This time I had my new 3m How Wings by Hot Sails Maui's Jeff Henderson. I love its light feel and its stability when luffing. It has two carbon mini booms, which are not quite as comfortable as the Duotone's full boom, but are still a lot more comfortable than most handles (at least for my hands). The mini booms also don't have the swing weight of a full boom, so this wing is in a category of his own, right in between the boom wings (pretty much the Duotone) and all the handles wings.
Still deciding if and where to put custom windows.
Below is a 10 minutes clip, dedicated to the hard core blog fans who will watch it.
I wouldn't like to be responsible for someone getting in trouble trying to do one without being ready, so here's a reminder of the two skills you need to have in order to do a wing downwinder:
1) jibes in both directions (the kind when you don't switch your feet): 100% success rate
2) very long reaches in toe side stance.
The only pandemic I see out there is of people who can't judge their skills (and/or admit their limitations).
Color coordination wasn't even a selection factor... it just happened.
4am significant buoy readings and discussion.
South shore
Barbers
1.6ft @ 14s from 175° (S)
Lanai
1.5ft @ 14s from 171° (S)
Foot and a half @14s is a surprise, not even Pat Caldwell could identify the source.
Check the Lahaina webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.
North shore
Pauwela
5.8ft @ 8s from 72° (ENE)
Small waves at Hookipa, bigger on eastern exposures.
Wind map at noon (the other ones can be found at link n.-2 of GP's meteo websites list in the right column).
Fetches map (circles legend: red: direct aim, blue: angular spreading, black: blocked, yellow: apparent direct aim, but out of the great circle ray map, so not 100% sure).
North Pacific (about 4 days travel time from the NW corner of the North Pacific):
South Pacific (about 7 days travel time from east/west of New Zealand):
Morning sky.
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