For years I have nagged students saying "the more you hold the windsurfing boom the better you get". That seems pretty obvious, but what happens is that as students progress they tend to only windsurf in the strongest winds that they can manage. Typically all the windsurfers come out to play in a force 5 plus.
I have been mixing SUP, SUP surf and Windsurfing which is keeping me pretty fit and getting me on the water. But there is a force 3 hole, bit too windy for a good SUP not so windy for a great sail. Having had a long chat with Farrel (O'shea & Simmer) it was time to chance a Simmer SC Slalom 7.8m, SX8 Carbon Boom and 116 L Monster Slalom machine.
Force 3 and hanging on and charging into gybes fully powered. So, for all the students I've nagged over all the years, I'm now listening to my own mantra and guess what ..... it blew force 5, I was on a 5.3m and my windsurfing, if I say so myself, I was in tune with the equipment and conditions. Summer sailing in a force 3 with the sun beaming down and not a care in the world. whooooo Hoooo - I'm going in a minute as the windy tree has just moved a bit which is now good enough for me to go windsurfing.