Thursday, June 4, 2009

Windfest Checklist

Heading to the East Coast Windfest early Saturday morning with Scott. I've been assembling a checklist of stuff to bring.
  1. Kona board
  2. Rigging (sails, booms, masts): 
  3. Weed fin
  4. PFD
  5. Harness
  6. Light wetsuit
  7. Booties
  8. Rashguard
  9. Bathing Suit
  10. Contact lens kit with extra lens-wetting solution, 'cause I'm blind
  11. Binoculars
  12. Sunscreen
  13. Hat
  14. Water
  15. Energy bars
  16. Lunch
  17. Change of clothes
  18. Towel: the most useful object in the universe
  19. Tape to repair sails (Oh how I hope I won't need that)
  20. Camera
  21. Mask, fins, snorkel to take underwater pictures
NOAA and iWindsurf predict winds to be in the high single digits or low teens, which means bring the big sails. I'm going to be buying a Neil Pryde V8 7.0 tomorrow to fill the recent hole in my sailing quiver. I imagine that or the Sailworks 8.5 will be the sail of the day.

This will be my first windsurfing event. This is very exciting!

1 comments:

Kirsten said...

And upon returning, don't forget to bring your wife a large case of tranquilizers, since she will have missed her intense (yet calming) swim practice and will have had spent the entire Saturday alone with small children.

Have fun! Think of me elbow deep in messes as you glide in a plane across the waters of the Windfest...