--- In Manitoba_Windsurfing_Club@yahoogroups.com, "athankeli SCHMIDT"
<keleye_43@h...> wrote:
>
> hey char. Well, as for the best place to learn, I'd have to vote
for the
> lagoon at grand beach. it's small so the waves don't get ya, and
there's a
> great launch for rigging etc. You can rent equipment there on the
weekends,
> but I don't know about lessons. If you're out on a windy day,
though,
> there's always lots of folks around who would be happy to give you
some free
> advice, I'm sure (I get a lot of free advice that I didn't even ask
for
> cause I'm not very good! Heheh)
> On another note, I'm moving to Toronto very shortly, and my board
isn't
> coming. It's a great beginner kit (it was my first board) big and
sturdy
> with a daggerboard and a small lightweight rig; easy to handle. I'm
selling
> the whole deal for $1000; it's a pretty good deal. It's a BiC
Veloce 328
> (that means it's 328cm long); which is pretty big compared to what
you'll
> see most guys riding. Bigger board=more stability=good for
> beginners/novices. My sail is 4.7m, which is also pretty small
comparatively
> speaking, but it's about all I can handle! (I'm pretty small and
weak
> heheh). And obviously it's easier to learn with a smaller sail! I
think I
> learned with a 3m sail. Last Monday I was out and there was a good
wind and
> I was cruisin' with my 4.7 and the rest of the guys out there had
7.0s and
> 8.0s; they were shredding!
> I learned at summer camp when I was a kid, but there's really only
so much
> you can be told; you just gotta feel it. You learn through trial
and error
> that if you throw your mast back, you go up-wind, and the more you
pull your
> clew (the tip of your boom) in, the more power you get etc...
> Have you even been on a board before? I'll warn you that it's
discouraging
> the first time you try; it's a heck of a lot harder than it looks.
But IT'S
> WORTH IT; once you get planing it's the best feeling in the world!
> Are you in Winnipeg? Maybe we could go out to the lagoon together
some time!
> I'm totally reading into things here, but you sound like a gal in
your early
> twenties, which is what I am (okay, that sounds like I'm hitting on
you. I'm
> not a lesbian!!!! I just want to make sure you're not some 50 year
old man,
> heheh) There aren't too many young women on the scene in manitoba;
that's
> for sure!!!
> Cheerios Keli
>
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