11/22 DCIB, 8.5m sail, 117L board

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11/22 DCIB, 8.5m sail, 117L board

Postby JimSouthwick » Sun Nov 22, 2009 11:19 pm

DC will happen today. However, it will be very cold with wind in the upper teens and gusty.

Right on all counts: it blew, it got into the upper teens occasionally, and it was GUSTY! Looked good when I arrived, but had pretty much quit by the time I finished rigging. Then a little impulse came through complete with sleet and enough wind to allow brief bouts of planing.
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Air: 42F Water:46F

As to "very cold", that's really an equipment issue. As Kenny mentioned, with a good drysuit, core temperature is not a major problem. The limiting factors are feet and (especially) hands. I wear polypropylene socks inside my drysuit's attached latex socks and 5mm neoprene booties; that worked fine in today's 46F water. And my feet are very cold sensitive! For hand protection, I swear by DaKine mittens. Don't know how well they'd work for kiteboarding though.
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Re: 11/22 DCIB, 8.5m sail, 117L board

Postby Kenny » Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:56 am

Jim, I took a look at DC to see how the wind came up and I saw you on the cam. You are a diehard! Thanks for the description of what you wear.
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Re: 11/22 DCIB, 8.5m sail, 117L board

Postby duanekarren » Thu Nov 26, 2009 8:07 am

Jim,
You are definitely an Emperor, Emperor Penquin that is. Way to go.
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