Bought a spring suit on Friday. As I walk in the door my wife asks "What's that for ?". I tell her it is for sailing in the colder weather.

"I thought you said this would only take up all your time in summer ?" she replied. I explain the physics of thermal inertia and that the water is actually warmer in autumn than summer so really it is 'summer for the water'. She rolls her eyes and walks of in dismay.

Now what am I going to tell her in June when I come home with a steamer?

ka43, I agree about the kids strategy. I've already got my eldest daughter out on a sea skipp. She's enjoying it, but it will be a few years before she's old enough to take out on the bay. Other thing I've learnt is not to complain about there being no wind, because that seems to count the same as time on the water. So best not to talk about it at all, and then slip away whenever possible.

BTW, why is it so addictive? I know it is, but I can't put my finger on why. I mean, you're just going back and forth. Why would you want to do that again and again. That's what my wife doesn't get.

My ex-wife asked me once, why in the middle of a bitterly cold Melbourne winter I would go and waste the limited family budget we had, on a new pair of boardies and rashie, particularly as I wouldn't get to wear for another 6 months? Well Hun... I said....... You see.... Well the boys are going on a Trip to Maui next week, and one of them had to pull out..... and ...Well Honeybunch I'm gonna need them coz..... I borrowed some money for the spare ticket and I can pay it back over 6 months and......... I'll need them on my Trip to Maui with the boys..... Don't look at me like that sweet..... I'll make it up to ya.....I promise...... Come-on it's the chance of a lifetime.... The look she gave me at that moment I now recognize as: "you've just got yourself a divorce buddy" Maui was fantastic, the boardies and Rashie worked a treat, not as good as the new modern Windwarrior Blastshield , but for it's day was perfect

Yes getting wife involved is a huge bonus, makes life a lot easier, and you do need more gear.
Tell your wife that decrepit's missus will be 62 in a couple of months, and still really enjoys being out there blasting around. And it's almost impossible to explain the attraction, you have to experience it, like sex I guess.

the darkside of windsurfing.......

makes it all the more worth while[}:)]

Just tell her you're going sailing whenever you feel like it, no matter what it costs, and she should get back in the kitchen and prepare a nice meal for when you get home (unless you decide to go to the pub after sailing).

p.s Its great being able to post messages using an alias.

Yes, I have a guilt free arrangement with my wife that she can spend as much on lingerie as I spend on gear. Perfect win-win situation, although maybe it's a double win for me. Plus she encourages me to go sailing because, as KA42 says, we are less grumpy after a good session. (ready for the next session, if you know what I mean).

What?!! You're a windsurfer and youre not celebate? Thats unheard of. Whats it like? nudge nudge. Dont your eyes go funny? Doesn't it make you fall off your board?

I can most certainly say that dosent work hoop- everything about a woman is trying to change the man they've hooked.

The only solution is getting a chick that a
a) already windsurfs
b) wants to learn to windsurf (not just willing to learn they dont have enough desire to do it)
c) due to lack of a & b in the world, one that kites (cause you know they will see the light eventually).

I stand by my original statement, it only happens the other way with weak willed folk (like padi )... the kinda folk that buy jetski's

And yeah we've met via pat.

Ah Vando… What you don’t know yet…

Can’t you picture it! Boosting, rolling, flipping and unhooking together on our own island and stopping to have lunch.
Then using the kites as something warm and comfortable to sleep on! Works well
It’s a shame you don’t kite !
lol jk – Now from memory, I don’t think I’ve met you?

Goodwinds
Elizabeth B8 – Wello Kiter

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Originally posted by Gestalt

you could always sail out into the bay on vandos kit and use the rig for a water bed...

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I didnt think of that Gestalt, You carnt do that with a kite board.

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Originally posted by mkseven

Elizabeth we know you have trouble remembering us since you guys have trouble seeing us when you're out there doing all that boosting, rolling, flipping and unhooking. We are those triangle shaped things sailing underneath you- cept for vando his is a little blurred .

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Ahhhhh so that's what they are! I thought I was just hungry and was seeing tiny triangular shaped sandwhiches all with different toppings on them, sitting nicely presented on a white plate Silly me lol [}:)]

Dunno if thats better or worse...

sheesh see what a week of no wind in brisbane produces.

If you guys continue to carry on in this suggestive manner you're going to have to answer to the mother superior (Gestalt herself) and you may be asked to leave the celibate silent order of Wind Wanderers. Then where you gunna be, outside with the fornicators and blasphemers on the slippery and breathless road to hell. Ferget the wet suit. You're going to need asbestos.

I thought being celibate was marital duties