I was downloading some GPS data from my watch, and found these files from the summer in Greece. Uploaded into Google Earth, it helps to give an idea about how unique the wind at the destination of Vassiliki is.
It is amazing that the wind comes up over the mountain and comes right down the other side of the mountain. You then get super smooth water, and a sideshore wind from the beach launch. Here is a shot of my afternoon on a slalom board:
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| Club Vass sideshore (down the mountain) wind |
It is pretty neat to be zipping along, getting closer and closer to shore, and still have the wind coming down the hill at you. (You would think that it would funnel down the valley or something?). Yeah, it is a bit gusty, but really, considering it just came down a hill, it is really quite laminar. You can also see the gusts super easily, since the water is glassy smooth the closer you are to the foot of the hill.
The wind is also an afternoon thing. In the morning it is light and onshore.
Here is the GPS trail from my son's 12km sailing adventure.
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| My son's 12 km windsurfing adventure |
I think that is it now for reports from Europe. I'll be adding a few posts from my Canadian summer and fall sessions sometime.
