Hardings Beach

Last Sunday we sailed at Hardings beach, on the Cape. It was prety clowdy in the morning, and not that windy. When I got there Steve was ready to go on his 6.2. Close to the beach the wind was mild, but you could see white caps at about 300 meters from the coast. I saw him shloging his way out, and suddenly take off. The wind was N to NW, strange direction for that spot, but it worked perfectly for speed runs. The sky cleared by mid morning, and I was really impressed with the beauty of this place. I'm really going to miss this place when I move to Chicago.
Getting ready for more speed.
My quiver for the day: Goya FXR 105 and Ezzy Wave 6.5.

February 27, 2009

Last Saturday we scored a 5.2 session at Chapin Beach, Cape Cod. I don't know if the pics are that good, if you haven't ben there you'll hace to use your imagination. The place has about 300 meters of flat water, and then some sweet shoulder high swell. By the time I got htere, Steve, Igor and other windsurfers were on the water... "It's perfect" said Steve, as he was comming back to rig his 4 something sail. It was nice to see that with the warmer temps, more people are showing up at the beach.

Face to face - 02/15/09

Igor and I have been putting some hours of mini wave sailing under our belt lately, mostly at Chapin and Corporation. After a great session on Saturday with Steve and local sailors Jerry and Barry, we decided to come back for more on Sunday morning... Today, however, things got a little rougher. The wind was NW at average 20 mph, and there were waves everywhere. OK, other sailors may not call this real waves, but for us there was plenty of wave power... We got rolled over, ass kicked, we swallowed gallons of water and saw our gear stumble and get washed ashore... but a few times we were granted a run in which we could see a swell get bigger, steeper, and turn into a beautiful wave in front of us... face to face... This entry could have had different names: Wave sailing for dummies; trapped inside a laundry machine: survival skills, and others; buy I liked "face to face" the most. It represents how humbling the power of Nature is, and how grateful I am that from time to time, I get to see that face to face...

01/31/2009 Corporation

Last Saturday looked promising as I was getting ready to drive the hour and forty minutes that take me to get to Corporation, Cape Cod. Steve, Igor and I were talking about it on iwindsurf for the past three days, and Jim from Sailworld also had mentioned the spot to me. I got there first, at 8 AM, not a soul, cold but windy!!!
Steve got there a few minutes later, and then Igor (he had to get the ice out of his windsurfing van...)
Me and Igor got a great introduction to the spot in the morning, with benign 13-20 mph wind, and friendly waves...
By noon the wind dropped, time for a lunch break. After lunch, Igor went out, on his big stuff, and we saw him take off... I sailed until the wind started ripping the boom off my hands, time to go back, this is no time of the year for "just one more run..."
OK, too many words, here are some pics...
Jibing? Guess what happened one second later ;)













Steve on a run...


























Two tough guys...












One more...

Chapin Beach 01/24/09

I came back from Argentina on my birthday, 01/12/09. I hadn't sailed in about a month, so I was a little rusty when I hit the water at Chapin Beach on the 24th. Luckily Igor was there in that cloudy morning; and Steve, who caught some of the best winter sessions, was there too... The wind was NW ~25mph, gusty. I sailed my 6.5 Ezzy wave and then went down to my 5.2 Ezzy, still slightly overpowered; the board: Goya FXR 105.
Jumps: Chapin has some nice waves on the outside, which make incredible ramps going out... On my way home I stopped by Sailworld and Jim told me that Corporation works better fir NW, and it's not affected by the tide!!! May be next time...

Speed run on the 6.5


















Steve on his small stuff...











and Igor on his big stuff...

Cape Hatteras, two years later

It's Saturday morning in Providence, and I am sitting in my living room, looking at the pictures from last week in Cape Hatteras. These are some of my favorite images, here we go...

Chesapeake Bridge: The bridge, known as one of the seven modern wonders, connects Virginia's Eastern Shore with Virginia's mainland. I know that I already posted pictures of the bridge, but this is definitely one of the highlights of the road to the Cape.
First morning in the campground. This is the KOA campground, which is located at about 20 miles from the Canadian Hole.
Day 1. Here I am having breakfast and updating my family about the trip. The forecast for that day wasn't promising, so I took my time to head to the beach.A quiet afternoon at the Canadian Hole. Nothing to do but wait and pray for wind :)Sunset in Palmico Sound. Watching the sunset with windsurfer friends is a must in every trip to the Cape.More images of Palmico Sound...

Well, these are some of the images of Cape Hatteras. You may ask whiy there are no windsurfing images. Well, we had one day of epic conditions, but it was just one out of my 5 days there, so I spent the whole day sailing, and forgot about the pictures...

May be the nex time ;)

Windless Saturday in Providence. Time to update my Blog ;) Last weekend tropical Storm Hanna hit the region. The lady was late for our Saturday date, but promissed to praise the brave on Sunday morning. I showed up at the beach at 11 AM, late, all what I found was a light breeze... Still, those who brought big stuff had a nice morning session, the rest of us, well, we took pictures...
Alan on his Bic Formula and his signature red helmet...























Caesar (right) missed the storm for a few hours. Will he be the fastest sarilor in the East Coast this fall?