My windsurfing gear is bone dry.
I've been sailing since 1992, which makes this my 20th season. The only year I didn't get any water time in May was 2002, but that was on account of having rotator cuff surgery the month before. This year lack of conditions has been my bugaboo. Yeah if I'd driven 50 miles to Heckscher I could have scored some water time, but that wasn't in the cards. So my callouses are nearly gone, and the East Coast Windsurfing Festival is just two weeks away. I'm gonna get my tail kicked!
Thank the water gods for SUP (decent sesh with Scott, the Wolf, Jeff and Steve on Saturday. In the top photo Scott questions my manlyness, querying my use of hood whilst the rest of the gang paddled hatless. In the bottom photo, having explained that I was using the hood as a sunburn protectorant, I try to catch what clearly isn't a wave. Pix courtesy Jeff.)
This Wed. and Thurs. promise to be killer days at Heckscher. 5.3/4.7 with dare I say a possible dash of 4.2!
Posted by: mike burns | May 31, 2011 at 10:16 AM
pleeeeease geeeevit to meeee!
Posted by: scott k. | May 31, 2011 at 03:19 PM
question1 -why would i want to sail@ heckscher no matter how windy? n question2-how can anyone sitting in a canoe possibly question a man's virility while he's standing upright on a board? please mighty puffin enlighten me!
Posted by: bill barber | May 31, 2011 at 05:49 PM
Bill:
1. The question is not "why would i want to sail @Heckscher" but instead "where else can I sail 4.7 while the rest of the island has nothing" and the answer is often Heckscher.
2. Scott's on-the-water conversational and vocal skills are well reknowned. At least I reknown them!
Posted by: Michael | June 01, 2011 at 06:27 AM
This is a SUP blog!
Posted by: Joe Rouse | June 03, 2011 at 06:42 PM
Hey Michael, did you here about this?
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/06/01/police-pack-of-18-foot-sharks-comes-dangerously-close-to-long-island-shore/
Posted by: Ian Berger | June 04, 2011 at 07:03 PM
Yes Ian, it's been the talk of the town! Check back tomorrow for the Puffinized version.
Posted by: Michael | June 06, 2011 at 05:50 PM