MG Windsurfing

After two amazing weeks in Castlegregory I'm back in Cork to write my essay. The library is packed with people. They announce wind for Thursday so I have to finish the essay by tomorrow. I have already written an introduction but there's still a lot to do. The windsurfing in the last two weeks was great. But I twisted my foot on Sunday after a loop. Walking still hurts ...

We're sitting in a pub while writing this. Talking about the day on the water. It was quite messy but good wind for the 4.7 and later 4.2 sail. I got some nice forwards on the way out and Grubbies on the inside. Great day! I'm looking ahead to tomorrow and the weekend. The forecast looks promising… Here are some pictures of today's action:

It's the last day of college before the Easter break today. I have four weeks of windsurfing ahead of me. The forecast looks alright despite the fact that it might be quite cold. I really hope that Mossies is gonna work on Friday or Saturday. I had some good sessions in Cork during the last couple of days. Coolmaine went off last Monday with the cleanest and most powerful waves I've ever seen on that beach. I went to Garrettstown on Tuesday which was really windy and messy. However, I was lucky to meet Rose and Andreas there. They filmed me for a media project. We had perfect conditions for filming in Incheydoney last Wednesday. The footage will be shown on this site soon. This Monday was great for freestyling in Incheydoney. I managed to do my first switch stance move: a Clew-first switch stance spock (or Clew-first Puneta). It's supposed to be the easiest switch stance move and I agree. It's very similar to a Flaka as well. Last week's pictures can be found on the...

I'm just back in Cork from this year's windsurf interversaties in Belmullet hosted by Shackleton and Uisce. The event was perfectly organised and it was windy every day. Mark and me had some good wavesailing on Friday in Fahmore with quite heavy waves. With the start of the event on Saturday it was all flatwater sailing. The expression session in Elly bay was good fun although it was a bit windy which made nailing all the moves quite difficult. Sunday was less windy. We had a race and some nice sunshine. All in all a perfect weekend! Here are s ome photos:

I had two days of sailing in Cork. Yesterday was a really stormy day. I sailed Coolmaine on a 3.7. The waves were small and messy. All in all, the conditions were typically onshore. It was raining heavily. I decided to sail Cork harbour today. The place where I sailed is called Mahon Lough I suppose. The weather was considerably better than yesterday with sunny spells and just the odd shower. The water was quite choppy but it was still nice to sail on a 4.7. Tried a Clewfirst Puneta on port tack for the first time and it worked better than expected. The place seems nice for taking pictures so I have to bring my camera the next time I go there. No wind is forecast for tomorrow and the day after. The weekend looks good again.

I am back home in Cork after three great days of windsurfing in Castlegregory. Thursday started off in Fermoyle with some good waves and loads of wind. I was fully powered up on my 4.2. The wind was a bit too offshore for my taste but Fermoyle was one of the only places to sail in Brandon Bay that day since the swell was big and messy. That meant too much whitewater in Gowlane and Stradbally where the wind direction would have been more suitable. Anyway, it was nice to get some port tack sailing after several weeks of flat water or starboard tack sailing. It was also quite interesting to see that three out of the five windsurfers out that day were using twin fin boards. After an hour of sailing everybody called it a day. I was still keen to get out on flatwater. Scraggane, one of the only flatwaterspots nearby, did not work. The tide was too high, which produced a backwash, and the wind was low. I met Colin there, who wanted to get out as well. We finally decided to go out on the lagoo...