"Real World" Winds Come to Maui

You know all those people in the Letters to the Editor of Windsurfing Magazine who complain about too much focus on windsurfing on Maui instead of the "real world?"According to these people, the wind never blows more than 15 knots anywhere but Maui and Maui is just a fantasy. "Real world" sailing is done in 0 - 15 knots of wind. Well, take it from me, even Maui can get "real world" conditions.

North shore winds have been very light today and yesterday, no doubt the Formula gear fans were tripping over themselves with giddiness as winds pretty much stayed in the mid-teens - great conditions for those 14.0 meter sails and 72" wide boards.

If you're not one of them, Kihei offered a somewhat better venue, with somewhat higher winds - probably 6.0 meter stuff. Combined with a south swell - could have been some fun light-wind wave-sailing off of Maui Sunset.

For the rest of us snobs it's gives us time for our bodies to recover and to get work and errands done. Should be a bump up in wind tomorrow.