Sarah, Winda and I were caravaning before we split at Kimball Junction. They heading to the big winds at Sulphur while I opted for DC.
Grant and Duane got on the water well before me, as I was involved in rigging dweebery, happily finding a missing uphaul at last. Huge 5.5-6.0 gusts coming through. On the water with massive tailwalking as my adjustable outhaul "adjusted" itself and I was a little teabag on my spinnaker before slammage. Finally got it sorted, downhauled to the max and got a nice hour of powered sailing before I ran out of juice due to too much playing in City Creek earlier this morning.
Grant and Duane stayed out longer, along with another 3-4 sailors, including Ted ___ and Peter ___ who got more rides as I derigged. Giant gust slammed my Roberts into the pavilion post, but it only hit on the tail without any damage (!). Waaay lucky. Duane and Grant were both on Hypersonics, 133l, 105l respectively, flying around, Grant on a 6.0, gust riding after retiring his 8.5 from earlier. Fun day after I got past the white knuckled session. Group beers after were additional treat.