Grantsville 7-18-2007

[Josh Shirley]

Well lets see, George Ward, Mike Egan, Carl C, Steve ?, and I made the morning effort. The wind meter had good news the whole way out there.
I think most all of us were on the water right around 7:30am. The summer heat kills it a lot sooner. I was done by 9:30am to get back to work.
I sailed my regular setup 6.3 ezzy 100 liter jp. I might have had the smallest setup??? But everyone was right in that 6.5 range. I definitely had to work the board onto a plane.
I was impressed to see George pulling duck jibes and then watch Carl come screaming through on his 7.5 and pull a prefect text book example of a planning duck jibe (on both sides of the pond.) That place is a great training ground.
Hopefully we will have some better wind soon. I think if we all collectively work together we can "will" the wind back into Utah.

[Carl Christensen]

The water is warm but the level is dropping. We made the most of what we had and a good time was had by all. Classic puff riding and levitation planing, (faith based), but very relaxed and smooth underfoot. Anytime I'm under 100 liters there's little room to complain. Gotta sail not with the gear you want but with the gear you've got. Plus, it's good training for the Gorge trip in 2 weeks.

[Carl Christensen]

Or maybe, "you gotta sail with the wind you've got, not with the wind you want."

btw good to see Josh back on the water so soon after his injury.

[Mike Egan]

Great morning to get back into the water. Started with the 6.5 and then change to a 7.5. The 7.5 worked alot better. I'm hoping and maybe I will even pray for some more wind tomorrow. Hope to see you guys out their.