Newborn Sailing: Go Really Local!

[chanrider]

Well we had another kid on Tuesday and its been tuff gettin’ out, so this afternoon I drove down the street to Lake Minnewashta primarily to put our 2 year old to sleep and also see if there was sailable conditions. Looked somewhat possible & the kid was fast asleep, so I raced home and placed the kid in bed and threw my freshly repaired 8.4 (thanks Jeff A!) and junk in the car and went back for an hour + of mostly planing conditions. There were beach and boat people actually cheering on my pathetic jibe attempts near shore, kind of mocking the circus clown I guess but it was actually pretty cool just to be on the water! I don’t think I have ever rigged and de-rigged so quickly cuz there were no other wind people there and I promised to get home before the afternoon nap was over. I’m counting it as a good sesh!

[danf]

Congrats on the new one. Being close to Minnewashta too, I use that lake if I only get an hour as well. People on shore are very curious of the windsurfers. I've only ever seen 1 other person on that lake, mostly becuase the winds change direction based on your location on the lake.

[Woodette]

Congratulations on your new addition to the family! Our 16 year old son just got back from teaching windsurfing in Toronto for 9 weeks and we are just having a blast on the water together. It's something great to look forward to having fun and sharing the passion for a sport with your children. It can't get any better then that

Woodette