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Bluedog76
Bluedog76
249 posts
249 posts
6 May 2009 4:56pm
My wife and 3yo are away for the week and somehow I mange to come home early which I don't usually do.

I walk into the boss's office today around 3pm and say "right, I'm going home early to go windsurfing - I'm sick off just looking at the wind and waves out the window".

I get home, tip toe gingerly around the new (second hand) 4.7 ice I just brought (lying unrolled on the lounge room floor) and go rig up my 6.7 Hellcat, grab my 101l FSW and head out in a gusty 15-20 knots - I should do this every day.
Gestalt
Gestalt
QLD
14956 posts
QLD, 14956 posts
6 May 2009 6:58pm
i'll show my wife this one.

it will make me not look as bad....

signed the jealous one.

Bluedog76 said...

My wife and 3yo are away for the week and somehow I mange to come home early which I don't usually do.

I walk into the boss's office today around 3pm and say "right, I'm going home early to go windsurfing - I'm sick off just looking at the wind and waves out the window".

I get home, tip toe gingerly around the new (second hand) 4.7 ice I just brought (lying unrolled on the lounge room floor) and go rig up my 6.7 Hellcat, grab my 101l FSW and head out in a gusty 15-20 knots - I should do this every day.


Richiefish
Richiefish
QLD
5612 posts
QLD, 5612 posts
6 May 2009 7:06pm
How about a competition with a prize (Laurie?) for the best story of getting off work and past the Mrs, to go windsurfing ????
Bluedog76
Bluedog76
249 posts
249 posts
6 May 2009 5:16pm
Gestalt said...

i'll show my wife this one.

it will make me not look as bad....

signed the jealous one.

Bluedog76 said...

My wife and 3yo are away for the week and somehow I mange to come home early which I don't usually do.

I walk into the boss's office today around 3pm and say "right, I'm going home early to go windsurfing - I'm sick off just looking at the wind and waves out the window".

I get home, tip toe gingerly around the new (second hand) 4.7 ice I just brought (lying unrolled on the lounge room floor) and go rig up my 6.7 Hellcat, grab my 101l FSW and head out in a gusty 15-20 knots - I should do this every day.





I hope gets you a few more points......

I sit here in the study, wetsuit still on, sail still rigged in the back yard (dark now); just put a towel on the seat (after not sitting on one for around 10 minutes and make the seat and floor a little wet) and thinking I might de-rig my gear and then head up to the local pub for a beer and a counter meal.
hardie
hardie
WA
4133 posts
WA, 4133 posts
6 May 2009 5:41pm
when...... Your last 27 annual holidays were spent at windsurfing destinations
jp747
jp747
1553 posts
1553 posts
6 May 2009 5:48pm
when every outing is coincidentally near windy areas and responsibilties are nil
Chris249
Chris249
357 posts
357 posts
6 May 2009 7:03pm
When you argue over gear with the wife and daughter - not because they don't want you to buy new gear, but because all three of you want to use the newest sail!


Greenroom
Greenroom
WA
7608 posts
WA, 7608 posts
6 May 2009 9:36pm
...you bail on the wifes granddads funeral wake to go windsurfing
Chris Ting
Chris Ting
NSW
302 posts
NSW, 302 posts
7 May 2009 12:57am
You start building custom race fins....
wave knave
wave knave
306 posts
306 posts
6 May 2009 11:04pm
Greenroom said...

...you bail on the wifes granddads funeral wake to go windsurfing


i did that for my wifes grandmas funeral. [}:)]
were still married.
Obelix
Obelix
WA
1172 posts
WA, 1172 posts
6 May 2009 11:54pm
..when you read the Windsurfing forums at 11pm instead going to bed...
Wet Willy
Wet Willy
TAS
2317 posts
TAS, 2317 posts
7 May 2009 2:27am
Obelix said...

..when you read the Windsurfing forums at 11pm instead going to bed...


...and you keep hitting "refresh" til 2am...maybe that doesn't just mean you're into windsurfnig; it means you're an alcoholic insomniac who's into windsurfing...
Wet Willy
Wet Willy
TAS
2317 posts
TAS, 2317 posts
7 May 2009 2:30am
When money is no object when it comes to equipment (much of which you don't even need), but every other purchase is deferred until you can really afford it, or until prices come down....
Wet Willy
Wet Willy
TAS
2317 posts
TAS, 2317 posts
7 May 2009 2:35am
When you're stoked, because you just got a new board, a new sail, and a new fin!




In 100 litre, 120 litre, and 140 litre; 6.5m, 7.5m, and 8.5m; 34cm, 36cm, and 38cm...
Richiefish
Richiefish
QLD
5612 posts
QLD, 5612 posts
7 May 2009 8:35am
3 boards, 3 sails, 3 fins ???
windykid
windykid
QLD
368 posts
QLD, 368 posts
7 May 2009 8:43am
when you get stuck on a sand bank in the middle of the bay with no wind and the police boat comes out in the middle of the pouring rain to ckeck if your OK

^^^^^^
ture story we almost got stuck and plobed on 5 konts
dont want to fall in with no uphaul and no wind
Richiefish
Richiefish
QLD
5612 posts
QLD, 5612 posts
7 May 2009 8:50am
windykid said...

when you get stuck on a sand bank in the middle of the bay with no wind and the police boat comes out in the middle of the pouring rain to ckeck if your OK

^^^^^^
ture story we almost got stuck and plobed on 5 konts
dont want to fall in with no uphaul and no wind


where was that ??
windykid
windykid
QLD
368 posts
QLD, 368 posts
7 May 2009 9:12am
Richiefish said...

windykid said...

when you get stuck on a sand bank in the middle of the bay with no wind and the police boat comes out in the middle of the pouring rain to ckeck if your OK

^^^^^^
ture story we almost got stuck and plobed on 5 konts
dont want to fall in with no uphaul and no wind


where was that ??


speed bank at thompsons yesterday
first run was good then the rain came across and the wind died
Obelix
Obelix
WA
1172 posts
WA, 1172 posts
7 May 2009 9:38am
Wet Willy said...

When you're stoked, because you just got a new board, a new sail, and a new fin!
In 100 litre, 120 litre, and 140 litre; 6.5m, 7.5m, and 8.5m; 34cm, 36cm, and 38cm...


How do you buy that much equipment withough getting caught?

drift
drift
VIC
737 posts
VIC, 737 posts
7 May 2009 11:40am
You convinced your better half that a weekend away would be "just lovely"...you subtly pack your gear for a run up the coast and by the time the wagon is loaded up, there's bugger all room for anything else. The worse bit....for a split second you consider using the passenger seat to fit more sails in!
laff77
laff77
NSW
273 posts
NSW, 273 posts
7 May 2009 11:42am
When you show your friends you have internet access on your phone and the only web link is the BOM forecast and observations...
choco
choco
SA
4181 posts
SA, 4181 posts
7 May 2009 11:15am
"you know you're into windsurfing when.....i told my lad that football and soccer suck and basket ball is better simply because it's played at night and i wont miss any windy days being stuck at the footy.
Wet Willy
Wet Willy
TAS
2317 posts
TAS, 2317 posts
7 May 2009 11:48am
Richiefish said...

3 boards, 3 sails, 3 fins ???


I made that one up, it's not based on my own experience
Windxtasy
Windxtasy
WA
4019 posts
WA, 4019 posts
7 May 2009 9:52am
you have to wear your wetsuit to the Perth Cup because you just had to go sailing (hey, it was windy!) and you were having so much fun you lost track of time and when you got home the house was locked up and your husband had gone to the cup without you...

and it was worth it!!!!
timford
timford
NSW
510 posts
NSW, 510 posts
7 May 2009 12:27pm
when the boss tells you to get the hell out of the house and fo sailing as your bottom lip is dragging on the ground while doing 'domestic duties'
jp747
jp747
1553 posts
1553 posts
7 May 2009 12:32pm
Wet Willy said...

When money is no object when it comes to equipment (much of which you don't even need), but every other purchase is deferred until you can really afford it, or until prices come down....


holy moly this is probably the 2nd i'd say but on slightly used or occasional new ones but if it distresses me to go out and have a quiet sail that negates the reason to
lotofwind
lotofwind
NSW
6451 posts
NSW, 6451 posts
7 May 2009 5:49pm
when you start wearing your shorts around your nipples and whinge about what the kiters are wearing

sorry,couldnt help myself.
I will get back in my box now
Marvin
Marvin
WA
725 posts
WA, 725 posts
7 May 2009 4:05pm
doesn't matter where you are or what you are doing, if the trees start thrashing, then you can't concentrate on the task at hand
Bender
Bender
WA
2236 posts
WA, 2236 posts
7 May 2009 4:10pm
The the missus says the dredded word "BRUNCH" and you know its gunna be windy and you find it had to commit to reli gatherings just in case the wind comes in.[}:)]
Wineman
Wineman
NSW
1412 posts
NSW, 1412 posts
7 May 2009 6:14pm
Spend a week in WA (taking harness - just in case), no wind, & after several days wife asks if there there are any 'scenic spots' that are not connected with windsurfing
Windxtasy
Windxtasy
WA
4019 posts
WA, 4019 posts
7 May 2009 4:44pm
downwind said...

doesn't matter where you are or what you are doing, if the trees start thrashing, then you can't concentrate on the task at hand


When you can tell that the seabreeze has just come in without even looking out of a window (or at a windgraph!) - there's that change in the smell of the air, and the sound of the leaves moving differently on the trees, and the excitement starts to build...
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