Up and Down
Maui winds bounced up and down and all around today. Winds started out strong in the morning, promising Maui windsurfers a solid day of raging winds. But before people could get on the water and start windsurfing at 11:00, the winds dropped, soon to rebound, then drop, then build... a pattern that continued throughout the day.
Windsurfing yesterday was much better as the winds were much more consistent, holding in the mid-20s most of the day. It was a late afternoon session for me, and not wanting to be underpowered I rigged my 5.0. Wrong call! Shoulda gone 4.5. By the end of my session winds were cranking in the upper 20s. Great thing about late afternoon sessions is that most sailors have cleared off the water by then. I only had to share the waves at Uppers with a couple of others. Unfortunately I was so OP'd that I couldn't really depower enough to ride.
Sunday on Maui we saw pretty light winds - I'd almost call it unsailable (by Maui standards) unless you had big gear and sails - wind in the low- to mid-teens.
Wind forecast for this week is for strong winds to continue. Any visiting windsurfers should get their money's worth this week. Got a new windsurfing video posted on Maui Windsurfing .net. Pro racing action from Saturday's Maui Race Series with pros jibing around the mark. Check it out.
Windsurfing yesterday was much better as the winds were much more consistent, holding in the mid-20s most of the day. It was a late afternoon session for me, and not wanting to be underpowered I rigged my 5.0. Wrong call! Shoulda gone 4.5. By the end of my session winds were cranking in the upper 20s. Great thing about late afternoon sessions is that most sailors have cleared off the water by then. I only had to share the waves at Uppers with a couple of others. Unfortunately I was so OP'd that I couldn't really depower enough to ride.
Sunday on Maui we saw pretty light winds - I'd almost call it unsailable (by Maui standards) unless you had big gear and sails - wind in the low- to mid-teens.
Wind forecast for this week is for strong winds to continue. Any visiting windsurfers should get their money's worth this week. Got a new windsurfing video posted on Maui Windsurfing .net. Pro racing action from Saturday's Maui Race Series with pros jibing around the mark. Check it out.
posted by Jeff at
6:29 PM
2 Comments:
Windows Media format for videos works for me. why the Real Player? why not bigger files( more film) for the videos?
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Anonymous, at 1:49 AM
Most of the video is provided to me by other windsurfers. I take whatever format they give me. Real Player seems to be popular with some of them. As for bigger files, I've had some complaints about download times on some of the big files. Just trying to find a good compromise.
By
Jeff, at 9:30 AM
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