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| To ENLARGE the view please click on any image. REFRESH to ensure the latest uploads are showing. |
| Scroll down for recent entries. Somewhat older and dated photo storage is located above… |
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| (iPhone8+) Wednesday, Sept 4th Club Lasalle, St.Catharines, moderate, variable WNW - NW wind. |
| Rough, lumpy conditions, with an unfortunate light & gusty side-on wind, from the shoreline, out past the sandbar break, (to infinity) and beyond… |
| (Translation - not decent windsurfing for the most part, and please credit the last part above to my co-pilot Buzz Lightyear) |
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| Most any wind solution… |
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| Click here A windinsight video (footage by Sean Shapcott) - Our Grandchildren - Grant & Blakey |
| with their dad, on a first family round of golf… (Choose HD720 in settings.) |
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| Practise swings, putting greens, and driving ranges… |
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| Tuesday, August 27th Long Beach Conservation Area. Generally overcast and occasional light rain. Variable south wind ranging from 13 - 18 knots… |
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| Above, another clean gybe, and the fastest tack of the day, delightful to watch and actually capture, a pure, perfect move, so sweet to watch… |
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| Please check out a new WNY wind report link (click below) or up above right for another |
| validation of (in this case) a minimum 15+ mph wind forecast probability… |
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| Two up and coming windsurfers… |
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| Wednesday, August 14th Racenight Generally good offshore wind for drifters & spinnakers… |
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| Spinnaker repaired and flying, above right… |
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| Wednesday, August 7th Racenight (SW) 10 - 15 knot wind… |
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| Please check out our new WNY wind report link up above right for another hopeful validation of oft-times questionable forecast possibilities, sigh… |
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| Wednesday, July 31st Racenight The light wind start eventually dropped to 0.0 |
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| Monday, July 29th Two foilers showed up at LaSalle… |
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| Saturday, July 27th Around the mark off Point Abino Lighthouse and back to Port Colborne… |
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| Actually way happier than he appears. Please click on the images to enlarge the pics… |
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| A spinnaker seam ripped apart. We had to raise an alternate drifter in its place. The time lost plus using a smaller replacement sail cost us any chance of placing well in the racing fleet. Sigh… |
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| Wednesday, July 24th Racenight Good wind for all… |
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| Lucky shot… |
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| Backyard Black Tip Swallowtail, and a cheeky goldfinch… |
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| Friday, July 19th Light winds prevailed. Larger boards and sails were successfully pressed into service. |
| Unfortunately, Saturday didn't deliver either. Hang in there! July is simply being July… |
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| Generally variable and disappointing lighter winds throughout the afternoon. Doming conditions prevailed in spite of the stronger forecast… |
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| Wednesday, July 10th Racenight SW - light wind and warm… |
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| Check out the wind for today on Eric's 15+ knot forecast (aka - Eric (Big "E")) Mihelbergel's, Western New York Wind forecast… |
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| posting for interest - July 7th On November 24th, 2012 a new speed sailing record - 75 mph, or 121 kph, or 65.45knots… |
| Paul Larsen and the Vestas Sailrocket |
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| Video - Paul Larson at speed setting the record with the Vestas Sailrocket. (Choose HD 720 in settings.) |
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| Wednesday, July 3rd * Racenight * SW - light variable wind, hazy, and warm… |
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| Wednesday, June 26th Racenight Finally blessed with some decent, useable wind… |
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| (New video) - Coming Home to Port Colborne from Port Dover in SW 25+ knots, |
| (max boat speed recorded on GPS - 12.9 knots) |
| June 22nd - 25th Lake Erie Interclub Cruise… |
| (iPhone 8+ & Canon EF 70-200mm 2.8) |
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| Heading up-lake from Port Colborne to Port Dover… |
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| Welcomen, Willkomme, Valkomna, Tervetuloa, Bienvenue, and home for the next 4 days… |
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| A few prerace & race shots, rain and more rain, and an epic return ride to Port Colborne in winds that eventually increased to 25+ knots… |
| (Still sorting and uploading) |
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| Wednesday, June 19th Calm conditions prevailed. Race cancelled… |
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| Friday, June 14th Long Beach - Good wind all day… |
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| Lions Park Mommy Maggie and Auntie Bethy came here to play as children… |
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| Wednesday, June 12th Racenight - Calm and cancelled… |
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| Wednesday, June 5th Racenight. Damp, overcast, cold, foggy, often bleak, |
| and (for the most part) an abysmal light wind, but who cares, it was such good fun… (scroll down) |
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| June 3rd The lake was cold, blue skies and sunshine prevailed, and Long Beach was windy today… (scroll down) |
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| May 30th Club Race. Generally overcast and a bit chilly. But, there was enough wind to complete two course laps… (scroll down) |
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| Hopefully our August will soon become the first Lego actual full-size sailboard shaper… |
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| May 22nd Sugarloaf Sailing Club. Light wind and a rain-shortened course for our |
| first race of the season… (scroll down) |
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| May 21st Very high water at Lakeside Park, Port Dalhousie, Lake Ontario. |
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| May 25th Firemen's Park… |
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| May 16th Almost getting there… |
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| A pretty good reason to consider buying a lottery ticket… |
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| May 11th Another season begins… |
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| Recent Photogallery just above. |
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