Tuesday was a travel day. Kent left at 7:30am and I left at 8. We met in Cranbrook at about the same time, stopped for supper in Ritzville, gas in Tri-Cities, and arrived at Ross's just after 11pm. It was quite a day, both of us were very tired. Ross met us at the door and gave us a beer so we could unwind before heading to bed. Mike, apparently had arrived earlier that day and was in his Moho down the street.
2019-09-04 First Day
We all slept in, and when we did get up, we had coffee and tea on the deck. It was a beautiful warm day, but the forecast did not look great for wind.
We took our bikes (Mike took his new E-Scooter), down to the Bagle Shop by the Surf House, and had breakfast. It was very good! From there, we went down to the waterfront to look at the water. A few people had been out foiling, but the wind seemed to be dying. The forecast was for a mid-day lull and then light winds to build in the afternoon and evening.
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| Bikers - at the Bagle Place |
The wind seemed to have come up a bit, so we all headed down to the Event Site. Kent and I went out on our foil boards and had a good session!
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| Kent - trying out the Demo Foil |
Mike went out on his 15m Flysurfer and had a great time. He said it has so much power that he had it set it to half depowered most of the day.
Ross was trying to Kite Foil and doing a great job of it, although he had some good falls. He said he is glad he has his helmet, even though the helmet put a couple of dents in his board....
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| Ross - in control! |
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| Ross - "Not in Control"! |
Jim Mudry and Dale cook arrived, so Kent went out foiling with Jim. They went up to first tunnel west of swell which is a long way downriver. Kent said it was a great time and he could even keep up until it was time to come back downwind. Jim has a lot more experience riding a foil downwind in waves and Kent got a little beat up in his attempt to learn how it was done. Still one of the best rides Kent has had thanks to Jim.
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| Jim and Kent - heading to the hatchery! |
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| Jim and Kent |
Mike and I had had enough for the day, so we went to the Sandbar Cafe for a beer.
It was almost 8:00 when we all de-rigged and packed up. We went to Ferment's for a late supper.
Ross headed to Portland to pick Karen up at the airport. Mike Kent and I had ice cream at the Condo.
Great Day!
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| Kent - Jibing |
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| Ross - In Control! |
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| Mike had a great day on his 15m Kite |
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| Wednesday night Sailboat Race! |
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