Aden at Windpower

Aden had his first windsurfing lesson at Windpower today. Kevin did a great job with him and Mary also helped Aden a lot at the end of the lesson.

Front page news

Nice row of red Severne Raceboard sails on the front page of the Daily Globe this morning.

US Nationals Friday update

We did four course races in A Fleet and Kona today. Formula fleet did 3 course races later in the day as the wind built to ~ 10-15 mph. I had opportunities to get bullets today, but Mark Boersma did a fantastic job closing out races, pulling past me in the last moments of R2 and R4 today (R6 and R8 overall). I need to impove on closing out races if I'm going to get any more bullets at this event ;) Bu it is great having strong competition. Andy Gratton sailed very fast today, usually the first around the windwark mark and also right in the mix in each race today.


Since Formula didn't start racing until after A Fleet was done, I quickly switched over to Formula gear to race with them. I didn't manage to switch fast enough to make their first start, but I did each of the next two races (R6 an R7 for them). I finished after Ron Kern and ahead of Guy Miller in each. It was fun racing Formula again since it has been several years since I have done an official race in that class. I was on my Starboard HWR, Severne Reflex2 11.0, and Finworks 70LT (thanks Dave Lassila - it is still working great!).


Tomorrow's forecast is for 20-30+ so more slalom is planned. Maybe some course racing if conditions don't meet the forecast.


Course racing RESULTS through Friday:
A Fleet  |  Kona  |  Sport  |  Formula


Also check out the US Windsurfing and WorthingtonWindsurfing facebook pages for pictures, updates, etc...

US Nationals Update

We did course racing on day1 and slalom on day2. I'm sitting in 2nd place in course racing and 3rd place in slalom.

Course Results - Day 1

Slalom Results - Day 2

Results for other fleets linked at www.mowind.org

Registration day at Nationals

We got to Worthington this afternoon. Got gear out of the trailer, helped with RC stuff, and setup camp. Camping across the beach in a friendly neighbors side yard.

Wind should be in the teens tomorrow - good for course racing. 20-30 mph winds forecast for day2 (thurs) so should be a fun start to the event.

New Severne Raceboard sail

I got a new Severne 9.5 Raceboard sail two days before the Dam Jam. The cut is slightly different than my previous sail, and it now features more monofilm and less of the x-ply material that used to be used throughout the sail. The new sail also adds a 4th camber inducer (3 above the boom, 1 below). It feels a bit crisper now and is probably a bit lighter. I still need to adjust the cam and batten tension a bit to improve the rotation, but this is common with any new race sail.

I hope to have everything ironed out with the sail for US Nationals in Worthington, MN in a few weeks.

Check out some pictures of the new 9.5 as well as some of the previous model.

My previous 9.5 Raceboard sail (2012 model year)

New 9.5 Raceboard sail (2014 model year)

Gliding downwind in light wind

Heading upwind in a stiff breeze. US292 is on a 2012 9.5 Raceboard. I'm sheeted out a bit to bear off since the puff lifted us above the layline.

Dam Jam

Dam Jam was fun last weekend. Saturday was light very shifty wind that saw the fleet really mixing it up throughout each race. Alex Monroe and Adam Anderson were consistent in keeping their speed and finding wind throughout the day and each won two races, with Alex holding a 1-point lead over Adam at day's end. I struggled with finding wind at times and only managed one top-3 finish, but at least it was a bullet in race3.

Sunday was forecast with more wind that was set to build throughout the day. The first race (R6) I had to overcome a poor start to salvage a fourth place as Peter, Adam, and Alex checked out on the rest of us. The wind got over 10mph by R7 and I finally got my act together to win the race. R8 had more wind and Adam and I duked it out to the finish in a strong puff as we tacked to the starboard layline to finish. Adam was higher into the wind and had to push off the wind to get down to the boat (low end of the line) while I was lower and right on the layline sailing more comfortably. But he hunkered down through the puff and held me off at the finish.

R9 had probably the most wind of the regatta (gusts to 20) and me and Don Atlmeyer got to the upwind mark first. We caught a great puff coming around the mark and were able to plane all the way through the next two reaching legs. I was able to hold off Don for the bullet. R10 was also windy and Adam and I got a good start to lead at the top mark. I shifted gears quicker for the reaching legs and took another bullet.

With 10 good races in the books, my brother Adam Anderson took home the Dam Jam title. He sailed well both days and had very few mistakes. I dug too big of a hole for my title hopes on Saturday but was able to sail well enough Sunday to tie with Alex, and win the tiebreaker (most bullets) for 2nd overall.

RESULTS:    A Fleet    |    Kona    |    Sport

Click HERE for pictures from the 2014 Dam Jam, courtesy of "Low Boom" Larry Reed.

Up next is US Windsurfing National Championship in Worthington, MN