... going to be really good! :D

The green arrows were abundant, my afternoon was free, the sun was out! I got out there and saw someone with a white sail going full tilt. Looked like great conditions to practice planing turns and water starting, especially after my three year hiatus.

Went to rig up, and found that my baseplate was absent! For some reason i had two other plates with me which were both archaic and utterly, utterly useless.

I sat in the sun and watched the other fellow have fun for half an hour, then headed home again (40 minute journey). I was quite sweary.

I'm usually very well organised, i have a tool box of sorted windsurfing bits, but this was an utter disaster.

I've got everything together now though, so i'll try to get out tomorrow morning if the wind is still on. :)

that's frustrating

huey is clearly doing his best to make up for all the good forecasts that turned out crap

i don't know what's worse - a good forecast being crap, or a crap forecast turning out to be great, like the days we've been having for the last week or so

Welcome to my world a couple of years ago as I tried to get back into it again. Everything that can break, will break, just in case you are wondering !!
I suggest a few full rig-ups at hoke to see test everything out. I would have saved myself a world of pain if I had done that.
When you sail regularly, yo get sued to everything working, but after a break, that all changes.

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Cubits said...

... going to be really good! :D

The green arrows were abundant, my afternoon was free, the sun was out! I got out there and saw someone with a white sail going full tilt. Looked like great conditions to practice planing turns and water starting, especially after my three year hiatus.

Went to rig up, and found that my baseplate was absent! For some reason i had two other plates with me which were both archaic and utterly, utterly useless.

I sat in the sun and watched the other fellow have fun for half an hour, then headed home again (40 minute journey). I was quite sweary.

I'm usually very well organised, i have a tool box of sorted windsurfing bits, but this was an utter disaster.

I've got everything together now though, so i'll try to get out tomorrow morning if the wind is still on. :)

I actually did a sail rig up at home before i left, just to make sure the sail wasn't rigid/cracked. It had been in storage a while, and wasn't particularly new back then. It's in pretty good nick, just massively outdated (well, it has cams and battens).

For some reson, the baseplate i was after was found attached to an early 90's trainer board (which i hadn't used in 6 years!).

I actually did a sail rig up at home before i left, just to make sure the sail wasn't rigid/cracked.

Really tricky to transport like that hey. Only tried it 5 times then traded up to a car.

Couldn't sail today as seabreeze was broken.

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I actually did a sail rig up at home before i left, just to make sure the sail wasn't rigid/cracked.

Really tricky to transport like that hey. Only tried it 5 times then traded up to a car.

You've obviously never windskated to the beach with a board under your arm!

Harness thats what i forget always thinking through the actual rig etc and thats hanging up drying.................harness,harness, harness, might not need it until Septemeber!

The other big thing to remember, is that if you have a tendon uni that has been un-used for a while and allowed to dry out, it WILL break.
I was lucky to discover this on the beach on my first sail in 2 years, instead of it waiting until I was a few hundred meters out to sea, as I've heard of it happening to other people.

are u going to the bribie meet ken? i'm keen if green arrows. will decide in morning

Well, today was completely devoid of wind. I checked two different forecasts, the wind reports around the place this morning looked to back it up (10knots gusting to 15).

THE GREEN ARROW IS A LIE!

Went out to wello and there was NOTHING. Not even the palm trees were moving. There wasn't a breath of wind from 12 to 2:30. I rigged up just incase i was in the lull for an easterly change, but nada.

Next attempt is saturday. :)

Incidentally, i thought now might be a good time to swap my tendon joint over for a new version. Mine is OLD (but with newish rubber), a bottom-pinned tyronsea affair. Will new top-pin setups be the right diameter for my old mast? I'll have to get a reading later with my calipers. :)

Once i rigged up, i realised that this year's tax return will definitely go towards a new mast and sail. I'm thinkin' a 7m freeride will be good as a do-all.

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Well, today was completely devoid of wind. I checked two different forecasts, the wind reports around the place this morning looked to back it up (10knots gusting to 15).

THE GREEN ARROW IS A LIE!

Went out to wello and there was NOTHING. Not even the palm trees were moving. There wasn't a breath of wind from 12 to 2:30. I rigged up just incase i was in the lull for an easterly change, but nada.

Next attempt is saturday. :)

Incidentally, i thought now might be a good time to swap my tendon joint over for a new version. Mine is OLD (but with newish rubber), a bottom-pinned tyronsea affair. Will new top-pin setups be the right diameter for my old mast? I'll have to get a reading later with my calipers. :)

Once i rigged up, i realised that this year's tax return will definitely go towards a new mast and sail. I'm thinkin' a 7m freeride will be good as a do-all.

Yeah, I watched the graph all morning and decided it wus gonna be a wash. Came home to CAsuarina, and there was a wee squall, but it did not last long.
Maybe Saturday, but I have faint hope of that now.