Great Turn Out for the Windsurfing Event at the Sailing Center

Upon arriving at the USSCMC facility on Indian River Drive, I was glad to see how many people showed up for the event. It was obvious that there is an interest in the community for windsurfing. Sailing Center along with Adam Locke and many other volunteers organized a fun event for everyone. There was a swap shop meet in the morning, Adventure Sports from Miami brought up some of their equipment and was giving lessons to the curious crowd, while others were giving the future windsurfers lessons on their windgliders. Coastal Paddle Boarding provided the SUPs for the race and for anyone who wanted to try it. There was a long distance windsurfing race which was won by a promising young windsurfer Jake. Many local windsurfers showed up for the event, and signed up for the membership to support the addition of windsurfing at the sailing center. I was told that windsurfing will be added to the Wednesday night races, which should generate some interest since there is a good crowd of fast sailors in the area who like to race each other. The sailing center will be looking for windsurf instructors, so anyone interested should give them a call. Here is the link for the sailing center for anyone interested http://www.usscmc.org/

Well here it is Tuesday and TS Fay is making its way inland. For the most part wind speed is in the low 30's with gusts in the low 40's. If the tornado watches would subside and my company doesn't call me in, maybe I can get out to the river. Sunday Sarah, Frank and I went out to the sailing center. The wind was out of the N at 9 so it was perfect for learning. They were on the water for quite awhile. Frank was on the formula board with a 7.0 and Sarah was on my 118L bic with a 4.5. Dino and Austin showed up but didn't get out on the water.

Wow what a great way to end the week!

I made it down to the sailing center around 5:30, rigged an 8.5 and headed out on the formula board. Found I should have gone out on a smaller sail and board, I had plenty of power. The wind was ENE, I could sail the channel and went under both bridges. Dino showed up a little later, we were on the water till 8:00 and had the whole river to ourselves.

Karen's cruisin.

Frank's getting the hang of it.

OK the wind didn't come up quit as advertised but it was good none the less. The bridges were jammed because of the Memorial weekend croud so we found ourselves at the sailing center. Sunday Art, Dick and Joel were on the water. Monday Art, Dick and James were out. Sarah and Frank joined me so they could continue learning and Dino was teaching Karen. It's been a year since we were at the Sailing Center and it was good to be back.

Art's setting up for a jibe.