The Peconic Puffin
A blog about a group of windsurfers and other water sports enthusiasts, and their friends. Established 1993.
Category: Cold Weather Windsurfing
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The dude is hardcore. Last Friday while usual suspects like Scott and myself hid from the low thirties air temps, Artie and Frank Strobel were on it a Meschutt. "Yes I froze my Tuckus off, BUT…Meschutt delivered with some very nice port ramps and fun hero jibes on the inside…not really trying to think about…
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When your sail is icing up, you know it's cold! We all knew it was windy. Artie was on location at Meschutt, salivating at the site of beautiful ramps. But the air was 30 degrees! "40 is my limit" Scott said. "36 in full sun" I noted. We were out of the running. Jeremy said…
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I t began with a debate over West Meadow vs South Jamesport. Pav's WM report suggests that it was the better choice, but I was with the SJ crew. 4.7's or smaller for Scott, Artie, Christian, Jonathan, the Wolf and your editor. But after a half a dozen runs the feeling was that A: The…
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When the air gets below 40 degrees, the sun means a lot. 38 degrees at Sebonac. 4.7 conditions for most of us. The day before had been a 3.7 nuker at Meschutt that I passed on (I don't like 3.7 very much, and pouring rain isn't a fave either in 40 degrees) so I was…
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The texts said we were sailing "Symbolic Inlet". Methought this was Sebonac mangled by a spell checker, so there I went. Nobody. They were at Meschutt. The thing about most 4.2 windsurfing is that the water is too choppy to get up to crazy high speed. But not on the inside at Meschutt. I went…
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Now in the fourth month of the warmest winter ever (aka a chilly Spring) we headed north to South Jamesport to sail the easterly. Normally we'd be at the Bowl, but the forecasted wind strength was prohibitive. The word was that South Jamesport would be 4.7. Arrived at SJ to find Pav on a 4.7…
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We had a warm winter. Which one third of the way through Spring is still with us. Would love to hang up the drysuit, but so far it’s still too cold for a wetsuit. Sunday was at Mecox, with Massimo. Me on the 5.4, him on the 6.2, nice clean flat water session. Tuesday at…
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Okay not a BEAST exactly, but after previous joy in ENE we came with high expectations. The thing is straight east gets bumpy out there…bumpy and deep as the bays fill up. Still we sailed 4.7…Artie, the Wolf, Scott, Pav and David. "What a difference between ENE and East," Scott commented. We'd had an excellent…
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50 degree air, winds SW 25 gusting to 30 in January. On a Saturday. Calling South Jamesport!! With a Coast Guard plane flying low laps overhead (they practice in high winds) we had quite a turnout. Scott, George Pav, the Natalies, the Wolf, Frank, Frank Sky King, Marty, Kiter Marty, and Rob were there. Frank…
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The ramps! Scott said. He was right. Meschutt usually has fine rampage…clean leaping on port…but Sunday was fun day with some particularly beefy launch pads. Too bad about my knee… But still! Frank, Jon, the Wolf, Scott, Artie and YT caught the solid winds (4.2 for most of us) and about two hours of fun…