My first day of windsurfing Georgian Bay this year was stellar. On Monday Windy had emailed me saying a big day was coming on Wednesday. And Windy was right.
I landed at the Launch Pad with a boat full of gear and quickly took the Skate 108 out to the point. It felt like the 4.8 would be the right sail and it was!
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| Jen managed to snap a photo of me waving! |
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| The west wind at the point |
I windsurfed for 90 minutes and had a blast. It was relatively easy to get upwind. I played in the waves by Wedge Island and had fun jibing around several shoals. The water is a bit lower than last year, but I was still able to plane almost all the way through the wind shadow behind the island back to the dock.
Video of me speeding back to the dock
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A solid west wind
A few wave rides in the swells upwind |
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| Fun playing between the shoals - polarized glasses help |
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| 46.5 km/h top speed - 35 km total distance |
The water was a very surprising 20c. The air was colder at 14c but I was super comfortable in my 3/2 Flashbomb wetsuit. I didn’t even fall in for the first 39 minutes.
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| We had a nice walk out to the point for a beer. |
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| Smiling… |
Next time I need set the webcam to record a Timelapse while I’m out. A later shot shows how nice the weather was. Hard to believe there was ice there 7 weeks ago.
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| Beautiful today! |
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Just 7 weeks ago the ice went out
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Gonna listen again when
Windy predicts a BIG day! |
It was a great start to what I hope will be a nice season up here - despite some pluming and other projects that are taking too long!
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