Feast your eyes. This very limited edition Mistral Screamer belongs to the gentleman next to it, a windsurfer named Woody. Learn about Woody's Woody on his blog. Warning: Woody has just concluded a week of windsurfing in great conditions in Cape Hatteras. He owns the woody, he just had a fantasy week in Hatteras. If you're looking for your windsurfing luck, he's the guy who probably took it.
A more humble board intended to help beginning windsurfers appears to be desperately in need of someone more familiar with the sport. Consider the footstrap arrangement on this Naish. A Naish! The board's spirit must be cross-eyed with frustration and embarrassment..."Will someone PLEASE fix my footstraps?!?!?!" As seen on eBay. Somebody buy it and help!
In an entirely different vein, I want to note that this afternoon two people are getting on a sailboat in Hoboken, heading out to sea, and once at sea intend to sail for, oh, one thousand days non-stop. They do not plan on pulling in anywhere, nor are they planning on resupplying at any point, likening their adventure to a mission to Mars. This sounds extremely stressful and not much fun. I would rather try and climb Mount Everest, (which is an insane proposition itself). But understanding them is not required for me to root for them, so I will, and wish them well. Good sailing, Schooner Anne!
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Awesome board.
Posted by: Joe Rouse | April 21, 2007 at 02:36 PM
sidenote: Most sailors have a low regard of
Reid. He's sponged money for years from donations.
http://www.sailinganarchy.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=25971
Posted by: Joe Rouse | April 22, 2007 at 05:55 PM
I don't know the back story, Joe, but most of the crowd going after him at Sailing Anarchy (I site I increasingly enjoy) sound like a bunch of haters in that thread.
Regardless, thanks for the heads up.
Posted by: Peconic Puffin (Michael) | April 23, 2007 at 08:19 AM
I've actually been watching Reid's preparations for a long time as he's had the Anne at the barge where I kept my kayaks for so many years.
I've heard about the naysayers, and I could have done many, many, many naysaying posts myself. But I also believe that all those years, he was genuinely & sincerely trying to make this impractical, far-fetched dream a reality.
I'm not a fan of the kind of new-age foofery that surrounds the whole effort - but underneath all the spiritual frills, I think there's always been a very solid commitment that kept Reid going & finally sent them off to sea on Saturday.
Sit me down & give me a couple of Balvenie's and I will question all sorts of things about this trip - but Reid's integrity isn't going to be anywhere on the laundry list.
I will have to go check out the Sailing Anarchy conversation. Always fun watching people get snarky.
Posted by: bonnie | April 23, 2007 at 10:13 AM
Just finished looking through.
That's beyond entertainingly snarky.
Thank god for Sailor CFN & a couple other voices of reason.
This is like all those people on the sea kayak forums who spat all over Andrew McAuley after he disappeared trying to cross the Tasman Sea. Yeah, you can tell somebody's a real expert boater and manly man by the way they semianonymously disparage a dead guy.
Dang.
Without the odd crazed dreamer, we'd still be up in the trees.
Of course one might argue that that might not have been the worst thing in the world...
Oh well. Whatevahs. I'm just a little surprised at the level of hatred one sailing artist type with a nutty dream that he's been chasing after for 20 years can generate among a bunch of people who don't stand to lose any skin off their respective noses no matter how things work out.
Posted by: bonnie | April 23, 2007 at 06:27 PM