8/2-7 Cape Cod

[Ralph Morrison]

I got a couple good days in the Wellfleet Harbor. This is where Eric Gustafson spends his summers. There's a rock jetty that goes out aways, similar to Lincoln Beach, that has a good flat water area. After the second day, one of the one-pump valves on my Ozone started leaking so I patched it as good as I could. On our last day the wind finally blew on the ocean side. I had been waiting for this a long time because there's real waves to ride. When we got to the beach there was good wind and some small waves. I excitedly pumped the kite up but then I heard it, a hissing noise. The patch didn't hold. I walked back to the car with my head hanging low. I sat around after wondering what I could do, then it dawned on me that I could cut the whole valve out of the bladder and patch over the hole. Then inflate the strut by itself. It worked, but the wind was gone.

[bordy]

let me know if you a part ralph i may have it.

[Ralph Morrison]

Thanks for the offer Billy but the bladder from my old 13 is still good so I'm going to use that.