Friday, June 30, 2017

Friday afternoon windsurfing

Friday afternoon before the long Canada day weekend and work emails had slowed to a trickle. There was a bit of SW flow so I headed to the island. Katie and Matt were watching me head out to the point and took a photo from a cool angle!

Getting ready to head out!
The Skate 108 and 6.2 weren't quite enough to get going up onto a plane. So I took the Techno with the wind foil and using the 6.2 sail I could pump onto the foil from time to time. I like using the footstraps on the board to control the foil under the board and started to regret not wearing my harness. My arms were pretty tired after just my 3rd run on the foil. I haven't had a bad crash yet on the foil after 3 sessions - so I think next time I'll actually wear my harness and see if I can keep some longer runs going.

The windsurfing storage locker is starting to fill up with gear as I get more rigged for the season!

The windsurf locker filling up!

And in other news, I'm happy to say that our area is cleared for drone flying. I should be able to use my father's day present soon. Stay tuned for that!

Map of the few restricted drone flying areas on northern Georgian Bay


Tuesday, June 13, 2017

I think wind foiling is going to be a lot of fun!

I headed out to the island with visiting family and got planing on the foil three times in the gusts! It was much warmer vs. 3 weeks ago and with no booties needed, the front footstraps were easy to use.

Waiting for a gust!

Just after a foil run....
I didn't fall in the water and felt nicely in control in for the three short runs. I'll soon finish the Slingshot foil academy that was just launched and look forward to my next light wind adventure!

Wind foil academy completed!