Friday NW dawn patrol??

[Mike]

Yep, got some windsurf action at Acadia. Was doubtful but decided to give it a go and it worked out and wind built. When tide got low, switched to kiting with Alton. Nice day.

[LeopardSkin]

At Locarno, a 4.7 was a bit big for about 3 hours this morning. 25 to 30ish. Water was the usual Locarno swell-less chop.

The Jericho sensor is broken.

[LeopardSkin]

AJ exhibited a cutting edge 4 piece mast. Interesting

Let's see some pix!

[Alton]

2 consecutive westerlies - pretty rare. Scored the Acadia sandbar session (exposure to flooding) with Mike. We started overpowered with 9m+surfboard only to quickly downsize to 7m. Nice waves outside but wind ranged from W 22-28. Sometimes under powered on 7m and sometimes overpowered on 7m especially by noon. Otherwise, it was fun in the sun.

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[Alton]

Mike is windsurfing Acadia all to himself. Where are all the other windsurfers?

I am going to guess they are at work.

I remember back in the day (when I used to windsurf) there were a ton of windsurfers at Acadia (sometimes fighting for parking). Where have they gone? At least Mike and Johnny are keeping Acadia windsurfing alive.

[Alton]

Lunch break session at Dundarave with AJ.

How does windsurfing at Dundarave compare to Acadia?
Good waves? Shorebreak?

[8mdude]

Lunch break session at Dundarave with AJ.

How does windsurfing at Dundarave compare to Acadia?
Good waves? Shorebreak?

Arrived close to wind dieing so can’t compare yet

[max.spock]

Hey Alton,
I’ve sailed there a few times now. Somehow the wind doesn’t seem to stick around for much longer than 30m windows..my guess is that it hits partially onshore and the mountains behind push back..there’s a nice rigging area and decent launch but I wouldn’t consider it a prime spot..

[Alton]

Hey Alton,
I’ve sailed there a few times now. Somehow the wind doesn’t seem to stick around for much longer than 30m windows..my guess is that it hits partially onshore and the mountains behind push back..there’s a nice rigging area and decent launch but I wouldn’t consider it a prime spot..

Thanks. I recall seeing some epic pictures of Dundarave waves (maybe SW) but the shore break looked spooky

[shmish]

Yep, got some windsurf action at Acadia. Was doubtful but decided to give it a go and it worked out and wind built. When tide got low, switched to kiting with Alton. Nice day.

Glad you got some sailing in Mike! I managed to do some marking.

Doug