Awesome day of increasing wind!

I had waited on July 2nd for the wind to build. I sat on the shore of lovely Bigsby island for an hour and wound up having a nap but the wind never increased above 10 knots. But I knew the wind was coming eventually.

Sure enough, I headed out around 1 pm the next day. The wind was a solid 11-15 and perfect for my old 9.0m NP V8 and Fanatic Ray 122. I was pretty dialed in during my 2&1/4 hour, 46 km session with a top speed of 47.7 km/h. The waist harness is definitely the way to go. On my many reaches back and forth I windsurfed past some some sea kayakers heading out into the bay and all the families heading back home for the end of Canada day weekend.

After I blew out a blister on my hand I was ready to call it a day, but the wind had built. So I rigged up the 6.2m Duke and put it on my new (last year) Fanatic Free Wave 116 with a 34cm free ride skeg.

What a perfect combination. I pumped onto a plane in the 17-22 knot winds and couldn't wipe the grin off my face. The smaller freewave board and freestyle sail were so much easier to use than the big slalom gear was.

My wife had just arrived and caught some photos and video. (Thanks eh!) I kept saying, just one more run... I could have sailed for a few more hours but stopped after 3 in total.

Oh yeah I'm smiling!

Jibing in front of my wife.

My switch stance windward sail throw remains elusive despite a few tries.

I nailed this downwind carving 360. And a couple nice upwind 360s as well.