Bobson - Windfoiling

 Thursday April 09, 2026 9:24 AM

 Spot Cattle Pt
 Conditions NE 8-13, flat attack
 TOW 2.1 hours
 Toys 130 Slingshot Wizard
6.0 Sailworks Flyer
872 Slingshot Phantasm Fuse
280 Slingshot Stabilizer PS400
925 Slingshot Phantasm Foil PTM-899
1125 Slingshot Phantasm Foil PTM-999
87cm Slingshot Phantasm Carbon Mast
 Details Arrived at 9am to The Pope doing some pushups in the parking lot, yup a bit weird but it's the Pope so do I dare say anything....a lifetime in hell....I don't think so. So I kept my mouth shut and gave him a good fist pump and said Good Morning. Anyways, it looked similar to yesterday 8-12kts with some holes. We both rigged big, 6.0m for me and 5.5m for him. I kept on the 800(925cm2) foil as I thought there was enough. We both headed out and he was up before me but I was up 20 seconds later and followed him out to sea. The first 45 mins were great but then it lightened up and we both came off the foil, he went in and I schlogged for 10 mins, no joy so I headed in as well. We both said Hi to Ruup-Doggy in the parking lot who was playing solitaire out of the back of his Man-Van. Yup, again weird but, again, I said nothing. The Pope left saying he had some papal duties to carry out. I grabbed the binoc's and saw some ripples out towards Jemmy Jones. So I put on the 999(1125cm2) and fattened up the 6.0m Flyer and headed back out, Ruup said he's coming too but had to rig up. i got out and within a minute or 2 I was up and flying in 8-13kts but mostly 10-12. I foiled around with a laser from RVYC but Ruup decided to work on screwing his board, whatevs. It started to get a bit lighter and I saw a gust that would take me right into the boat launch so I took it and ended my session. Chatted about retirement and summer foiling with Ruupy for a bit and then headed back to work. ugh! Retirement cannot come soon enough. The Windfoil is great in very light winds, don't have to be on my knees (cause they're old and broken from 30 years of rugby) and getting back in only a couple knots is easy enough. Hoping for some stronger Winging winds this weekend. BOBSON OUT!! [from Session Log on Thursday April 09, 2026]
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Speed (3s average)

Speed knots   km/h
Avg overall 10.9   20.2
Avg in motion 11.1   20.5
Avg Foiling 14.3   26.5
Max 18.5   34.3
Max 100m 1 18.0   33.3
Max 100m 2 17.8   33.1
Max 100m 3 17.8   33.0
Max 100m 4 17.8   33.0
Max 100m 5 17.8   32.9
Max 250m 17.8   33.0
Max 500m 16.9   31.3
Max 1000m 16.2   29.9
Max 2s 18.5   34.3
Max 10s 18.0   33.3
Velocity Made Good 6.0 @ 66°   11.0

Top Downwind Runs

Run
#
Dist
m
Time
min:ss
Max Speed
knots  |  km/h
1 47.2 00:22 15.2   28.1
2 40.0 00:22 16.3   30.2

Times and Duration

Start Thu Apr 09, 9:24 AM
End Thu Apr 09, 11:52 AM
Duration 02:27:49
In motion 02:08:44
Paused (< 3 km/h) 00:19:05
Foiling 01:32:40
Not Foiling (< 8 km/h) 00:55:09
Longest Foiling Segment 00:30:11 (13.2 km)
Last Calculated Thu Apr 09, 1:35 PM

Track Information

Distance 44.2 km
# Trackpoints 7857
Avg Trackpoint distance 5.6 m
Number of Turns 66
Turns Per Hour 30.8
Foiling Turns (> 8 km/h) 63 (31L | 32R)
Foiling Turn Percentage 95%
Foiling Gybes 63 (31L | 32R)
Foiling Tacks 0 (0L | 0R)
Foiling 360s 0 (0L | 0R)
Calculated Wind Direction N  2°

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