Sunday, May 25, 2008
Sunset Park, Harvey Cedars, New Jersey
Yes, the first sail of the season. Seems like Little League keeps me away from the shore during prime NJ sailing season . . . oh, well, Little League is pretty great, too.
Gorgeous day -- mid-70s, wind 10-12 SSW. There were two other windsurfers today, a couple with small children taking turns between the swings and the wind.
After shaking down and cleaning up the gear in the morning and cleaning out my Dad's boat, I got on the water around 3:00pm. Lasted to 4:30pm. Glad I bought the sunscreen and aloe. Everything I needed to replace last year at this time still needs replacing. Nice attention to detail there, Steve.
Sunset Park is suffering from erosion. The grassy area in front of the bushes where I used to rig the sail is now eaten away. Up on the point, the town has put rocks and a very small jetty. Had to rig further up the point to find grass. The spot under the trees is now too overgrown to sit in comfortably. The Park itself is in nice shape; I'm just talking about the canal front.
The wind picked up while I was out. It was upwind to get out of the canal, and the water was very shallow in the outer cove. But once out past the island it was beautiful. The outbound tack was right into the sun and that whole sparkly thing happened when I stopped fighting with the sail enough to notice.
Tired, sunburnt, happy. Excellent. Couldn't ask for better.
Thought I would go down to Island Surf'n'Sail on the way back to pick up replacements for the worn stuff. Caught them just after close, though. Saw Jack Bushko on the way out of the store to a kayak lesson, so back tomorrow for to replace all the stretchy bits that don't stretch anymore.
Yes, the first sail of the season. Seems like Little League keeps me away from the shore during prime NJ sailing season . . . oh, well, Little League is pretty great, too.
Gorgeous day -- mid-70s, wind 10-12 SSW. There were two other windsurfers today, a couple with small children taking turns between the swings and the wind.
After shaking down and cleaning up the gear in the morning and cleaning out my Dad's boat, I got on the water around 3:00pm. Lasted to 4:30pm. Glad I bought the sunscreen and aloe. Everything I needed to replace last year at this time still needs replacing. Nice attention to detail there, Steve.
Sunset Park is suffering from erosion. The grassy area in front of the bushes where I used to rig the sail is now eaten away. Up on the point, the town has put rocks and a very small jetty. Had to rig further up the point to find grass. The spot under the trees is now too overgrown to sit in comfortably. The Park itself is in nice shape; I'm just talking about the canal front.
The wind picked up while I was out. It was upwind to get out of the canal, and the water was very shallow in the outer cove. But once out past the island it was beautiful. The outbound tack was right into the sun and that whole sparkly thing happened when I stopped fighting with the sail enough to notice.
Tired, sunburnt, happy. Excellent. Couldn't ask for better.
Thought I would go down to Island Surf'n'Sail on the way back to pick up replacements for the worn stuff. Caught them just after close, though. Saw Jack Bushko on the way out of the store to a kayak lesson, so back tomorrow for to replace all the stretchy bits that don't stretch anymore.
