The Peconic Puffin
A blog about a group of windsurfers and other water sports enthusiasts, and their friends. Established 1993.
Category: The Prudent Puffin (Safety)
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I've never had a uni break on me. Always believed in the safety strap (prevent rig separation, emergency sail home) but had never actually needed it. Sunday at Mecox with OG Puffin Steve (Peconic Puffin since 1993) conditions were marginal 6.3. I launched first, and was mixing jibes when I could plane with tacks and…
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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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"There is very little splashing, no waving, and no yelling or calls for help of any kind. " So how do you know someone is in trouble? We waterpeople need to stay on top of this. We aren't doing our thing in swimming pools or public beaches with lifeguards keeping an eye on us. We…
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(Scott wants this post to be all about Frank's rounding the horn of the Shinnecock Jetty. I want to tell the story of the day in order. If you want Scott's version skip down to the bottom. Here's my version:) Wind and pouring rain at the Bowl. That's how it always is for a good…
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Drowning does not look like drowning. I didn't know that. We who play in the water need to know what it does look like, so we can take effective action. Read this article on drowning and check out its accompanying video (or watch it below.) And check out my2fish's story about how…
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Where is the safest place to windsurf on Eastern Long Island? Friendliest water? Least chance of mishap? You may want to say Napeague but it’s got to be Mecox. Yeah well… Windsurfing at the Yacht Club Saturday with Christian…mellow sesh on a 7.5/109, sharing the water with a pair of kiteboarders. The bay was extra…
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The prospects of windsurfing a storm like Sandy gets everyone excited. I was glad to read a post from Billy T in the Long Island windsurfing bulletin board, that I've excerpted: "Depending on the direction, and the force of the wind, there will probably be crap floating in the water. Keep Joe in mind when…
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Break your outhaul, and you can retie it in a minute. Break your downhaul, it will take several minutes of fuss but you'll be able to sail back to shore. Break your inhaul, whaddayagonnadu? Unhook your uphaul and lash the boom to the mast? I don't want to have to try it. Futzing with the…
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The Wolf continued to dominate the media spotlight over weekend, following his dramatic rescue at New Suffolk last week. “I hope the Giants win so this nonstop Wolf coverage calms down,” Jeff Slecta said to me yesterday (the Giants won but the Peconic Puffin isn’t done just yet!). In his latest interview with The Southampton…
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Ted Bretter has been telling me for months about an old Windsport article that did a thorough job of explaining how to derig at sea. He told me that it once got him out of quite a jam. “You’ve got to find a copy,” Ted’s been saying. Now after the Wolf’s misadventures on the Peconic…