How is everyone on the Windsurfing Kentucky (and other surrounding
states) YahooGroup doing? Has everyone had a chance to sail this spring
in some of the great wind we've had.

We had our first child in January, so I have only been able to hit the
water once since then. It was a couple of weeks before Easter and it
was excellent. I went to Patoka Lake in Indiana, and the winds were
blowing in a range from 8-22 knots (10-26 MPH). When I was rigging it
was really blowing, and since I had not been since Thanksgiving, I
figured I would have to take a breather between each out and back run.
The wind ended up doing that for me. It would blow 22 knots for about
15 minutes and then only 8-12 knots for the next 5 minutes. Sure it
would have been nice with a constant 22 knots, but my arms would have
been completely burned after 4 hours.

My rig was my Starboard Carve 161 Litre board with my 7.5m sail.

It was just me, Jeff from Jasper and Tony from Jasper. We had a blast
with some great planing conditions. There were a couple of times that
it was all I could do to harness the power of a gust on top of a gust.

I want to hear your stories of sailing this spring and/or what plans
you have in the future for sailing. I know that some of you just
returned from a trip to Hatteras, NC, and I want the details.

Happy sailing,
Creston
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