Since hurricane Katrina created such a disaster down south, Tony
Duncan, Jesenko, and I tried to even the score on this past Tuesday.
Tony was at Patoka Lake Beach before noon with an ok breeze, and the
wind almost died completely when Jesenko and I showed up around 12:30.
We rigged our 7.5 sails anyway and sailed a bit when it picked back up
to about 7-10 knots. I had not been on the water for two months, so I
was just glad to be out there.

After about 45 minutes, the wind lessened again and we took a break.
Jesenko went to shore to do some equipment experiments while Tony and I
floated on our boards off shore and chatted for about 20 minutes. We
gave up and went to shore. Tony decided to take a nap in his van while
Jesenko and I relaxed under one of the pavilions.

Jesenko said that he checked the web just before he left home and it
said not much wind until 7:00 PM. After another 30 minutes it was 4:30.
I told Jesenko that I would give it another 15 minutes to do something
or I was leaving.

After 15 minutes, I figured I was about ready to leave, but since the
board was rigged and at the waters edge I wanted to just play around a
bit more before packing. The wind was about 10 knots at this time. As I
played around the wind began to build. After 15 minutes I reached
planing speed. Tony and Jesenko walked swiftly down the beach and it
was great sailing with a plane on every run for the next two hours. We
came off the water at about 7:30. Within 20 minutes, the wind increased
to the next level and was blowing about 25 knots.

It was a great day and the light rain was actually enjoyable all day.
We all wore some type of neoprene accessory, either just a wetsuit top,
bottom, or a shorty. It did not look or feel like August at all. An
excellent day to begin the thought of the coming fall winds.

Happy sailing,
Creston
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Creston B. Parker
Louisville, KY 502-386-3296
Website = http://www.CrestonParker.com/windsurf
YahooGroup = http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/windsurfky


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