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Pretty exciting stuff here.  Still baby steps, but steady movement forward none the less.

So over the past three years, my son Owen, and Joe’s grandson Vance have been windsurfing a handful of times in the shallows of Canandaigua Lake together.  The days there normally involve plenty of candy and sweets, and a ton of good laughing.  Oh, and th…[Read more]

Pretty exciting stuff here.  Still baby steps, but steady movement forward none the less.

So over the past three years, my son Owen, and Joe’s grandson Vance have been windsurfing a handful of times in the shallows of Canandaigua Lake together.  The days there normally involve plenty of candy and sweets, and a ton of good laughing.  Oh, and th…[Read more]

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I love drag racing everybody on the water,  but racing on a course with strategy is a different thing all together.  I’m more of a free ride lover at heart.  If I were to like racing it would be more like a long figure 8 slalom course.

Anyhow, it has actually been pretty exciting to tune in to the RSX racing (and watching the previously re…[Read more]

Honestly, when the wind alarms started going off on my phone, I thought I had missed a small wind window for sure.  I waffled on going to the lake around noon, and chanced a text to Skymongrel Scott, who replied he had an eye on it as well,  and was willing to give it a go.  I was feeling like it was a huge gamble and that for sure I would get sk…[Read more]

I was aware of this months ago, but Weatherflow sent along another e mail blast about this:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/weatherflow-smart-weather-stations?mc_cid=6334ed88f7&mc_eid=ae0a3fd3d3#/

Could this be the affordable solution to our wind meter needs at some of our local spots?  They state that YES, we can publish our data directly…[Read more]

Thanks to all of the Groupme crew for texting in relevant info about conditions at the pond.  Re-energized Eric M. gave a goo report of 5.8 conditions and that got me pumped

I arrived after work to Eric on the water on 5.8, Art on 5.2, Joe on 5.2, and another sailor ripping on a small looking RAF Cam sail.  Folks looked to be doing pretty well o…[Read more]

I guess i created a RWS Facebook page at the right time!!

That is the first piece of news, the other is that Greg, Jason and some others got a cherry on the top finish to the day with a beauty sunset sesh with none other than News 8 anchor John Kucko as a spectator and live reporter.

He went live from his phone to Facebook for a couple minutes…[Read more]

The show started late, and the wind was very dress rehearsal-ish, but plenty of people got out on the water.

Tough call (well, easy for some, but not me) whether or not to go to Montana or Webster Park for windsurfing.  The wind was WNW in the 20’s and touching in at Montana with a lot better odds if you under powered.

Joe H. and I rigged up…[Read more]

The show started late, and the wind was very dress rehearsal-ish, but plenty of people got out on the water.

Tough call (well, easy for some, but not me) whether or not to go to Montana or Webster Park for windsurfing.  The wind was WNW in the 20’s and touching in at Montana with a lot better odds if you under powered.

Joe H. and I rigged up…[Read more]