Teaser Wind - The Sequel

As with most sequels, today's teaser wind was even worse than yesterday's. A front moved through Maui last night and turned the winds back to a more northerly direction from yesterday's southerly direction.

At 9 this morning, the north winds were reading in the lower to mid teens. I decided today I would camp out at the beach and be ready for it when the wind arrived.

There were actually several people sailing in Kihei today, both at the Pavilion at Ohukai and Maui Sunset, but the average guy needed a mid-6 meter sail to even hope to get planing. Women needed 5.0 to 5.5 to get planing. Granted, that might be great sailing on the mainland, but that's pretty pathetic for Maui. Since my biggest sail is a 5.8, I didn't stand a chance. There were a few brief spurts of almost sailable winds at times, but nothing sustained enough to even tempt me to rig.

So, 6 hours spent at the beach waiting for wind and 0 time on the water. Sounds more like mainland sailing than Maui sailing. Forecast is for even lighter winds this week.