Category: Cold Weather Windsurfing
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/20479724" How much fun does it this look like? And low impact, too! Thanks Mark Paine for the tip.
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The actual inlet at Sebonac Inlet connects Bullhead Bay to the Great Peconic Bay. Driving to Saturday’s session I saw that Bullhead was still largely frozen over. The water may be liquid at the inlet, but it was going to be frickin’ cold. No matter. The wind was honking (“4.2?” Scott guestimated) the air was…
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NOAA is calling for big time westerlies: Sat: W winds 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 45 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. I'm thinking about rigging the 3.4 and my smallest fin, strapping on a helmet and heading for the sand bar. Just drive down to the end of Sebonac Inlet…
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Saturday and Sunday's forecasts call for SW 20-25 in the afternoons. Air temps around 40 degrees. To quote Scott: "oooohhhh tiana!!!!!!!" Let it be so. I haven't been on the water in a month. I am a fraud. Meanwhile some of the guys have been ice sailing at Mecox. (Top: Chimply Lord Scotworth, the…
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What a bust. What a disappointment. Januarys used to be good! Who can forget the craziest launch on the east end? The secret mission to Robins Island? Great times in January! It’s true I missed a session at the Bowl (it would have probably been my favorite sesh of the year) and several wave-SUPing days…
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(to the tune of “Should I Stay Or Should I Go” by the Clash:) “We rig in ice, we rig in snow, We windsurf when it’s really cold, Icy sails can give you trouble, Wind chill makes the cold seem double, Don’t matter, ‘cause when it blows, We rig in ice, we rig in snow.”…
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When it comes to winter windsurfing, the community of lunatics I sail with is about as stoked as any out there. I just stumbled over a photo collection of these windsurfers in Norway, who appear to be true brothers and sisters in cold weather spirit. Found it on The Horse's Mouth (a most excellent blog…
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Five of us sat in Scott’s pickup, eyeing the conditions from the Meschutt parking lot. Every time there was a lull Scott whined that it was dead. Every time there was a gust Jon Ford said it looked like 4.2. The Wolf noted how grumpy Scott was, I made dumb jokes, and Peconic Jeff took…
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Weather.com (the Weather Channel online) says there's a chance of a nor'easter hitting Peconica on Sunday. They're also calling for highs of 37 degrees on Sunday. My usual cutoff these days is 38 degrees, but it's been over a week since I've sailed or paddled (okay five days but it's GONNA be a week come…
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Recently while socializing with some non-windsurfing friends named Catherine and Anthony, the question of how I stayed warm while winter windsurfing came up, and I explained about drysuits, how they worked, and how we could actually be hot in our drysuits. Later, discussing a home improvement project, I noted that doing carpentry work in our…