Great story Ian. I know what you are talking about with respect to the bindings... when we did Cuba back in 2001 or so, I used hyperlite 30-60's. They were the most uncomfortable ever. Although the ride was only 90 miles, the seas were 10-14 against an adverse current of probably 2 knots. We used C kites with little depower in way too much wind. The ride went by in 8 hrs and 48 minutes (we had a few mishaps along the way that slowed our progress), but we were actually on the water for 10 hrs 30 mins. My chins and cafes were smoked. I had chafed the fronts and backs by nearly a ¼ inch. Won’t do that again…
Ian, how did your abs feel? I remember mine being killed due to all of the falls. At one point in route to Cuba I think that I fell nearly 30 times in a 2 mile span. Pulling your board back after every fall is tough on the abs in boots.
Big thanks to Neil for giving us good games to play!
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