Sung To Dire Straits “Money for Nothing”.

Now look at them yo-yos thats the way you do it
They sail the foiler with some VMG
When you’re workin thats the way you do it
Plenty of vang and pointing for free
Now when you’re workin thats the way you do it
Lemme tell ya them guys aint dumb
I’ll get another blister on my finger
I’ll get another blister on my thumb

I’ve gotta increase my vang tension
If I’m gonna compete
I’ve gotta move this leech
I’ve gotta get some pointing ability

Yesterday conditions were perfect with a forecast 15-20K (although actual winds were a bit less than that). I hand good speed across the water, managing to clock a top speed of 18.9 knots the 20 knot barrier is getting closer each time I go out. My upwind VMG however is horrible. I can’t get anywhere near the required vang tension and the whole leech is falling off and I can’t point at all whilst foiling upwind.

Of bigger concern however is the state of my hands. They are severely blistered and with only 3 days to recover before 5 days of extensive sailing I think that I will be ditching the Zhik 202′s in favour of some old school Ronstan leather gloves for the states.