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I elbow punched an 11 inch tear in my 5.8 Ezzy Tiger on a fall in surf. Amazingly, the tear didn't spread on my 3 minute sail back to the beach. Yesterday I emailed info@ezzy.com with my plan to make ...

There's a huge difference between death BY(aka "because of") windsurfing and death WHILE windsurfing(heart attack, barge, etc). I know I'm much more careful now on the extreme days. At 72, I ...

I do a lot of waveski surfing (see waveski.com) and open-water sliding seat rowing and open water sit-on-top long kayaks. I've mounted a plastic bucket seat to my 32 pound, 12'6" Mistral Superli ...

I've been windsurfing for 35+ years, so this is embarrassing to even ask. OTOH, I'm 72 so maybe I forgot. Occasionally, as I downhaul(4.2 to 6.5) I notice that the clew isn't as close to the cleat as ...

Isaias day was downright dangerous gusty (20-59) at Horseneck and we didn't want to endanger rescue crews should we break down (body or gear) while sailing. And we're old and take longer to heal.

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As Isobar said, a lesson or two would rocket you ahead of just trying it yourself.
Since you're on a long-board, advice from a long-board sailor would help more than short-boarders. In either case, ...

Nina Schweikardt has a professional machine and did a great job repairing my sail over a year ago. Try contacting her or Peter Richterich.

I have an Oahu built OO any of you can have free if you come pick it up in SE Massachusetts. Designed for 5.2 ish opposing current, big chop (aka Gorge like). You'd have to relocate the footstraps and ...

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I have heard from custom sailmakers who WANT my sails to last, that unrolling, hosing, turning, hosing, hanging to FULLY dry, rerolling to bag, does much more damage to the fabric and stitching than j ...