Location: Top of the South Island, NZ. I'm optimistic the wind will be stronger and more frequent during El Nino.
During the last El nino in 2019, My speed PBs increased by 4knots between September and December 2019 and have not increased since 🤔. During that time we had fronts arriving every 5-7 days, with strong NW followed by strong SW. These occurred, though less frequently, right through to the end of summer 2019-2020. Sea temperature was cooler and sea breezes were stronger so in my rose-tinted memory, there was always wind 😎.
My 5.4m slalom sail got a hammering and was too large for me at times. I bought a 5.2 in 2020 (just before Covid went nuts), and I have only used that sail twice since! La Niña, with its more easterly flow + warm water is truly crap here so I'm excited for El Nino!!
