Tacky Day of Sailing

Maui winds came back on line sooner than expected today. I wasn't expecting the winds until tomorrow, but checked iwindsurf anyway and was surprised to see winds around 20 at midday. Wasn't sure so I took my time but headed down after the winds seemed to be staying in the 2o - 22 range (average). Got there and it looked like marginal 5.o, but I thought it would build so I rigged 5.o anyway rather than 5.8. Mistake. The winds didn't build, they proceeded to drop down into the mid to upper teens for the rest of the afternoon. 5.8 would have been perfect but I decided to stay on the 5.0 and big board and milk it and practice tacks and heli-tacks. Planed occasionally when I could catch a gust but spent most of the time inside the reef being "tacky." Not epic, but still felt good to get wet and on the water, and I was stoked to hit 3 heli-tacks today!