September school hols Cootharaba??

Me too Mal! I'm glad everyone is having a great time but wish I was there! Thanks for the updates and photos Jeff and Morgs. Maybe next time...

Saturday - a big day
Early morning learners session with Jane on her Start

She went out even though the winds looked intimidating. Really it was ladies morning with all the beautiful girls in our lives out sharing the passion and joy of wind surfing

I went out on the BIC techno283 with 7,5 - however the wind decided to peak early. Pete from Bribie got out a little earlier and had a great pre-breakfast session on his magic F2 early planing weapon.

I've found a new Early Planing weapon janes Starboard Start. See shortboard thread

As I went out I counted 12 of us out enjoying the wind and more joined us as the day developed.

When Jane came in on the learner board she started talking to some beach goers who showed an interest in windsurfing. They expressed a disappointment at not being able to hire gear.

So with some rudimentary instruction and Janes Start we have 2 new beginners out on the water - they were stoked. Oh the benefit of youthful exuberance when picking up a new sport - mastering the basics very quickly. The START got a real workout today - 5 different riders in on morning

Morgs son in law was getting the hang of windsurfing - upgrading from the small training sail to a 4.2 sail and making the most of the increased wind speed

I had the joy of a visit from friends who were keen to get back into windsurfing. Andrew and Janet have been dabbling a little with restarting - mostly only getting out once a year. Andrew is from the BIC Metal rock era. So a busy afternoon organising gear we had them out having a blast.
I so wanted it to work for them. The smiles and joy on Janet and Andrews faces at the end of the day was priceless :-)






I really enjoyed the afternoon session with calmer winds and settled chop. Best run I had was a race across the foreshore with Pete The joy of hearing your mate biting at your heals -slap- slap-slap and trying my hardest to wring a knot or two out of my gear to keep in front. The old fox finally passed me on the finish line - giving me that THUMBS UP I got you gesture as he went past. Fun times - great memories

Holiday coming to a close. Morgs and Pete packing up :-(. Sent some boards home with jane - that only leaves a few behind ;-)

I'm staying into next week as my mate Richard is coming down from Bundaberg to share the remaining wind

A fabulous day sailing with friends - windsurfing looked the activity todo today. I can say (biased - IMO) we dominated the landscape.

Cheers Jeff
Ps. Didn't get overtaken by the catamarans today :-)

Andrews post on Facebook after yesterday's session.....

Thanks you so much Jeff Irvin!! We were keen to come up while you and your mates were camped up there and try some of the "modern" gear. After a late start and some work getting in the way, we wondered if it was worth the long drive, but you were so kind quickly getting gear rigged up for us and sending us out for our best sailing session for over 20 years! We love Elanda Point, the wind was great, and man, you guys had such a massive range of windsurfing gear sprawled around the place it was a great opportunity! Those modern sails are so nice. Back in the day, I would never have been able to handle a 7.5m sail in that wind, but the Ezzy Lion was so tractable. Janet was in her element blasting back and forth for ages. She spent most of her time on the Metal Rock and didn't really adjust to the Techno. I spent ages on the Techno and when I swapped back to the Metal Rock, I was really impressed with it despite its age. We both still think it's a brilliant fast slalom board for the lake conditions - perhaps a little too hard railed in the Redcliffe chop however. It's a very long time since I've been fast on a board and I was amazed how all the memory is still there, even if I couldn't pull off many jibes and had a few spectacular crashes. We have blisters on top of our toes (those cheap Amart shoes really rub when in the footstraps!) but came home very happy and keen to get ourselves some better sails and a second board. Thanks for your enthusiasm - also thanks to Pete for his help.

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw you guys in the pictures. So cool! Janet is smiling ear to ear. I didn't know she used to sail with you. RESPECT! Got to catch up with you guys for a sail one day!