Amazing Foiling Summer

[Bobson]

As I was looking at some stats, I got 29 days foiling this summer at warm water venues. 20 days at Nitinaht and 9 at China Creek. None of which were in July, weird...? June thru September's weather was above average I think. Lots of sunny days meaning wind at these two sites. Hoping for more of the same next summer. I was lucky with the dates that I booked, because having to book my sites 6-9 months in advance isn't great as you never know what the weather will be. China Creek does have a $10/day parking option I believe for day trips but not 100% sure about that during high usage times during summer and hoping for something along that option at Nitinaht next summer but not holding my breath because of continued COVID protocols.

I do want to give Kudo's to the people running the campsite as they did a great job ensuring we were as safe as possible by following the Health protocols and allowing us to enjoy the lake. Especially Anne, she was amazing organizing and managing the sites and the people. I truly appreciate her and the work she did this spring and summer. Thank you Anne.

I will add to this post with kms travelled as it was pretty great summer sailing time for me and I'd like to know how far I actually travelled. I would say, if you want to learn how to do anything, do it everyday for as many days as possible. I made huge progress this summer and feeling proud of the time I put in practicing. It makes foiling more enjoyable when I'm not falling in, uphauling and pumping every couple minutes.

The funnest (okay, most fun) part of Foiling, for me, is foiling with others. It adds to the stoke on the water and seeing others make their gybes or downwind 360's etc. is very woohoo-able. Also, much safer now that with the foil I can pretty much go wherever I want. I would like to circumnavigate James Island on a mild SE or some longer distance tours if anyone is interested in that type of thing.

Hi, my name is BOBSON and I'm Addicted to Foiling.

[AJSpencer]

Nice to live vicariously through your posts this Summer, Bobson. I hope to be out there more next Summer.
Shoot me a txt for James Isl 360.

[grantmac]

You'd probably love the Winduro that happens in Seattle:


I've done it on a raceboard but not foil. Super fun experience.

[BigD]

Great times at Nitnat with you this summer Bobson. Huge progression for both of us from our first trip in June to the last one in September. See you next year!

[Bobson]

Some stats from FOILING this year so far..... 4402 kms travelled so far this year. WOW!
Month - kms travelled - # of sessions - TOW

January – 204 kms - 11 session – 15 hours
February – 79 kms - 6 sessions – 5 hours
March – 163 kms - 8 sessions – 11 hours
April - 271 kms- 9 sessions -15 hours
May- 459 kms -19 sessions -29 hours
June- 653 kms -18 sessions -41 hours
July - 310 kms - 13 sessions -19 hours
August - 1595 kms - 24 sessions - 64 hours
September - 691 kms - 13 sessions - 29 hours

Total (YTD) - 4402 kms - 117 sessions - 226 hours

Summer Total (4 Months – June thru Sept) - 3226 kms - 64 sessions - 151 hours

[rsmundell]

Outstanding Bobson! Green with envy!

Glad to have been out there with you for the very small portion of those KMs and hours!

Looking forward to more good times on the water with the 'King of Kilometers'!

[more force 4]

Astounding Bobson!! And I think your watch quit recording part way through sessions a few times so the stats probably underestimate (unless you included the car trip home a few times ). If all those paperclip squiggles were straightened out that would have got you to Maui north shore or Cabo on the Baja!!

[Bobson]

I have now sailed over 5,000 kms this year so far.

Updated for October:
January – 205 kms - 11 days – 15 hours
February – 80 kms - 5 days – 5 hours
March – 164 kms - 7 days – 11 hours
April - 271 kms- 7 days -15 hours
May- 460 kms -19 days -29 hours
June- 653 kms - 16 days - 41 hours
July - 310 kms - 13 days -19 hours
August - 1627 kms - 21 days - 64 hours
September - 684 kms - 11 days - 28 hours
October - 555 kms - 14 days - 31 hours

Total for year so far:
5009 kms travelled
124 days of 305 (41%) *although I've only logged 122 days.???
258 hours (2 hours and 6 minutes average per session)

[AJSpencer]

"Longest distance from east to west: 5,514 km from Cape Spear, Newfoundland and Labrador, to the Yukon and Alaska boundary. Longest distance from north to south: 4,634 km from Cape Columbia (Ellesmere Island), Nunavut, to Middle Island (Lake Erie), Ontario."

Well you've beaten the North-South distance. Just 514 more km to go for Nov. and Dec. Go Bobsonson!

[Bobson]

okay, total for 2021. Pretty great year!!
(note: if you would like to be able to see these type of stats for your own sessions, there is a great GPS watch in the Windsurf - buy and sell that will allow you to see this information) - just sayin'.

Updated for all of 2021:
January – 205 kms - 11 days – 15 hours
February – 80 kms - 5 days – 5 hours
March – 164 kms - 7 days – 11 hours
April - 271 kms- 7 days -15 hours
May- 460 kms -19 days -29 hours
June- 653 kms - 16 days - 41 hours
July - 310 kms - 13 days -19 hours
August - 1627 kms - 21 days - 64 hours
September - 684 kms - 11 days - 28 hours
October - 555 kms - 14 days - 31 hours
November - 363 kms - 12 days - 20 hours
December - 157 kms - 6 days - 10 hours

Total for the entire year:
5530 kms travelled
142 days
289 hours

Averages:
2 hours - average session time
19km/h - average speed
39kms - average distance/session
460kms - average distance/month

2 skills I'm going to work on this year is:
Duck Gybes
Downwind 360's

BOBSON (so not) OUT!!

[rsmundell]

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