MOWIND Racing Starts Soon!

The MOWIND Race Series kicks off in a few weeks. I'll be running the Walleye Wagatta at the fantastic Windpower Windsurfing venue in Fond du Lac, WI on May 12-13. Click HERE to visit the registration page on the Windpower website.

The next weekend I will be racing at the 6th annual Dam Jam in Des Moines, IA. This event is usually blessed with great spring winds and it should be another great event. In addition to being part of the MOWIND Race Series, it is also part of the US Windsurfing National Race Tour. Click HERE for more info and registration for the Dam Jam.

The full MOWIND Race Calendar is located HERE.

Setting up the 7.0 Reflex III

I rigged the 7.0 Reflex III to set it up today. It looks pretty good.
Only needed to adjust tension on two of the battens. Hoping for wind
tomorrow.

Severne Reflex III delivery

I just received the Reflex III's. They look pretty good. 6.2 on the
left and 7.0 on the right. I still have the 7.8 Reflex II from last
year. These should be great on the iSonic 121(2010) and new 2012 iSonic
97.

Midwinters Photos

Here are some of the photos of me at Midwinters. These are linked over from the Calema website. I think these photos are all from Race 4 (2nd Kona race on Saturday).

Joachim (1679) fast and low off the line, Gottleib (425) just behind, Nevin (1007) fast and high, and me up the highest but a bit back.

Nevin in 1st on the way to the leeward mark. I'm on the green sail in pursuit.

Nevin's rounding, I'm still chasing...

Coming to the leeward mark behind Nevin

Honing in...

Round it strong

Head up and start chasing Nevin

Locked and loaded

Joachim in 3rd with Steve Gottleib in pursuit

Joachim's rounding

I also just noticed the following pictures in the album. It is the start of R5. Joachim and I were both over early, so DNS scores. We were pushing pretty hard, and you need to do that to find the edge. Too bad there wasn't any more racing after this one :(

Pre-start: I'm hoping for a good start at the pin on port

I know I'm a bit early so I bear away to run the line...

Jumping the port start with Woody (1343) and Nevin (1007) putting on the pressure

I got away clean, but not sure if I was over early. Also notice how much the starboard tackers have to pinch just to make the mark. Pin was V-E-R-Y favored...I shouldn't have pushed it so hard and still would've had the advantage.

Another picture from Calema.

Me and Nevin on the beach

Here are a few more pictures from Midwinters.

Powered up

Bearing away to the leeward mark

Some photos made it onto the poster for 2013 Nationals

Calema Midwinters Results

Results are posted on the Calema website: http://calema.com/events/calema-midwinters-2012/calema-midwinters-results/

I finished 4th in Kona fleet. Congratulations to Nevin Sayre on winning the event and to all the other Kona sailors as well.

Midwinters is done

Midwinters is complete. No racing for any fleets on Sunday. Curious decision in my opinion.

Lunch

Verdict is: lunch time. Decision on racing is supposed to be at 12:30.