I've not even had a sail this year.
...but here comes the Southerly!!! 
Edit: with lightning. God damn it i need a new sport.
There's one nutter out at Kyeemagh.
It was windy yesterday between 2 and 5.30. Had a good sail on a 7.8 and 122 Lt board.
Holy mother of Neptune that was windy. that's a new limit for me. A little over my limit actually.
Rigging was difficult. Lost rig into construction site. Never buy a used mast off me.
When the front hit botany bay at 52 knots, a branch from a tree snapped and nearly knocked off Ranni who was rigging underneath
it. Got absolutely hammered today on a 4.2 86ltr. board. Constant 35 - 43 knots gale with swell to match, so much for the 25 to 30 knots forecast !!!
It was nuclear today.
I was completely overpowered on a 4.7 & 80 litre! Didn't make a single gybe. I gotta learn to oversheet and not 'power gybe'. Much respect for the guys that were getting air comfortably and all. It was survival for me but well worth it. Would do again today if I could. AAA+++
I've been thinking about rigging in these conditions. It's bloody hard and there's no leaving it under a tree while you casually put on sunscreen or anything.
Rigging in a storm
1. Rig where there is nothing downwind that can get broken, or even worse hurt, if your rig goes sailing. Obviously this isn't always possible but think ahead. Don't rig upwind of a school excursion or anything. If it goes flying let it be a tree or a bush that stops it fast.
2. Lock your car, hide keys etc. and only then unroll your sail. Make rigging it the absolute last thing you do before you hit the water. That way you never need let go of it.
What's worse than it raining cats and dogs? Hailing taxis.
/kids' joke.
Managed to time the front perfectly (via bom.gov).
Rigged on the lawn at the geroge's river, with no wind. and hit the water before it got chopped to buggery.
5.0 and a 101 waveboard was a bit crazy tho.The wind wasn't the scary part, but more the amount of boat owners, that don't read weather reports and ended up sloggin home into a gale headwind.
Was a fun sesh while it lasted.
Select to expand quoteJBFletch said..
This kind of shows how windy it was:
Should post this in the post where they say windsurfing doesn't do anything for your fitness..
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/General/Windsurfing-vs-Kiting-2/
