WindDoll

Windsurfing today, the wind stranded me and I had to be towed back to the dock! I wasn’t very far out and I could have swum, but Peter came by with the skiff and I couldn’t refuse. Actually, I got lucky. I came to the inside to adjust my booms (I thought I’d raise them [...]

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The wind was kind of funky everywhere this afternoon. Most sailors fled Berkeley, but bike-riding green green green WindDoll stayed. I entertained myself for two hours, most of it blasting into a tack then falling in the water. (At least I was in a better mood than last Saturday. I fixed my harness so the [...]

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Since I was making my upwind 360’s in the flat water, I thought I’d try them with more wind and waves. Splish Splash! Damis did a demo for me. “Back hand to the face!” he called. It so worked! I made more than half a dozen using his advice.

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Thursday morning I snagged some instructions for the upwind 360 from Cribby and did it ever help! I’ve been having trouble getting the board to go downwind. Solution: Weight the front foot for that part of the move. I’ve been getting dunked when the clew needs to pass through the eye of the wind. Solution: [...]

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