Anyone else sail solo?

I like it. It's especially super sweet on a weekday when you've got the whole sailing area/environment to yourself (I need to be funemployed again).

Certainly most of my most memorable sessions have been solo ones, including a few hours one morning powered up on a 5.4 at Currumbin, just me and the rays and the birds, the megalopolis off in the distance, perfectly clear air and water. Or just me and the GC Broadwater for a few hours, not even any boats, just me and the birds while de/rigging.

I sail alone a bit at my local beach and always find that everyone else believes it was better where they were all sailing together - it can never be as good for one person if there isn't a witness!!

The days I sail alone are usually because no-one else believes there's enough wind & all decline the offer for a sail...most times there IS enough, and I end up on big gear just cruising & chop-hopping.

Love it!

I usually go sailing on my own but there are other people out sailing also.(meaning I am not with them, but they are there)
I feel more comfortable if there is at least one other person on the water, especially in unfamiliar territory.


Having said that the best session I ever had was a calm sunny summer morning on the river when no one else was out because they would have thought there wasn't enough wind, and a couple of dolphins came swimming around me. I dropped my sail and sat on my board to watch them and they swam around and under the board and it was fantastic.

I never sail alone it's to spooky, and I start hearing the jaws music when I am out there all alone and come off my board.. I love crowds, a good crowded beach of windsurfers is awesome to me..

sailing alone is to spooky you might see a ghost shipsailing around

i often sail by myself .I work buy myself & go after work when i can .I dont worry about gear failure .Because my theory is the worst that could happen is i lose a bit of gear & have my nipples ground off paddling back Have seen some beutiful sunsets on the water while i have been by myself that i wouldnt have appreicated if i was stuck in traffic .To me the water makes a sunset special espacially when im on it .I also try out water around were i work so could end up anywhere & not a regular windsurfing spot. Like como bay for example .

Kato - you are crazy...... I did a midnight session at the PIT 20 years ago & hit one of those lovely submerged sandbars.. Ouch!!! That was my first and last night time sail.

kato said...

All the time, not too many of the Pit Crew are crazy enough to join me for a sail at 2am to do a 300km trip I love that first light on the water with the whole beach to yourself or sailing at night with the sparkling garfish.
The thing to remember is " what do i have to do if it all goes wrong" and "can i do it". Be fit, good at self rescue, have your gear in good condition and know your limits, I don,t want to put someone in danger just to save me.