Michael wrote:mjamero wrote:Is there anywhere local someone could rent winging gear and get a lesson or two?
What size windsurfing board is she on? I'm assuming you want to do a lesson at Jericho?
Yeah Jericho would be ideal because this is where she learned to windsurf (Windsure). She's familiar with the site which would help a lot. She's a petite lady at 5ft. 115lbs. She was on a 115l +/- board and 5.5m the when she last sailed in 2018. She progressed just up to the waterstart stage. She was getting very good at cores skills, better than me in fact (tacks, non-planng gybes, harness, beach starts. She was right at the point where it was time to really start to learn the footstraps and planning in the harness and get the feel for "real" windsurfing (planing). However, water starts are kind of key at that stage and this was a hurtle for her (like for many of us). She did get VERY close to water starts though. One more season without a season away and she would have the water start I think. The gear was kind of hard for her too. For Jerhico she ideally should be on a 6.0 - 6.5 but this gets cumbersome for her when the wind is uncooperative. She certainly progressed very well in windsurfing in my opinion. But, there is no denying windsurfing IS a hard sport to learn and the learning curve is extremely long (measured in years). You must have desire long term.
Now that winging is here I can see it would be an ideal watersport for someone like her.