8/13, DCIB, 5.5/144L slog fest

[Leo Chan]

Arrived at DCIB at around 1 and saw couple of boards out with sail 5.8 and 6.5. I decided to rig small, thinking the wind will pick up. Boy, I keep forgetting how lully the wind is in DC! Got a few planes, but had to work hard for them. Mike Egan, Manny (forgot to ask how to spell his name?) and Lynn Stevens had bigger sails and were having more fun than I had.

The best part of the day was talking to Lynn Stevens after the session. Got a lot of information from one of the pioneers of windsurfing in Utah. I got a lot to learn.

[JimSouthwick]

I must have just missed you guys. I launched at DCCB about 11:30 (6.6, 117L) and sailed up to Island Beach; nobody out when I got there, and the wind was getting fluky, so I booked it back down wind, where I found John Dubock (6.0, Hyper125) about half way between Barbed Wire and Charleston Bridge. Definitely a bit up and down, but some great rides in the gusts.

[Leo Chan]

Jim, I think I saw you and you left before we hit the water. Lynn and I were enjoying his home make chili when the last hour of gusty wind arrived.

[Mike Egan]

I saw you do one jibe in a gust and then you were gone. I was figure you must have lanuched downwind of the island.