hehehe well we have wind but its cold baby wind is good but i like me sun as well baby

i am about to leave and go windsurfing in the rain and gale force wind should be fun

flipper4444 said...

hehehe well we have wind but its cold baby wind is good but i like me sun as well baby

Must admit I have the car packed for today but its bleeding cold up here too! Must be hardy souls down your way!Seems to be picking up a bit..Might go down..if nothing else hopefully I can get a wobble around on the big board..It has blown a bit lately but Ive ben away & missed it..

High's are good Cold

nick0 said...

sboardcrazy if u sail on the lake were at?

Coal Pt in a from SE -NE , Belmont bay ( squids or slip) in a W , Valentine in SW -S ( & yesterday in a NNW for the 1st x).
Got a sail . 6.6m + 125ltre board.. top of wind range for both..Last time I went out I did 6 great gybes in a row!..I thought 'I'm back!" yeah right ..stuffed evry gybe last night..the techniques that worked in ideal winds didnt in choppy overpowering.. totally buggered but decided to rig down to a 5.7m..still trying to rig bigger than I usually do as it is easier to plane into gybes..board still too big & tiring right arm felt like sphagetti & useless..Decided I'd try the little board 95ltre - even though by now it was getting close to dark & I was buggered.
Dont go out when your buggered. I could hardly start the thing as I was really overpowered & didnt have the strength to maneovre it so it didnt round up starting so more energy sapping falls.Finally got going totally overpowered & decided to gybe & the outhaul pinged off.The knot in the end had somehow come undone , luckily it was still cleated at the other end so I didnt lose it..Nothing like trying to retie a knot & feed line through pulleys in icey water & overpowering choppy conditions.. By now I was REALLY stuffed & feeling cold from lying in the water for ages ( despite the thermal , steamer , helmet , gloves & booties). I knew I had to H20 start & get back in as I was 500m out half way to Toronto & faced a 1/2 hr + float in icey H20 to Swansea in the dark...Somehow found the strength to get started but fell in again overpowered.The sail was getting slammed down on top of me & I didnt have the energy or arm strength to pull the sail on & get into the straps etc. I knew if I couldnt hook in as I came up I was rat****.Anyway finally got up & in on dark....So much for 'conquering ' the gybes...
To make it worse Id stuffed a gybe earlier & fallen into the sail with my front foot still in the strap & the board upside down & pulled a muscle all the way down my leg into the tailbone..Did you know you had muscles connecting to your tailbone? I didnt until today..
That was only on the lake which is pretty safe and it was prob only blowing 20 - 25kts.. Must be scary out to sea.Goes to show you need to kit warmly..Id hate to think how cold I would have been if Id had to sit in the water an hour.
Is there any way you can lie the rig still rigged on the board & paddle in? I thought about dragging the whole kit in but seemed a LONG WAY to my tired mind and unwieldy .Grr feel like a beginner again.Ive been doing a lot of cycling lately so I thought Id kill the sailing .. yeah right.. bought that ego back to earth..

firiebob said...

High's are good Cold

Grr..[}:)]

When hopelessly overpowered try waterstarting with both feet in teh straps, and hokking is basically teh instant you clear the water.
Also, hangin like a monkey under the boom, squatting right down on the board can be a good tactic too.

KenHo said...

When hopelessly overpowered try waterstarting with both feet in teh straps, and hokking is basically teh instant you clear the water.
Also, hangin like a monkey under the boom, squatting right down on the board can be a good tactic too.

Yep did them all..Looking back I wonder how I did it as my Right forearm has been useless to even lift a can since.. its amazing what you can do when you have too..