2020 Sailing Season: 2020-06-03 Sailing all over.....

Jim's Place - Wabumun - Kent's report...

Session 1

Kent foiled 4.5m, Jim was on a 4.2 and made close to 50% of his jibes with dry hair.

Session 2

Kent foiled 4.5m, Cam was on a 5.2. Cam was also making some jibes! Damn near foiled around one!

Session 3

Cynthia foiled alone on a 5.2..

Cynthia - Ready to go!

Jim - Rigging!

Ross at Alberta Beach

7m kiting - had to stop to take a piss???? That is all he sent me! Ross must be getting old like the rest of us!!!

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Didn't know I was supposed to send info since there was no after sailing chatter o the email.

Kited 7m from 1000 to 1600. A long day but conditions just kept getting better. Solid 7m throughout the day, tending north after about 1400 and sunny in the afternoon. Good waves for AB. Longest sessions for me in a while.

A bit lonely, I was the only person on the water all day.

Also, the cashier at the local store didn't appreciate me dripping on the floor in my wet suit, while buying a juice and some cashews. Everyone else thought it was amusing.

Glad everyone had a good day.

Gerry - Slave Lake

5.6 Hucker Roberts 23 first few runs, then 4.8 Hucker.

Very holy and shifty first 1/4 mile out then very powered to overpowered outside. Very choppy.

Broke my hook 1/4 mile out. Most of the debris has flushed through, only hit 1 stick, but not hard enough to get launched.

Gerry's Roberts!

Brad's Place - Pigeon Lake - Ted's Report

I left solid white caps on Dried Meat Lake at 9:00 Wednesday morning and drove to Brad's - arriving at 10:30.

Brad, Harold, Al and Vadim were already there. A rigging frenzy was taking place, although as usual, no one knew quite what to rig. Brad kept reading off the windspeed from his weather station - it was averaging 46kph.

Brad started rigging a 4.2, but then decided on a 4.8. Harold went out on a 5.3, but then changed to a 4.2. Al went out on a 4.8. Vadim and I tried our 5.6 Huckers. The wind was strong, shifty and with big gusts. It was a fun session. Mike and Blaine arrived while we were out. Mike went out on his 5.6 and Blaine on his 5.2.

After lunch, the wind started to become a bit more shifty with bigger lulls, but most of the gang went out again. I stayed on shore to take some photos and video - (and to try to warm up!). Did I mention that the temperature was all of 12c ... maybe it reached 14c by mid-afternoon.

I think we all had fun! The wind and conditions were challenging, but everyone got back - well, except for Brad who was caught downwind when the wind suddenly shut down, so he had to walk a bit... The wind did come back up, so if he had waited he would have sailed home.

I left after 3, and was home by 5. Apparently, there wasn't a lot of sailing after I left (a rainstorm came through), but there was some socializing, and some "Lubrication" according to Harold with a few beers before the rest of the gang departed.

Great Day! You can see all my photos on my Flickr site Here.