With Erin over the Texas mainland, we got some good winds on Travis this Thursday. Tim, Brian, myself and a few other AWC club members braved the rain forecast and hit the boat ramp for some of the best winds we've seen for probibly 5 months.
As the evening wore on and the weather seemed to worsen, the wind picked up nicely. We pretty soon went from worthy 9m to hang on 7.8m. I had a Pro Kid formula (a kooky little 117ltr formula style board) and a 160 ltr wood formual setup and ready to go. By 7pm the wind was gusting over 30 and the ProKid was screaming. As black rain clouds came over the Oasis down onto the water, the three of us scanned long reaching runs at almost 90 degrees out from the boat ramp, carving huge formula style jybes in the shadow and smooth water behind the boat dock.
When the rain blown by the wind started to hurt ont he face, it was time to call it a day. We all sailed until 8:15pm and packed and wrapped under car headlights as the darkening storm and increasing storm came in.
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