I wasn’t expecting that I’d have a session myself during this time in Collingwood, My two lessons last week were the only ones I’d packed gear for.
But with a free late afternoon and a NW wind showing at Sunset Beach, I took the Fanatic Stingray 140 and the 99 stingray. I also took the 6m Echo wing, but decided to rig the 9m Kona sail that I’m trying to sell - might be the last time I use it? The wind was showing 9 knots on my handheld wind meter and 11 knots on iWindsurf.com.
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| Beautiful Sunset Point |
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| Good looking wind report… |
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| My windmeter wasn’t quite right on the direction and temperature |
I headed out the same place I launched for wingfoiling a few months ago. The waves were small so it was easy to walk out to the deeper water, even with that huge 9m rig. I got going easily and headed out and back several times. I thought I’d made some upwind ground but realized that since I didn’t have sunglasses on, sailing instead with my eyes downwind I was right where I started.
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| GPS windfoiling trail |
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| Foiling most of the time… |
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| BBQs going when I got back |
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I sailed from 4:30 to 5:30
Could have stayed out longer… |
Then I headed upwind and explored some of the shelves where the water gets shallow. Since I was thirsty, I enjoyed some nice Georgian Bay water at my first stop. I hung out on one and sent a SPOT message at the second. I’m glad I got to see the bottom so next time I’m going out on an overcast stormy day, I have a better idea of what’s there and what to avoid.
As I was carrying my gear out of the water a young family was walking by and the dad said “hey that looked cool”. All I thought to say was “Thanks”. There were a ton of families enjoying BBQing in the park. So I picked up some BBQ for dinner!
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