Beginners at queens beach Redcliff

Had a good arvo on new board 151 Go and 8.5 sail.
Some early planning.
Kept bouncing out of harness. :-(
8 waterstarts with big sail in gentle winds wahoo


Tony nowork and myself packing up in fading light - love windsurfing




Cheers Jeff

Nice one guys - that board looks the goods Jeff :-)

Great to see you both there Jeff and Tom ( was nice flatish water today). I saw Tom do a very nice Gybe just after saying they needed work ....

Thanks Bill, was hoping you saw that, fantastic arvo with great people, what more can one want? (more wind tomorrow i suppose)

My sunday started with a shock - had the alarm set for 2pm as I'm on nightshift. Sleep was rudely brocken by a mobile going off in the house - I'm yelling out to the kids will they turn the volume down!!! Only to discover its Tony txting me that the winds cranking and he's off to Queens for a repeat session. I'm thinking I haven't had enough sleep and cranking can only mean more pain??

Must admit I had increasing anxiety as I watched the surfconnect numbers going up.... 20,21,22.... Plus gusts

Tony got to queens first and called me - bring small gear. I could hardly hear him above the wind rush on his phone.

I took one look at the white caps and knew this was going to hurt!!

Tony only had his big gear and did his best to make something of the overpowered conditions. Came in after a short run.

I rigged up a 6.3 and thought I'd try a small board as I didn't want to ding my new big board. Had only really planned to practice beach starts and water starts close to the shore anyway. Sail choice was difficult as the wind was very gusty.

I think I picked the peak gusts to try and launch myself - couldn't get control at all. Decided water start would be easier, next thing I know I'm up on an untried board in knarly water stomping all over the 120l and burying it everywhere my foot landed

Ah well was worth a try. Won't die not knowing!

Wind then died and most of the experts were back in - I decided to go out on the wider board. Didn't really have much of a go, fatigue and the conditions had taken its toll

Had a chat to some of the lads - still great to get out on the water.

Cheers Jeff

Way to go Jeff and Tony - I went out at Manly and had a blast first time planing with back foot in strap hooked in AWESOME....

Great to see you there Jeff, keep on pluggin away as you said its TOW. Must have been challenging yesterday I think some more trips to the lake will help to build your core skills mate.