The Peconic Puffin
A blog about a group of windsurfers and other water sports enthusiasts, and their friends. Established 1993.
Category: Wave sailing
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Back in his sailboat racing days, Christian once crewed on a around-the-world race. I assume that means he sailed around Cape Horn, that legendary stretch of sea at the bottom of Chile known as a sailors graveyard. From Sailing World: "Cape Horn has long been the most iconic landmark in the minds of sailors, and…
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That's him, framed between the boom, the 93 liter FSW, and the 4.7 sail. Hulse inbound at the Bowl Thursday. Earlier in the session I jibed too close to him on the outside for his liking, and he counseled me to watch out (Scott said I was nowhere near, but I don't like to…
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(The following is a transcript of a text conversation between Chimply Lord Scotworth the Earl of Kielt, and the editor, in response to an easterly forecast for Thursday:) PP: Chimpley Lord Scotworth: What thinks ye of Thursday? CLStEoK: I'm optimistic. PP: Me too CLStEoK: Let's hope. I windsurf says best time between ten and two.…
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…and don't forget the swap meet! I turned 39 on Saturday (for the umpteenth time) and was richly rewarded. AM was the swap meet at Hampton Watersports. Do I love swap meets. All that gear makes me think of all the sessions each board and sail has seen, and the people who come are…
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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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“All I sail is 4.2” Scott proclaimed. We were in the parking lot at Tiana Beach, rigging for what was going to be the second second day of back to back 4.2 sessions (the previous weekend ‘s Sebonac fest having provided the first two. It was true. Friday we caught it again at Sebonac. Starting…
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Save the Waves is trying to stop Donald Trump from building a wall on an Irish beach to protect his private golf course from the effects of climate change. Which he doesn't believe in. Go to Save the Waves web site and sign the petition to stop him.
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It had been two years since my last sesh at Gardiners Bay ("Goff Point!" Scott says). I was intimidated…Gardiners gets big (we don't call it Land of the Giants for nothing) and I'm out of windsurfing shape from a summer of waterly indolence. But who can pass up the drama, the excitement? …
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The Save The Waves Film Festival is making it's way along the East Coast, and will be stopping in Easthampton on Friday September 2nd at Guild Hall. Noted Puffin/Wind Chimp/maker of films Christian has a hand in it, and he says "it'll be a spectacular evening of beer, surf movies and attention to this…
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Six months to the day since my last wave sesh (when I got bit by a sea snake) I returned, 4.2 conditions at The Bowl. Only my second windsurfing session of the year so I was way out windsurfing shape AND wavesailing confidence, but what the hell…I sailed to exhaustion (embarrasingly early exhaustion, but when…