Wednesday night racing at Toronto Windsurfing Club

This was the first night of 2017 that I made it to the Toronto Windsurfing Club for the Wednesday night race series. I'd tried a few times earlier in the summer but either the wind or my schedule didn't work out.

The Kona is a fun board, but there are only a few of us who sail Kona regularly. Most of the fleet of 40 or so boards are raceboards which are much faster and the top windsurfers often do 2 laps in the time it takes me to do one lap which is humbling!

On this night it was quite low wind so the only other Kona was 81 year old John Darling. I had a bad start and was way at the back of the fleet and easily beaten by the veteran windsurfer. I would actually love to be the 81 year old someday beating 52 year olds! What an inspiration.

Last year I came 7th out of the fleet of 14 Kona sailors. With Bob, John, Chris, Andree and the other being such good sailors, attendance to help your overall score is critical.

My 2016 TWC Kona results 7th out of 14.

The TWC website has a host of information