With Pete visiting now I knew I had someone who would want to go out windsurfing. We went out to the Launch Pad and I set him up with the 5.4 Duke and the new Viper 80 board.
I was happy when Katie said she wanted to go out. She hadn't been on a windsurfer
in over a year. You can see in the photos below that she did great on the 5.6 Idol and JP Young Gun board.
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| Katie getting going! |
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| All smiles even without a wetsuit. |
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| And the wind kept building. She's using 5.6m sail! |
I was on the Seadoo and pulled her upwind a bit and provided the odd bit of advice and encouragement. It was her idea to try some waterstarts. She did great but needs a bit more practice!
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| Nice waterstart form! |
Pete was doing well and slowly re-learning the harness.
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| Pete doing well in the solid wind. |
My own session started shortly after Katie was done. I swapped her Young Gun for the Skate 108 but only got planing a few times. I went on the foil a bit but the wind was dropping.
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| Two small runs on the Skate and three tiny foil moments. |
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| A typical SW day. And the weather data seems right too. |
While my session wasn't much, at least I'd gotten two part time windsurfers back on the water and they both had good sessions which makes it a great day.
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