Canada Day - True North (Wind)

Canada day is a great day to celebrate the founding of our federation and freedom. Since it is a national holiday, you can do whatever you want. I got to go Windsurfing.

However, the wind was our gusty and sometimes cold north wind. It was predicted to switch to west, so I went out later in the day. The wind was gusting 5-15 knots: from glassy to whitecaps. It was pretty much from the north the whole time with a few shifts.

The water was warm near shore. And in the wind shadow of Dokis island it actually felt warm on my feet. Farther out on my long SW run where the wind had moved the water around it was decidedly cold. The Georgian Bay weather beacon says the water and wind were 15c (60f).

Overall I sailed 32.9 km in 1.5 hours. I'm getting used to the Ray 122 and with enough downhaul on it, the 9.0 NP V8 actually was a lot of fun. Hard to believe that sail is a 2004: 11 years old.

The wind did shift from True North to west
out at the Georgian Bay buoy after my session

Canada Day sail