First attempt on the Kona

The Kona’s arrived safe and sound here in Cayman a couple weeks back. We had 3 11’5s and a Mini-tanker. We took out the 11’5s for a SUP attempt on Seven Mile Beach. Unfortunately we didn’t have the proper paddles (they are on order), so we used some small wooden ones. The boards have a lot of glide and wanted to ride even the smallest ripple. I can’t wait to see how they will perform when the paddles arrive. I took the Kona out on Monday for a light wind sail on my 6.2m sail. It hops on the plane really quickly and I managed to catch some small waves. I managed to rip up some of the nice rubber decking though with my boom and got some sea anemone spikes in my foot after going a little too shallow, but all-in-all, a good first attempt. I have a feeling we’ll be getting loads more use out of these boards.

Longboard Windsurfing Revival

Here is an interesting post I found on the revival of longboard windsurfing.

http://www.lbwindsurfing.com/windsurf/the-longboard-windsurfing-revival/

It looks like a really good website in general for all longboard windsurfing information.

Ultimate Windsurfing Accessory

It looks like this is a very necessary piece of equipment for us to have here in Cayman.

“With all that recent worry about taking windsurfing kit on board those nasty airlines, it’s about time someone came up with an alternative! Just head down to your local marina and load your kit into the custom built hold and off you go, cruising the west coast of France before heading to Portugal, Spain and across to the Canaries! Or why not have in permanently moored in some Caribbean Isle ready to do battle with the tradewinds every winter.” – http://worldwindtravel.blogspot.com

See these links for more info:
http://worldwindtravel.blogspot.com/2008/01/ultimate-windsurfing-accessory-cayman.html
http://www.robertoriccidesigns.com/yachting/