whinge.. when are these blocking highs going?

hehehe well we have wind but its cold baby wind is good but i like me sun as well baby

i am about to leave and go windsurfing in the rain and gale force wind should be fun

Must admit I have the car packed for today but its bleeding cold up here too! Must be hardy souls down your way!Seems to be picking up a bit..Might go down..if nothing else hopefully I can get a wobble around on the big board..It has blown a bit lately but Ive ben away & missed it..

High's are good Cold

Coal Pt in a from SE -NE , Belmont bay ( squids or slip) in a W , Valentine in SW -S ( & yesterday in a NNW for the 1st x).
Got a sail . 6.6m + 125ltre board.. top of wind range for both..Last time I went out I did 6 great gybes in a row!..I thought 'I'm back!" yeah right ..stuffed evry gybe last night..the techniques that worked in ideal winds didnt in choppy overpowering.. totally buggered but decided to rig down to a 5.7m..still trying to rig bigger than I usually do as it is easier to plane into gybes..board still too big & tiring right arm felt like sphagetti & useless..Decided I'd try the little board 95ltre - even though by now it was getting close to dark & I was buggered.
Dont go out when your buggered. I could hardly start the thing as I was really overpowered & didnt have the strength to maneovre it so it didnt round up starting so more energy sapping falls.Finally got going totally overpowered & decided to gybe & the outhaul pinged off.The knot in the end had somehow come undone , luckily it was still cleated at the other end so I didnt lose it..Nothing like trying to retie a knot & feed line through pulleys in icey water & overpowering choppy conditions.. By now I was REALLY stuffed & feeling cold from lying in the water for ages ( despite the thermal , steamer , helmet , gloves & booties). I knew I had to H20 start & get back in as I was 500m out half way to Toronto & faced a 1/2 hr + float in icey H20 to Swansea in the dark...Somehow found the strength to get started but fell in again overpowered.The sail was getting slammed down on top of me & I didnt have the energy or arm strength to pull the sail on & get into the straps etc. I knew if I couldnt hook in as I came up I was rat****.Anyway finally got up & in on dark....So much for 'conquering ' the gybes...
To make it worse Id stuffed a gybe earlier & fallen into the sail with my front foot still in the strap & the board upside down & pulled a muscle all the way down my leg into the tailbone..Did you know you had muscles connecting to your tailbone? I didnt until today..
That was only on the lake which is pretty safe and it was prob only blowing 20 - 25kts.. Must be scary out to sea.Goes to show you need to kit warmly..Id hate to think how cold I would have been if Id had to sit in the water an hour.
Is there any way you can lie the rig still rigged on the board & paddle in? I thought about dragging the whole kit in but seemed a LONG WAY to my tired mind and unwieldy .Grr feel like a beginner again.Ive been doing a lot of cycling lately so I thought Id kill the sailing .. yeah right.. bought that ego back to earth..

Grr..[}:)]

When hopelessly overpowered try waterstarting with both feet in teh straps, and hokking is basically teh instant you clear the water.
Also, hangin like a monkey under the boom, squatting right down on the board can be a good tactic too.

Yep did them all..Looking back I wonder how I did it as my Right forearm has been useless to even lift a can since.. its amazing what you can do when you have too..