I was packing up to head back to be with my mom in the city when the wind started building. I told Phillip to go enjoy himself for the afternoon and he gently suggested I might still have time for a quick session before departing.
He was right. We headed out to the Launch Pad and set out. Phillip was on the 6.5 NP, Stingray 140 with the 99cm foil. I had the 7.0 NP V6 with the Techno 148 and 76 cm foil. (The 7.0 is now in dire need of new battens.) The wind was showing 9 knots avg speed.
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| Phillip post foil - next time with the harness and a haircut? |
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| The foil setup for the 99 cm front |
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| Foil setup for the 76 cm front |
I explored the old dock crib a bit as we tacked upwind for 15 minutes and then some 12-15 knot gusts came. My hope was to get up on the foil twice, I wound up having 3 runs; one right near Phillip which is so cool to see him foiling - floating confidently above the water.
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| My 3 foil tracks |
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| Mellow speed on the 76 cm foil |
The weather is getting nice. The water showed 16c near shore and so I went in my 5/4 but without booties for the first time this year. Phillip is already wearing his shorty!
The wind chart is interesting to compare with the temperature chart. Since Georgian Bay is still cold (6c at buoy 45137), the air temperature actually dropped to 11c in the middle of the day as the onshore wind picked up.
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| We got the wind from 1-1:30 |
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| Interesting how the temperature drops mid day when the wind picks up off the water |
I packed up the broken wing from Friday and will get it fixed this week. Gonna be 10 days before I have a chance to be on the water again - likely my longest dry spell since March 11 to April 23. I do have a new board as well to set up next time I am at the Launch Pad - a new Techno 148 that will be dedicated to my goal of windsurfing to the Bustards and back when it is warmer.
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