It's a Nuker Weekend

The forecast for the weekend has been for building winds. Got on the water early yesterday, 5.0, to get some mellow sailing in before the madness hit. Perfect for half an hour then the wind went kaput. Had to swim in from Uppers. Ten minutes after making it back to shore, the wind kicked in again. Rehydrated and downed a slice of Costco pizza and back out on the 5.0. Too much sail. Held on for awhile, too stubborn to go in and rig my 4.5, until my arms and shoulders screamed mercy from too many backside cutbacks at Uppers. 'Nuf already. By the time I had some lunch in me, sand and small dogs were being blown down the beach. When I see small dogs being blown down the beach I know it's 4.0. 'Nuf already.

This morning I checked out iWindsurf. It was already blowing in the mid-20s by 9:00am. Around 11 it was already hitting 30. I've found that when the iWindsurf Kanaha sensor is reporting 30 I can be well-powered on a 3.5. Executive decision time. With gas at $3.25/gallon, too many chores to do at home and a tired body screaming for a break, I decided to invoke the whimp clause a and not sail. Nice thing about living on Maui - you don't have to feel guilty about not windsurfing every day it's windy.

Looks like the wind stayed around 30 all day, with an annoying dip into the low 20s for a brief spell. NOAA is saying that the pressure gradient is still building and that winds won't peak until Monday or Tuesday. Might be time to go demo some smaller sails and boards.