Kids day at the flat spot

I had a great day windsurfing with two of my kids.

Katie came out after lunch and tried out her young gun and the 3.5. She didn't get planing but used the harness all the time and even got a foot in the back footstrap. Here's a nice shot of Katie:

Katie out enjoying the steady wind and flat water

I sailed the 7.0 NP V6 and pumped myself onto a plane several times.

Just before dinner, Phillip came out and took the 7.0 on the Techno while I rigged and sailed the 9.0.

We had a great time sailing together. I was faster on my 9.0 but on the runs where he was in the straps and flying, it was surprisingly hard to catch him!

I think this spot will become a must launch spot when I have windsurfers looking for an easy launch. The water is very flat in both directions and with polarized sunglasses on there is really little danger of hitting the few shoals that are there.

I luckily managed to record that 2nd session as well on my new GP 102 GPS. I'm having a hard time seeing the tiny display on the tiny GPS and at the end I didn't think it was really on. I hope I don't wind up missing a session in the future. My GPS watch was better for being able to see my total distance and max speed while sailing.

Here are the GPS trails. The Canmore GPS software is pretty good.

My speeds from 7.0 first session

My speeds from 9.0 second session

I've started using GPSResults.de to review the track. It has a neat user interface with colour coded speed charts and detailed results. Thanks Windsurfloop Peter for the tip!

Cool data analysis from GPSResults
Fastest speeds when heading downwind!

The google earth view of the flat water session.
Phillip also did a number of tacks back and forth - 3/4 km each way!