Next time you Queenslanders are down at the Pit for a speed session and start compaining about the cold, spare a thought for these blokes..
Canadian KA Distributor Markus Koloska just sent me this. It,s himself and his mate out for a sail on a pleasant Vancouver sunny winters day.
Here,s what he had to say...
Hey, I bet things are a little warmer in your world.
Here are a couple of pix of myself and my KA team buddy sailing 2005 3.7 Kaos and 5.3 Kult sails (awaiting the 09 quiver ;) ) on one of our spots in Victoria on Vancouver Island, Canada. The 3.7 day was minus 3C and gusting to a chilly outflow NE40 knots and the associated windchill. Minor slippery spots on the boom and leetch, otherwise no probs and an awesome day.
However, when it dropped to minus 5C I had spray/ocean water freezing on the sail at only 20-22 knots (go figure) and it turned the sail into an unwieldly piece of plywood and I could barely waterstart, had to dip the sail to thaw and get going again. Ergo: pack things in at around minus 4 regardless of wind speeds :)
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On that last day one of my eyelids froze shut too, another sign it's maybe time to come in, haha. Markus
I guess that white stuff on the ground and hills isn't sand !
That's the go, it's 36 37 38 deg in the shade here today 
mmmmmmm, icey cold goodness
those guys in Canada get good wind over there tho who cares about the cold the main thing is wind. 
Well, for the first day of the year our (Hobart) forecast is for 15 degrees, windy with mountain snow. When is summer coming 
just by looking at their pic my eardrums are starting to hurt but i wouldn't care much if i had the right equipment
EASTY SAID
Well, for the first day of the year our (Hobart) forecast is for 15 degrees, windy with mountain snow. When is summer coming
me windwarning
you tassie dudes get more wind than any other place in australia. least ya have wind over there to windsurf in everyday i have to move to tassie.
Looks like hypothermia central. Gotta give creed to those guys tho, I'll happily keep my 15 to 25 kn wind with 25 degrees water temp
Oh, and Mr Love. Would love to try the Pit one day. Which two weeks of the year do you call Summer
Worst is that Vancouver is BY VERY FAR the warmest place in Canada... It's basically hot compared to the rest.
