It was a pretty intense southwest wind blowing across Ontario. Plumbing and drywall were being worked on at the Launch Pad and everyone was commenting about how windy it was.
Right after lunch, I rigged up the Skate 108 and Idol 5.6. I walked up to the cairn on the island and launched from there.
It was a solid hour; 21.5 km! 40 km/h top speed.
I was very pleased with how quickly I re-adapted to being on the fin. It looks like it has been over a year since my last shortboard session. (With all the construction last year, setting up a wingfoil was just easier than rigging windsurf gear for shortboarding. I did have some lightwind days windsurfing with students.)
Didn’t fall in for 53 minutes! Water 14°C. No bootees just my 5/4 wetsuit.
Got some of the better short board planing jibes than I’ve had in a while. I stopped twice to adjust the downhaul - too much and the front arm does all the work, too little and the back hand is heavy. Rig it right and it feels sweet.
Around half way through I got a bit worried about my left ribs which was the first time I've felt them in a week or two. All good since that little bruise in Hatteras but I will take a seat harness for my very next windsurf session.
Nice to see my favourite windsurf board and sail out with the lovely windswept trees of Georgian Bay in behind.
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| Seemed like around 18 knots out there |
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| View from the deck |
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Stormy Bay |
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| Sweet sunset |
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