Evil Wind

Lots of evil wind that last few days. Friday was pretty decent 4.5 - 5.0 sailing in the afternoon. Saturday was another Maui Cup race day. Wind started out in the 4.5 range and was pretty nice in the morning. Watched some races, Phil McGain again blasting past all his competition. (Maui Race Series Photos)Sailed nicely powered 4.5 while the racers took a break. Then the wind turned evil and started gusting into the 30s - very punchy gusty. The water turned super choppy. Not much fun. Lots of racers blowing up jibing around the buoys. Saturday also saw a flotilla portugues man-o-war invading Kanaha. They seemed to be mostly upwind in the shore break.

Sunday - the morning again was the best time to be on the water. 5.0 was great until about 1:00. Then the wind picked up to gusty 4.5, on it's way to blowing 3.5 to 4.0 for many guys. As if that wasn't bad enough, there were reports of a fisherman spotting a 12' tiger shark around the reef at Uppers. Didn't seem to phase anyone though. Good motivation to not miss any jibes though.

From my virtual window on the north shore, the wind looks like it's probably gusty again today. Work has kept me at the computer all day, so I'll have to wait for some reports to corroborate my guess.