I wasn't even going to sail today…family and friends required that I be elsewhere.
But driving the van I stopped by Bayview Oaks (in North Sea, on the Little Peconic) to say hi to some friends, and when whitecaps appeared and Slo pulled a board out of his garage, I thought "why not?" and rigged the 7.0. 
After a few runs I needed to rig down to 6.2.
Three runs on the 6.2 and I knew I needed the 5.5.
Stupidly I had left the 5.5 home, and so rigged a 5.0 thinking "I'll take it out on the big board."
I was on the little board with it soon enough. Overpowered.
The wind just kept coming up. When I left I was pretty sure 4.0 was the call.
(Graphic from iWindsurf: the wind was building fast.)
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