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I've been in Maui when Starboard has a Photo Shoot & these kids are there.
They have a so much fun sailing & hanging out & they are such good sailors.
It is so cool to be sailing along with them while they do all these tricks with a huge grin on their faces & they are on the water for hours.
There is a school on Maui where the kids are in school in the AM & go sailing in the afternoon.

Does the school take adults?

looks like no wind this weekend at all.. and whistler is inaccessible.. ayayay... going surfing instead at Westport WA instead...

Maybe Wednesday

DAWN PATROL ABORTED
No wind. No Burger King. No Denny's.
No Hope.

Two complimentary sausage, bacon, and egg croissan-wiches gave me enough energy for the next session. Looking forward to Grand Slam breakfast.

"Happiness is a hand-held sail" - Wayler Windsurfing circa 1980

lets notforget about EC's less than fantastic track record for forecasting.

Save some for me

Don't forget to get your free breakfast sandwich at Burger King Friday morning. Also, free original grand slam breakfast at Denny's on Tuesday.

"Happiness is a hand-held sail" - Wayler Windsurfing circa 1980

on stand by

I'll be up for it if it looks good early!

-roll your masts up into your sail..
-insert your extension into the boom head
-rest the sail/mast on the extension as if on a rack
-use the downhaul line to lash it secure
-thread the outhoul line through the clue grommet to secure the back of the rig
-wrap your harness around the middle
-carry it by one of the boom arms and carry the board with the other arm

I use this method to do about a 5-10 min hikeb through some pretty tight paths and it works great! the backpack method looks awkward to get through tight brush because the board is across the path. be suree to post some pics if you invent something!

You guys probably have seen me do this at Squampton and The Gorge:

Stick rolled up sail through one harness line.
Shove two piece mast through same harness line.
Lash sail and mast to the clew-end of the booms with the outhaul.
Thus carry the sail/mast/booms with one hand.

Stick extension onto the mast track of the leopard skin board.
Carry the leopard skin board under your other arm, with the deck of the leopard skin board facing out, and fin forward. Use your hand to grip the bottom-most front strap.

Wrap your waist harness around your waist (duh!). Stick can of energy drink in your pocket. Walk to water's edge and rig. Sail.

"Happiness is a hand-held sail" - Wayler Windsurfing circa 1980

good call on putting the sail throughh the harness line!

Tons of guys use this technique at The Gorge. Especially the long walk at Doug's Beach. That's where I learned it.

You carry everything in one trip, and you can pretend you're a rock star. Yeah, I like that.

Man, those two crossan-wiches were good. I'm not kidding about Denny's. Next week Tuesday, they're giving away Grand Slam breakfasts for free.

"Happiness is a hand-held sail" - Wayler Windsurfing circa 1980

Mmm, I might have to hunt down a Denny's here on the west side!

By the way, I'd buy somebody free breakfasts for the next year if they could do something about these lame forecasts...

Elliot and I were there last April - met some of these guys. Wind wasn't so good tho'. It is about an hour to walk up from parking lot. Elliot wasn't set up with a backpack frame so I helped him get the gear there. It was a bit of a slog especially along the sand. On a good day you can sail back down but not the day we were there. It is a beautiful location as is all of Pt. Reyes. Here are some of the photos we took at the time - URL is:
http://thewindsurfer.com/?q=node/5889

Kihei makes my feet bleed. Whenever I windsurf there I always end up hitting the reef. The water is also really mirky so it's hard to see the coral heads sneaking up on you....hard to see the tiger sharks too. They like to feed in that murky water....they can sneak up on their prey unseen! So Chuck, when u gonna take me to Maui on the AC dealio bro? If u can get me there, I have a place we can stay for free, free car, and likely gear too. Heck, I'll even rig up for ya!

I think you're going to have to marry Chuckie for that to work.

After you guys get married, adopt me so I can get in on the deal.

"Happiness is a hand-held sail" - Wayler Windsurfing circa 1980

Well....I'd consider proposing but I don't think Chuck's wife would be too happy about that. Maybe we could just have an affair.

Looks like it's working again.
See http://www.thebaysideclub.com

Too bad nothing's in the forecast. Cannot wait for spring season at Squamish.

I was going to ask, how's spring in Vancouver? Any wind typically at BB or Jericho?

Thermals start to pick up around March/April at Jericho (not Boundary Bay) best between 11am-2pm. Expect to be using big gear 7.0+ or Formula.

See http://www.jerichowind.com/data/jerichowind-summary.xls for historical data.

You also seem to get the occasional 40 knot NW at Acadia so when those rare events occur drop everything and drive hard for the beach.