My 2012 season is over...

On Thursday Oct 11th, the wind reports were all favourable for Cherry Beach.

SW wind predicted, building late in the afternoon.  I packed the gear in the car in the morning and made sure my work calendar was clear from 3pm on.  I was at my desk at 2:30 and checked the wind report.  It was dying and had been since noon.  Oh well, I finished my last emails and drove down to the beach just to be sure.  And what a pleasant surprise, it was actually building.  I sailed on my Skate 108 and 6.2 Duke from 4 – 5:30.  I caught the best of it – true west wind.  Once it shifts to NW, even if there is more wind, it is too gusty to enjoy.

12c and my fingers and toes were pretty cold by the end of it.  I did try 3 vulcans and failed on all, but did get duck gybes, upwind 360s and one downwind 360.  I'm finally posting this a few weeks later and sadly indeed that was the last session for the year - the gear is all packed away now.

My last session of 2012 - and I caught the best wind of that day!