Category: Racing
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First of all, let’s talk about you (if you were at the race): Photographer Jimmy Rivera took many more photos than could be used on the blog, but you should still get to see them (and Jimmy has generously made them available here:Download LI RACE 09 WEB) Okay, enough about you, let’s talk about me. …
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Boy did we score. Conditions were just about perfect for the 2009 East Coast Fall Windsurfing Regatta, with 26 competitors lit on sails from the mid fives to some seven meter plus rigs, on boards ranging from full on slalom racing boards to ancient Bic plastic planks to freestyle boards and everything in between (I…
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The East Coast Windsurfing Regatta takes place at West Neck Beach! Here's the schedule, from Jam Master Jill: 9am registration 10am skippers meeting 10:30 first race Yay! fun! (That's not a typo…fun is in fact on the schedule.) Bring duct tape or other means to put a number on your sail. Start thinking now…
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I’ve heard that windsurfing racing is a gear battle. But I’ve done better than okay riding an ant-infested, pre-footstrap era, 50-pound white plank, so later for that! Yet the forecast (currently NW 20-25) for tomorrow’s East Coast Fall Regatta (probably taking place at West Neck Beach) means we’ll be planing, so in addition to my…
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Yes this is Long Island and we know things change, but looking ahead to Saturday's racing, NOAA gives us great reason for optimism: Sat NW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Stay tuned for updates…the final location call will be announced Friday evening, but so far it's looking like West…
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The forecasts for Saturday’s windsurfing races have us looking at either Steers Beach or West Neck so far, with the current forecast of 15-20 knots! Yes that will change several times between now and then, but let’s enjoy this moment! BTW the race organizers are promising something a little different for one of the races…
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Notice of Event: 2009 East Coast Windsurfing Fall Regatta Date: 10/10 (Columbus Day Weekend) Events: Windsurf Racing – The main event, with multiple races is scheduled for Saturday. If conditions are not conducive to sailing, we may decide as a group on Saturday, to postpone events until Sunday, 10/11. There will be several Race Divisions,…
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You were teased…you were warned: The East Coast Fall Windsurfing Regatta takes place Saturday, October 10, with a “rain date” (rain won’t stop us, but lightning or no wind might) of Sunday October 11th.) There will be fun races, there will be serious races, and there will be lots of races. If you can tack…
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Students at ABK windsurfing clinics are broken up into small groups of sailors at similar skill levels…groups like “first time windsurfers,” “sailed a half dozen times,” “working on harness/footstraps,” “working on jibing” etc. For ten years now they’ve also offered a special group for advanced students at select clinics: the freestyle group. It’s been the…
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If you don’t windsurf but would like to learn how, this is the place to be. If you used to windsurf, stopped, and would like to join the resurgence of windsurfing on Long Island, this is the place to do it. If you currently windsurf but would like to sail better, this is the fastest…