I pulled into the South Jamesport parking area to find Artie sitting in a beach chair. Why wasn't he sailing? There were whitecaps visible from the road. "I'm waiting for it to come up" he said. I told him I thought I could sail now with a five something and big board, and proceeded to rig. He said he'd do that too. I rigged my 5.4 as Dilay arrived. Brought 109 board to beach, walked back for rig to find Artie and Dilay chatting. Brought 5.4 to beach and launched. Took maybe eight runs when the wind came up. Should I switch to my 100? Took one more run on the now overpowered board. "Heck I'm going to try the 93. Sailed in, walked to the parking area to find Artie and Dilay chatting. Grabbed 93, launched, and was lit. Four runs later I thought I'd take my 109 off the beach. Walked it up to the parking area to find Artie and Dilay chatting. Artie, are you turning into CD?
Finally he finished rigging and joined me on the water, followed soon by Dilay. Warm winds warm water, not much in the way of ramps but we were ripping in August! Both Artie and I had family commitments later in the day so we got off the water early, leaving Dilay to soon be joined by Scotto and George.
(Dilay on port. Photo by Artie. Hey what's with the headline..."short boarding"? Remember when "short board" was a class of windsurfing boards...no centerboard, designed purely for planing conditions? Guess the editor is happy to be planing in 80 degree air temps!)
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