For Sydney windsurfers we need the "I hate 2008" thread. My wife and I are thinking of moving to Hong Kong. I know the windsurfing conditions suck over there but they can't be any worse than Sydney.
Early 90s: I used to set my watch on the wind, rising to 15 knots by 11:30am when NE, which was a regular 5/7 days in the week, the rest being southerlies.
Friday evening races in Botany Bay (off Sanderhingam) used to have absolute guaranteed winds.
How things have changed. I now live on the Great Lakes, and Kinsgton Canada used to be local capital of wind. Now it's dead most the summer.
And there are people to claim that the weather patterns are not changing...
Its only fair we have one month off a year- need to repair those dinged boards etc, and maybe even take the partner to dinner.
a picture tells a thousand words.
so it's NZ or Cairns then. 
Pierre - i remember those days too. arive at beach, tig 6.5m sail and wait.
moby - you've certainly kept me entertained with your take on sydney weather. gold!!! maybe time to buy a Kona or a formula board? it will tripple your tow. it did for me. 
pmsl, nice work
i reckon "metal health"counts as sick days.
Yeah bummer, 5x 2hour sessions over the last 7 days, 6 on my 7.3 and only one on my 6.6.
I hate these light winds
say that again mateswinds are now shifting to the opposite and i think the monsoon season is gearing up our side..shucks man!it's weird i get so used to at least look out and go for a sail and suddenly none to do and what do i do sulk yeah sulk..and it happened last weekend so i decided to hit balls over a net(what do you call that game?
) am like a fish out of water...today i was trying to scout nice areas for the gusty sometimes stormy southwesterlies..a rental station emailed our group 4 of us 25t pesos (600$)for 10sails from 3.9 to 7 all in very good condition with 2 free masts, even put in a 50$ea. for an axxis wave board and old 5yr.old f2 boards, not bad i thought but no one still budged..so i guess it's over till next oct..back to the basic exercises like swimming and low wind kiting weather permitting but am still optimistic the pacific high pressure will still persist to continue on another month
When there is no wind i always concoct up some hairbrained scheme to get me out on the water or sailing something.
best way to kill time i guess
The winter blues can be filled with surfing, SUPing and of course there is windsurfing
Im still getting waves 3 times a week
i know what to do in my sparest of times-oil those zippers, fin inserts, sail zips, rinse boom and oil insides and try to look for windsurf mags and just dream again...otherwise it's land based sports..i'll be loosing my tan in about a week
Life is full of highs and lows. Unfortunately ,when you are addicted to windsurfing, the highs make you sad and the lows make you happy....Kinda confusing ....
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