Rigged the third sail of the quiver a couple days after returning to Waiheke. The 5.4 m^2. No tensioning of the battons required. Another very new looking sail. Jenn dropped me off at Little Oneroa Beach at 9am then took the boys to sports camp. A few locals pulled into the otherwise empty beach to watch the event. Large onshore gusts with large waves made for an interesting attempt. After several valiant trys I had to concede. The last wave broke before I could clear it and it took board and sail toward shore--luckily no damage. The locals drove off. Jenn returned. No glory today. If only I had put in at the far end of "big" Oneroa beach it would have been a quasi-side shore launch instead of the futile attempt to beat the breakers before running into the rocks dividing big and little Oneroa beaches. But now I knew.
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