2021-08-06 Wind Again

Lac Ste Anne - Alberta Beach

Al's Report:

Harold, Vadim, and Allan headed to Alberta Beach for a Friday afternoon sail.  Al rigged a 5.5 with his 84l board and was well powered, with some lulls.  

Harold was first to the lake and very happy after this long break without sailing. Vadim was sailing a 6.5 sail and having fun until the wind turned off about 4:30.  Vadim set a new record for the longest swim at Alberta Beach!

Ross was kiting with various boards.  Looked pretty cool and effortless on his foil.  Mike got there a bit late and spent most of his time rigging larger kites as the wind dropped off.

Thanks, Vadim for the photo.

Harold Jibing - Two photos combined by Vadim!

Dried Meat Lake - Ted's Place 

Ted's Report:

I was in Edmonton all day (looking at the wind and checking my weatehr station).  I finally got home around 3:30. 

It still seemed windy enough, so I loaded my gear and quickly rigged a 7.0.  When I went out, there was barely enough wind to get planning - then the gust hit, and I was totally overpowered.  The gust was sustained, so I had a really hard time getting back.  I came to shore and sat with Louise for a while.  Rather than re-rig, I decided to call it a day.  

When I looked at my weather station data, the wind was averaging just 12, but it was gusting to over 30.  No wonder it didn't seem fun.  The average wind continued to drop, but the gusts stayed about the same.  




Note:  I got out again on August 8, for a session on his 7.0 just before lunch.  I sailed for about 10km before the wind got too fluky and light.  I must say I appreciate sailing on the smaller sail sizes, I really struggled with my jibes with the 7.0.  Starting to learn all over again!


Ted - going up in a gust - didn't end well!



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