And there's more from Margarita

So very nearly there...although those shots are off camera!

Diary entry received 29th January 2009

ITS OFFICIAL – I HAVE RE-NAMED THE CARVE JIBE!!!

(I’m under the yellow sail – I would say I was body dragging

but I told the instructor that is a stupid exercise I have only just worked out how to stay on the board – why leave it on purpose???)

TO THE SWIM JIBE –
Yes I have made it round some though – typically just not on camera! Still marginal conditions here (6.4-7.4m sailing, but still windy enough every afternoon) – jumping is coming along quite well though; my fin even leaves the water now!

And just to prove I don’t spend the whole time falling in:

Gary enjoying Margarita - wouldn't we all?!

Diary Update... Janury 24th 2009

Not hugely windy – back on the 6.4m again today but still a bit of fun to be had – Yesterday I sailed a 97L board, albeit briefly but what an achievement and this morning practiced uphauling a 107L, still need to brave these little sinkers in a bit more wind (or rather chop, the waves seem massive here-small today though!)

Gavin and Candice – Jacks from Neilson Dahab came up to me on the water yesterday, she’s here playing around until March then off to work again. Reevsie is still working in the office and deciding what to do next season!

Very happy sail yesterday – I’m now down to 115L happily (ish) – wave boards here I come!!!
You’ll all be glad to hear its raining in paridise

Brenda's Story

Hi Guys

I started the season full of enthusiasm and even rearranged my work schedule from July 20^th to enable me to go windsurfing at Bray every Monday and Friday morning, but this year I have been dogged with ill health which started with a bad bout of Vertigo back in May which laid me up in bed and I couldn’t walk straight or even stand up for days without being really ill. Windsurfing is one sport which you cannot do without being able to balance. But I didn’t give up and still took my equipment to Brittany in August when we stayed at a lovely Campsite called Du Letty in Benodet. It looked good in the brochure for windsurfing and boating in the lagoon but in reality the tide came in and out with such speed that there was only a short window each day for someone of my ability to get on the water with my board. But I didn’t give up and I quite enjoyed myself a few times (If only I could learn to water start !!) I came home from Brittany at the end of August to a building site as I was having my kitchen renovated which has stopped me from surfing at the moment as everything which could go wrong has gone wrong (even the Granite worktop men cracked one worktop in half at the fitting day so electrician, plumber and floor layer all had to be put back until another worktop could be manufactured so you guessed it I still havn’t been to the lake yet. What a waste of a sailing ticket this year has been .But I am not giving up just yet and will be back just as soon as I can get this mess sorted out. Hopefully will see you in a couple of weeks weather permitting

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