Been off the water for ages whilst waiting for my elbow to heal after it was broken.
It was probably my 3rd session yesterday and it was probably blowing 16kts NW. Went out on a 130l and 7.5 sail and got planing OK. Then when it came time to turn, I swallowed and gave it a go. Managed to pull off the best stalled jibe I have ever done. Never on my 130l in the middle of the bay. The last time I landed a jibe was on a 118l supersport in inverloch, but that doesnt count because anyone can jibe at Inverloch.
Oh well, it was good to feel able bodied again and that I havent forgotten anything after 6 months off the water.
So this says to me I need to watch way more TV (Windsurfing movies)?
Good stuff mate. Keep it real.
Well done dude. Let's hope I can get down there soon for some extra encouragement.
Well done jermaldan. Sometimes a break from it is worthwhile, even when it's not planned.
Think it's a bit rough saying anyone can gybe at Inverloch though 
Does get some killer chop down there on higher tides especially out away from the inner sandbar. Bonus is, all the regulars get off the water when the tide comes in down there, so you have so much more room 
True, it has some flat water on the right day that makes learning to gybe much easier. It's where I learned and sets you up for the transition to the bay. Think it would have taken me a lot longer to learn if it wasn't for places like Inverloch. Gybing in the bay is SO much more fun though.
When I say that ANYONE can jibe at inverloch I say this loosely. A jibe is a difficult feat no matter where you do it, however the conditions that are there are unrealistically flat. They dont really prepare you for the conditions we get in the bay.
A light northerly on the bay is probably comparable to a choppy Inverloch day.
I cant affort the day trip to inverloch very often so it was either suck it up and go for it here in the bay, or not at all.
Flat water helps with muscle memory, but there are a million other things going on in the bay that inverloch does not prepare you for.
Yesterday for instance it was blowing a gale and there was a huge swell. There was hardly any space to carve into a gybe and the only choice I had was to go into a trough and quickly do a stalled gybe. I dont think that you can do a clean carve jibe on one of those monster days.
I am sure that carve gybing at inverloch must come easier though. The only time that I think that you can effectively carve jibe the bay is when its a northerly, as the chops and swell is to big when its a SW.
I am speaking of Chelsea/Bono by the way.
Correct me if I am wrong.
