Steve Bonham's log of wind/dirt surfing outings. Tired of being skunked after driving 80-90 miles east (Tybee Island or Hilton Head) or 110 miles north (Clark Hill/Strom Thurmon Lake) I've opted for windsurfing on terra firma. We still head to the lake or beach when time allows. Dirt surfing just provides my weekday and evening (since the IM fields are well-lit) "fix."Spring already?
Great day of sailing yesterday. Sunny, warm AND windy. Is it really only March?
Sailed from 2pm to almost 5pm. Sorry-- no video. I sailed solo.
Chris was supposed to give dirtsurfing a shot today BUT somehow we blew the connection. Apparently while I was sailing he was here at the office still!
Stats:
Average winds from SE, S, & SW of 12.7mph
Max winds of 38mph!
Sailed the Sailworks 7.0
As you can see from the above they were NOT steady winds. One of these days I'd love to report a avg of 22 with a high of 23mph! Yeah- right...
Made several attempts at stringing Duck Jibes... made 2 or 3 doubles but nothing beyond that. Practiced some clew-first reaches and many zig-zags across the windline without flipping the sail. I'm getting more confident in being able to sit back- WAAY back during a run to resist the catapult.
Great workout!
Sailed from 2pm to almost 5pm. Sorry-- no video. I sailed solo.
Chris was supposed to give dirtsurfing a shot today BUT somehow we blew the connection. Apparently while I was sailing he was here at the office still!
Stats:
Average winds from SE, S, & SW of 12.7mph
Max winds of 38mph!
Sailed the Sailworks 7.0
As you can see from the above they were NOT steady winds. One of these days I'd love to report a avg of 22 with a high of 23mph! Yeah- right...
Made several attempts at stringing Duck Jibes... made 2 or 3 doubles but nothing beyond that. Practiced some clew-first reaches and many zig-zags across the windline without flipping the sail. I'm getting more confident in being able to sit back- WAAY back during a run to resist the catapult.
Great workout!
posted by Steve at 3:33 PM
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