I was on the water at 7:30am this morning at Torquay.
4.7 & 92 Quad.

Great 2 hour blast before work.

Shame we can't organise it for every morning!

Anyone been out earlier?

2 PM

Did a couple of 24 hour windsurfing races on the windsurfer one design, Narrabeen lakes in the eighties. Does that count?

About 6:00am when camping at Tamboon Inlet, East Gippsland. Didn't sleep much the night before with the tent going nuts in the wind, so as soon as it was light there was nothing for it but to go for a sail. Awesome. Got back to camp at about 7:30 am, still no-one around so I went back to bed for a well earned kip.

Before daylight once when I was young and super keen on Lake illawarra. Brings back some memories night sailing in westerly winds.

6.30am with a 25kt southerly on the glassy leeward side of our local breakwater.

Age 7.

Late eighties around midnight planing along on Trigger Bros slalom out on Lake Hume near Albury NSW, full moon and naked! (except for harness)

My mom threw me in the ocean at 3 years old and yelled "swim!"
I swam.

It been a while, but Ive seen many a sunrise at the PiT!
Usually starts with getting dragged out of bed in the dark and rigging up in the first faint pre-dawn glow as other mad friends roll in and start excitedly asking 'how strong is it?, what size sail?, what is the angle? what fin are you using?, how long have we got 'tll the tide turns? etc
Someone has usually done a few runs before we see the sun rise!

Best days!

8:00am on Southern Ocean in a screaming southerly and hail.


Home by 9:00am lol

When I camped at Lago di Garda 30 years ago, I usually got up in the morning when the sun came up and the wind started to shake the tent. I usually got a couple of hours sailing in before breakfast at 8.

A couple of years ago, I started 10 minutes after midnight, hoping for a 24 hour sail. I was out alone, except for an unlit catamaran with a bunch of drunk guys close by. Made for a rather interesting sail. Fortunately, the wind did not quite cooperate, so I stopped after an hour, when the 8.5 was not big enough to plane consistently anymore. Next morning, I noticed a whole bunch of obstacles in the water that could have been a problem if I had sailed out a bit further during the night.