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by Quetzalcoatl
Wed Mar 09, 2022 6:27 pm
Forum: LAKAWA Chat
Topic: Long windsurf boards Vs. Short windsurf boards....the pluses and cons....
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Views: 1052

Long windsurf boards Vs. Short windsurf boards....the pluses and cons....

Both are great! (Long boards and short boards). Short windsurf boards are easier to turn quick and to gybe. But they are sometimes more difficult to waterstart (being so short) they "round up" into the wind more quickly than a long board. At least with a long board you get about one second...
by Quetzalcoatl
Mon Feb 28, 2022 6:36 pm
Forum: LAKAWA Chat
Topic: Lakes are gonna open up soon!!!! Late March for sure! 71 degrees in Southern Iowa...
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Views: 1095

Lakes are gonna open up soon!!!! Late March for sure! 71 degrees in Southern Iowa...

Windsurfing on the Rise! Lakes shall be opening up soon! Late March for sure! Maybe sooner in Southern Iowa. Southern Iowa may hit 70 degrees this week! I gotta get all my fins set up, (make sure I'm not missing any screws). I hate to have a fin fit! Windsurfing on the Rise! There shall be a Windsur...
by Quetzalcoatl
Mon Feb 28, 2022 3:51 pm
Forum: LAKAWA Chat
Topic: "The Sea was angry that day my friends............"
Replies: 2
Views: 1093

Re: "The Sea was angry that day my friends............"

I could buy a almost new 7.5 Cheetah sail for that price (300 bucks) instead of a Season Pass at Welch.
Dave Ezzy says: :Ezzy sails are supposed to last forever! (if you treat it right.)
Quetzalcoatl out.
by Quetzalcoatl
Fri Feb 18, 2022 3:25 pm
Forum: LAKAWA Chat
Topic: Pete G. "do you need a new "used" fin box for that 283 bic tenhno?
Replies: 2
Views: 2110

Re: Pete G. "do you need a new "used" fin box for that 283 bic tenhno?

O-kay. That's great! I'm glad you were able to improvise a good fix.

Eric.
by Quetzalcoatl
Thu Feb 17, 2022 6:31 pm
Forum: LAKAWA Chat
Topic: A Challange: Quetzalcoatl (a Windsurfer) Would like to "Challange" windsurf Foiler or "Wing sailor"
Replies: 0
Views: 1086

A Challange: Quetzalcoatl (a Windsurfer) Would like to "Challange" windsurf Foiler or "Wing sailor"

I, (Quetzalcoatl) on a regular windsurf board would like to "drag Race" any Winsurf foiler or Wing sailor late this Spring 2022. Kite boarders would fun to race too be we already know that Windsurfing is FASTER than kiteboarding. Or do YOU think otherwise? Kite boarding is fast and may be ...
by Quetzalcoatl
Fri Feb 11, 2022 12:51 pm
Forum: LAKAWA Chat
Topic: Quetzalcoatl speaks on "Climate Change" (my Prognosis)
Replies: 1
Views: 2104

Re: Quetzalcoatl speaks on "Climate Change" (my Prognosis)

Kulkulkan is the Mayan God of Wind and Wisdom. (for the Aztecs the same god is Quetzalcoatl). And we windsurfers/kiteboarders and wing foilers and windsurf foilers and kite foilers, this is important to keep in mine as we wait for Hurricane conditions for sailing. The word Hurricane is a Mayan word ...
by Quetzalcoatl
Mon Feb 07, 2022 5:01 pm
Forum: LAKAWA Chat
Topic: Pete G. "do you need a new "used" fin box for that 283 bic tenhno?
Replies: 2
Views: 2110

Pete G. "do you need a new "used" fin box for that 283 bic tenhno?

Hey Pete, Do you need a new "used" fin box for the Bic Techno 283 board? Or...did you already fix it! I could part with a techno 273 board (which as the very same Trim box fin box with sliders). If you really want to have get the board back to it's natural beautiful feasabliity state of &q...
by Quetzalcoatl
Wed Feb 02, 2022 12:54 pm
Forum: LAKAWA Chat
Topic: Ground Hog Day and I caught my fourth squirrel (live!) while I dream of windsurfing (just six weeks away)...
Replies: 0
Views: 1057

Ground Hog Day and I caught my fourth squirrel (live!) while I dream of windsurfing (just six weeks away)...

Today, It's Groundhog Day and I caught my fourth Squirrel (live!) in the flap trap. These critters have been chewing away at the base of my balcony. They made a nice warm nest (a deep hole). No spray nor strong smelling pellets worked at all to get them out. Just the flap trap with a heavy small pla...
by Quetzalcoatl
Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:18 pm
Forum: LAKAWA Chat
Topic: When Whitecaps turn into "Smoke on the Water".(how much wind needed)....
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Views: 1155

When Whitecaps turn into "Smoke on the Water".(how much wind needed)....

So, how much wind is needed to turn the tops of the whitecaps into "Smoke on the water?" Anybody want to guess? Anyway, a lot of wind,,,maybe close to 30 mph. If you've ever been out on a deep water lake (even if it's just a mile wide all around) but deep water, you've experienced "Sm...
by Quetzalcoatl
Mon Jan 10, 2022 4:47 pm
Forum: LAKAWA Chat
Topic: "The Sea was angry that day my friends............"
Replies: 2
Views: 1093

"The Sea was angry that day my friends............"

That line, "The Sea was angry that day my friends...", this phrase will always capture YOUR attention, right? Well, with Corona Virus still (literally) in the air everywhere,,,,I have not been to the sea for almost two years now. But,,, our ,Midwest lakes are a good substitutes. Heck, I've...
by Quetzalcoatl
Tue Dec 28, 2021 1:11 pm
Forum: LAKAWA Chat
Topic: Trimming my sail, (literally) not by pulling on the sheet, but...using......
Replies: 0
Views: 1135

Trimming my sail, (literally) not by pulling on the sheet, but...using......

Well, you know the nautical statement.."Trim the sails." this means: pull on the Main Sheet (the rope) or pull on the jib sheet, (to smooth out any wringles in the luff. Well, I'm Trimming my jib sail with Scissosrs! Yeah,,,remember, that mid December storm damaged beyond repair my Jib sai...
by Quetzalcoatl
Mon Dec 20, 2021 7:26 pm
Forum: LAKAWA Chat
Topic: I should have left my storm jib up and NOT the 110% jib.....
Replies: 0
Views: 1109

I should have left my storm jib up and NOT the 110% jib.....

During Last Wednesday's storm (kind of Like a short lasting Category 1 hurricane on Dec 15th at night), my 110% Jib got Ripped to Shreads! My sailboat was in the marina in the parking lot,(with the jib furlow reefed on the spindle drum thing). Yes, I should have removed it, but I was Lazy and I LOST...
by Quetzalcoatl
Thu Dec 09, 2021 7:01 pm
Forum: LAKAWA Chat
Topic: Shall I wear a shorty? on Wens. Dec. 15th, Lake Saylorville, Ankeny, IA 71 degs. 24 mph S-SW wind wind..
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Views: 1084

Shall I wear a shorty? on Wens. Dec. 15th, Lake Saylorville, Ankeny, IA 71 degs. 24 mph S-SW wind wind..

Next Wens. on Dec. 15th it shall be 71 degrees in the Des Moines, IA area. And WIND and OPEN water! Here in SE MN it'll be around 52 degrees, but not much wind for the rare patch of open water, (Lake Pepin, or Upper St. Croix). Lake Pepin (widest part of the Mississippi River) will only get about 9 ...
by Quetzalcoatl
Thu Dec 02, 2021 1:18 pm
Forum: LAKAWA Chat
Topic: asembling the "Best" dry-suit ever!!!! (combing parts of two different Dry-suit brands)
Replies: 0
Views: 1066

asembling the "Best" dry-suit ever!!!! (combing parts of two different Dry-suit brands)

My favorite Dry-suit (the Bare-Polar drysuit) stopped being made, several years ago. I've blown out three of them over twenty years. A fourth and a fifth Bare polar were 2nd hand and turned out not safe. This dry-suit allowed me to Windsurf in Minnesota every month of the year, (except February). We...
by Quetzalcoatl
Tue Nov 23, 2021 1:09 pm
Forum: LAKAWA Chat
Topic: French Island waves were ablaze!! (La Crosse, Wi)
Replies: 0
Views: 1464

French Island waves were ablaze!! (La Crosse, Wi)

La Crosse, Wisconsin is Truely God's country. Not jusr because of Old Style Beer, (as they used to say in the commercials),,which is part of the historical significance and charisma that this geographic location provides. But..... just off of I-90 is French Island, and it's a peninsula that juts up ...
by Quetzalcoatl
Wed Nov 17, 2021 1:41 pm
Forum: LAKAWA Chat
Topic: November has been designated as Windsurfer month
Replies: 0
Views: 1065

November has been designated as Windsurfer month

Yeah....considering the fact that November seems to be our most windy month now...

November shall be called....Windsurfer month!


Quetzalcoatl out.

Thar be wind all this week thru Sunday!!

Windsurfing on the Rise!
by Quetzalcoatl
Thu Nov 04, 2021 12:37 pm
Forum: LAKAWA Chat
Topic: ),,
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Views: 1296

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Friday, Nov. 5th...."The Edgar Winter Group" (with backup band, called Aerosmith)....ah no...that was back in 1975,, now fast forward to 2021... Even better,,,Tomorrow, Nov. 5th...thar be WIND!!!!!! Lake Cannon (pretty good)...Clear Lake, IA (Excellent!)...Eagle Lake (supreme conditions), ...
by Quetzalcoatl
Wed Nov 03, 2021 2:44 pm
Forum: LAKAWA Chat
Topic: on the road West of Omaha for a Perfect windsurf Swap...
Replies: 0
Views: 1202

on the road West of Omaha for a Perfect windsurf Swap...

On Oct. 31st (Holloween) I drove to York, Nebraska (one hour west of Omaha) for the purpose of Swaping a Board for a Sail! YEah! Yeah that's right. My Tecnho (yellow) 133 liter for a brand "NEW" Ezzy 9.5 Cheetah sail! It was fun driving 80 mph all the way from Rochester to York Neb! and ba...
by Quetzalcoatl
Tue Sep 21, 2021 12:41 pm
Forum: LAKAWA Chat
Topic: Steady STRONG Wind (just like Padre) on Sunday in Mankato area....how about YOU?
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Views: 1989

Steady STRONG Wind (just like Padre) on Sunday in Mankato area....how about YOU?

WOW! Sunday, Sept. 19th, 2021 the wind was blowin from the South at a base wind of 25 mph,,and my wind meter recorded many gusts at 33 mph! This was what we've been waiting for! I sailed from the North public ramp (which is most beautiful) on a small cliff grassy park at North end of Eagle Lake, (ju...
by Quetzalcoatl
Fri Sep 17, 2021 2:42 pm
Forum: LAKAWA Chat
Topic: Sept 16h (yesterday) ROCKED!!!! mucho viento (mucho wind)....
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Views: 1726

Sept 16h (yesterday) ROCKED!!!! mucho viento (mucho wind)....

Greetings to all from People of the South Wind (so profectic was "KANSAS"!! How did they know, that Southern Minnesota would be "the Place for wind. Especial SOUTH WIND like yesterday. I got a late start (which "not uncommon" for me) and I started out for Lake Cannon,,,,but ...