Archive for June, 2009
Summer Time is Good
Sunday, June 28th, 2009For Sunday June 28 the weather forecast was for some brisk winds west late afternoon but it was already white capping hard when I pulled into the Maumee Bay State Park beach parking lot around 1:00pm. I could see there were lulls so I rigged up my 6.5 to go play. About 45 minutes later a huge long gust hit me that probably a 4.5 [...]
GPWC Regatta – Downhauled to the Max
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009.!. The June 21 Grosse Pointe Windsurfing Club regatta was a grueling one day event. There were ten Prodigies which was an excellent turn out and no one was a novice competitor. Usually the winds in late June are more often calm then strong on Lake St. Clair but not this day. It was hot and sunny and oh so [...]
Board Caddy Contest
Thursday, June 4th, 2009Wide style boards like the Prodigy are not so easy to carry and I have a good 75 yard walk from the parking lot to the water at my favorite spot. After a long afternoon of windsurfing with wet straps and some head winds that Prodigy is a real beast to carry across a hot sandy beach. The last couple seasons [...]
Toledo Prodigy racing !!
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009We had 14 Prodigies registered but one no show and one I don’t know what happenned too that finished with all DNS. Anyway a group of 12 makes for a nice race and a good showing in general for one design racing. I ended up 5th overall. For trophy purpose we were able to break into [...]