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  • Clinging to the Kona
    “No! Not the Kona! I love my Kona! Please don’t take it from me!”
    2010-09-05 22:46:42 | 219 views | 2 Comments
  • Hudson Windsurfer: But I Was Helping Somebody!
    I feel like I’ve been inventing new and more clever ways of hurting myself, but that’s not going to get in the way of a good time.
    2010-08-18 22:35:23 | 163 views | 0 Comments
  • Good Equipment Is Important
    If I had been thinking clearly, I would have floated on my back and repaired that inhaul line with a good square knot, but I wasn’t thinking clearly.
    2010-08-13 23:49:29 | 240 views | 2 Comments
  • Hudson Windsurfer: Wife Wins River Warrior Award
    My wife has now joined the ranks of river warriors. For years she’s been mocking me about swimming in the Hudson River, the so called “Dirty Stream”, named by Pete Seeger. However, as an accomplished swimmer, the Hudson presented a certain fascination...
    2010-07-31 22:55:21 | 223 views | 4 Comments
  • Hudson Windsurfer: The River Has Other Plans
    Today was going to be my first return to the Hudson after my foray into beach sailing in Cape Cod. Cape Cod had been pretty good to me. I had sailed out in the swells of Corn Hill beach pretty successfully, with not too many spills, so I was ready to go back to my home front and conquer the Hudson yet again...
    2010-07-26 07:28:03 | 309 views | 2 Comments
  • Up The River
    I should stop here and make clear that I'm not an experienced high-wind sailor. I'm not a really into adrenaline rushes and have never really craved speed, so heading out into planing conditions is always a little intimidating
    2010-06-30 21:43:57 | 154 views | 1 Comments
  • The Wind Gods Laugh!
    You probably didn't know that the wind gods had names. They are known as the Anemoi in Greek mythology
    2010-06-23 05:34:05 | 174 views | 1 Comments
  • East Coast Windfest Report
    I never thought that all that low-wind tactical sailing I'd done on the Hudson River would pay off, but here it did.
    2010-06-13 21:17:27 | 125 views | 0 Comments
  • Off To East Coast Windfest!
    It's early Saturday morning and I'm ready to head out to Long Island for the annual East Coast Windfest. As an intermediate-level sailor, I really enjoy going to Windfest and watching all the windsurfers who are clearly better than me do their thing...
    2010-06-12 05:09:09 | 143 views | 0 Comments
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