Average Speed: 181 knots

It's 9744 nautical miles (great circle route distance) from Belmont to Norfolk. John dropped the board off 1436 Tuesday afternoon and it was delivered 1013 this morning for a total elapsed time of 53 hrs and 37 minutes. FedEx gets kudos in my book.



So the rest of the day is fitting the new board to my well and mounting the my top end adjustable AoA fitting. No breeze today so the test sail may have to wait 'til tomorrow (when Bora also claims I should get my horizontal.)

I'm getting excited. The first race starts less than 18 days from now! Since Top Gun was a motivating diversion last year, here's another song from the film: Mighty Wings, a reference to both John's FastaCraft Gen3 foil and the wings of the FedEx fleet.

Enjoy Cheap Trick

Mighty Wings by Harold Faltermeyer and Mark Spiro (1985)

It's just a ball of dust
Underneath my feet
It rolls around the sun
Doesn't mean that much to me

I take a chance on the edge of life
Just like all the rest
I look inside and dig it out
Cause there's no points for second best

There's a raging fire in my heart tonight
Growing higher and higher in my soul
There's a raging fire in the sky tonight
I want to ride on the silver dove
Far into the night

[Chorus]
Till I make you take me
On your mighty wings
Make you take me
On your mighty wings across the sky
Take me on your mighty wings
Take me on your mighty wings tonight

With just a little luck
A little cold blue steel
I cut the night like a razor blade
Till I feel the way I want to feel

There's a raging fire in my heart tonight
Growing higher and higher in my soul
There's a raging fire in the sky tonight
I want to ride on the silver dove
Far into the night

[Chorus]
Till I make you take me
On your mighty wings
Make you take me
On your mighty wings across the sky
Take me on your mighty wings
Take me on your mighty wings tonight

Take me on your mighty wings
Take me on your mighty wings