That can be big board, big sail or maybe even big fin, but for me I need to be controlling the power, rather than generating it. It allows you to get upwind, power through dirty air/water and most importantly choose the line you want. On the small board I was forced to go along the shoreline, which is flat, but a longer distance and REALLY busy with people. Going out to sea is shorter and you can just focus on your own line and not worry about others.