Hopefully an early one on the mid-coast on the way to work and then a late one at Seacliff on the way home from work!

I'll be having a go (operative words ) at semaphor tomorrow, as that's my nearest beach (I
live out Gawler way). I hope the 20 kt wind will be kind to this learner. I went down there
today, hoping their would be a nice light breeze to have my first go, but their was SFA.

Did anyone get out for a sail?

I checked the Mid at around 7 - 7:30 this morning and the wind was around 12 knot NE. Went back this arvo on the way home from work and it looked virtually the same.
It looked like it was blowing all day going by the flags out the front of work.

The down-winder sounds good Russ. Me, Pete and a couple of other guys done a coast run from Marino to Henley a few years back... awesome fun, should do more of it.

dissapointing again!!!! little waves were fun tho! i think south coast was the go today. its just the $$$ factor with fuel!! [}:)]

Hi Dave,
I haven't tried the 80 which you took out today, so I wouldn't mind trying it out in lighter conditions with say a 6.2 wave-sail and a bit of swell.
The Evil Twin 74 which I'm riding now is just awesome. It's a bit hard to describe, but everything (bottom turns, top turns, gybes) feels super natural and it just rockets down the line... can't get enough of it!

Get in before the Aussie dollar pushes the prices of imports up (some distributors have already revised '09 board & sail prices).

Muzza

I had a **** day yesterday. It seemed to be windy everywhere except where I was! You needed a 10m and a boat to get going on the metro coast.

Im with you Scotty, someone is making some good cash here in Australia. I have a friend who ordered a set of 09 sails over in Maui this year when the ozzie dollar was good. All his sails ended up being 1/2 price.

Muzza12 said...

I'm not sure what the prices on Maui are like at the moment. When I was over there a few years ago it was much more expensive to buy gear over there than in Australia.

1/2 price sails? Even the dealers in Australia don't get them at that price!

Prices are a lot better for things like extensions (1/2 price) Boards (1/2 price), but booms and sails are comparable to here. This is from my experience.

The thing about Maui, is that the second hand gear is so much cheaper and better quality, plus there is more of it.

demons_taipan11 said...

if i was really loaded! i wish.... and was going to buy a full new set of windsurfing gear. from my experience! it would be cheaper for me to fly to maui buy gear there and bring it back!! i saved enough on my new board which i brought over there to pay for a return air fare!!!

Problem is if we don't support a local windsurfing community there will be no events, demo's, sponsorships or readily available sailing gear when we break our masts, booms uni's etc.

It's a fine line between supporting local business and your own financial position- thankfully some crew can afford new gear each year and sell it second hand on to us tight arses when the new range comes out.

Kym did as well,

Mind you, just a bit of perspective here, the boards were 08 models, sold 2 months before 09 models were released.

Im with you Russ, we do need to support our local shops, without them we would not have events, sales support and so on, plus a place to go in and drool every weekend (I love windsurfing shops).

We actually held off buying too much stuff in Maui, one because we thought we were going to get slugged import duty of excess baggage, but also we wanted the service and backup we get form the shops just in case we needed warranty etc.