October _______________________________________________ _2002
http://www.triadwindsurfing.com
What’s
Going On:
1)
Attached is the latest club member list. A few folks are overdue on their dues.
Please send it to Keny Kirschstein,
our club Treasurer. Keny’s contact info is 854-9057 keny@elsouth.com . You can mail your check
to Keny, made out to Triad Windsurfing, at
2) Upcoming events:
Club Christmas Party - Friday, December 6th at
3) Don Wrenn shared some bad news
with me and asked that I include this in the newsletter. Ward Barnett, owner of
Frisco Woods Campground on
4) Fox Watersports gave the club two small trainer sails to use for the Learn to Windsurf Days. While they last, Fox has a rare deal on Fiberspar carbon masts and booms….20% off their price, in addition to 10% off of retail for a 30% reduction off of retail. That makes a carbon boom around $400….a great price on a new carbon boom. Support the folks who support our club….big thanks to Fox Watersports for their continued support in our club.
President’s Corner
The latest from your club president – Don Wrenn
Hopefully the summer doldrums are over and its time for the
fall winds to begin to blow. The summer has not seen much in the way of good
sailing unless you have spent time at Hatteras. Even
then the good days have been scattered. At the lake the wind has been as hard
to find as the water with the drought making a serious drop in the water
levels. We finally started to get some substantial rainfall Sept. 14 at around
Those of us who went on the fall Emerald Isle trip were able to find some of the first good winds of the fall season. Even though we had one of the smallest groups ever to go on the EI trip everyone had a great time. If there is anyone out there who enjoys windsurfing and socializing and an inexpensive trip to the beach, you should mark your calendars now for the next club trips. They are usually the first weekend in May, and the last weekend in Sept.
Thanks to Jeff Shanklin, Charlie Prewett, and Keny Kirschstein for volunteering their time to keep the grass mowed at our site this summer and fall.
It’s still only Oct. but the date has been set and plans
have been made for our annual club Christmas Party. It will be at Karol and Val Wolicki’s house at
Club President – Don Wrenn 869-6256 iidbis@mindspring.com
Club Vice-President – Karol Wolicki 545-8391 ktw@infi.net
Newsletter Editor – Mac
Barnhardt 545-6355
Send all stories, reports,
pictures, and whatever to: mbarnhardt@triad.rr.com.
Club Treasurer/Secretary – Keny Kirschtein 854-9057 keny@elsouth.com
Club Web Site - http://www.triadwindsurfing.com
If you have some good
windsurfing photos for the web site, please send them in “jpeg” format to Jason
Wohlgemuth, Club WebMaster, at jason@wohlgem.com , or to Mac
Barnhardt at mbarnhardt@triad.rr.com.
Feel free to send us other suggestions for the site too.
Trip Coordinator – Debbie Wrenn 869-6256 iidbis@mindspring.com
New Member Profile – Jim
Drake
The Triad
Windsurfing Club is especially proud to welcome Jim Drake as our newest member
of the club. For those you who aren't familiar with your windsurfing history,
Jim is basically responsible for your windsurfing enjoyment (or in my case,
addiction). He has windsurfed longer than anyone else on this planet and is
largely credited for creating and developing modern windsurfing.
Back in the late 60s in
Ray harbor. Then in 1970, Jim and Hoyle received a U.S. Patent for what would later become trademarked as the "Windsurfer." And the rest is history. Jim has many other accomplishments including designing the X-15. The X-15 was the first manned airplane to reach Mach 6.7 in the late 60s and this world record still holds today. Jim continues to do consulting work in the aeronautical field for the Department of Defense. He is also
still very involved in windsurfing, doing design and development work on boards, fins,
sail, kites and kite boards for Starboard and has a close working arrangement with Curtis Hesselgrave of Curtis Fins. Look out for the new Hypersonic board from Starboard that is already getting great reviews. Check out his explanation of why it will probably revolutionize Slalom/Freeride for us mere mortals in the next issue of WINDSURFING magazine.
Jim and his wife, Sam, recently moved to
- Equipment For
1) All gear fits
in a durable padded canvas bag designed for two boards and
gear. Willing to sell all at once for $1400, or in pieces which leave
compatible sets intact.
Inventory
Description
Specs
Condition
Masts
1.ART Wave Pro Carbon Custom Curve
410CM,IMCS21
ex
2.Fiber Spar Tidal Wave Carbon 430CM,IMCS
25/21 w/case
ex
3.Neilpride Carbon Kevlar CK95 490CM,IMCS
28
w/case
ex
Sails
1.Neilpride
Combat
3.3
new
2.Neilpride Combat
Wave
3.7
ex
3.Neilpride
VX2
6.8
ex
4.Ezzy
Transformer
5.3
good
5.Ezzy
Transformer
4.2
ex
6.Ezzy
Transformer
4.7
ex
Booms
1.Neilpride
200-240
good
2.Neilpride
180-220
good
3.Neilpride
160-200
good
Boards
1.F2
255c
good
2.HiFly
RC
274L
54w
good
No fins or boots Contact Bob Kober Wk 336.812.8801
HM 336.665.0770
bkober@bizlife.com
2) Mistral
Explosion 288, 130 lts., Good Condition, $200.00
Includes fin and footstraps.
Contact David Lee at
336-662-9646 or email dlee@compuconusa.com
3) 1990 Fanatic Ultracat (According to Jim, you won’t believe
the price! It comes with it’s own board bag, cool
graphics, great shape with no dings, and you’ll get a free beer!)
Contact Jim at
336-969-6141 to check out the board
4) 98
Pro Tech Convertible 273 93 lts. Good Condition
board, board bag,
& fin $400
94 Mistral Shredder 298 128
lts VGC
board, board bag, fin, & mast foot $400
Contact Don Wrenn 869-6256 iidbis@mindspring.com
5) Fanatic Mega-Cat board; 250 litres flotation, in great shape, $350.00
North Sail; Infinity, 6.0 meters, good shape,
$55.00
North Sail; Spectro,
7.0 meters, good shape, $75.00
Gastra Sail; 8.0 meters, like new, $50.00
Contact David Johnson, xantos@ols.net
, 727-5174 (day), 983-3606 (night)
6)1999 Neil Pryde Sails-
4.7NR (Like New)
$250
5.3MPR (Like New) $250
5.7MPR (Great Condition)
$225
6.5V8 (Good Condition)
$200
7.0V8 (Like New) $300
7.5V8 (Fair Condition)
$150
1999 Neil Pryde Masts (Fiberspar)…
430CM (55% carbon) $125
490CM (55% carbon) $150
Call Keny
Kirschtein 854-9057 or email keny@elsouth.net
7) Mistral Competition 12' 4"
Great beginner board, stable and fast.
5 sails, 2 masts, 2 booms
All for $495
490 Fiberspar 4200
mast, EC $125
7.0 Gaastra 2X, Very
good condition $125
Contact Jeff Shanklin 887-4928
8) F2 Ride 282 – great slalom free ride shortboard in excellent condition, early planer, and very
fast. Volume is 115 liters. Board, Board Bag, straps & fin - $600
F2 Phoenix 340 – great lake
& coastal sound longboard, can pull up
centerboard to sail like a shortboard in heavier winds.
Excellent condition – Board, Board Bag, straps, and fin - $600
World Sails 5.6 sail $200 –
This is a great sail for slalom, bump & jump, or waves. It has an optional
camber for those gusty days, has a lot of range, and is in excellent condition.
Call Mac Barnhardt at
545-6355 or email mbarnhardt@triad.rr.com.
If you have equipment for sale that you want listed in the newsletter, send Mac Barnhardt the details via email mbarnhardt@triad.rr.com.
- Web Site Profile -
This is the official web
site for Micah Buzianis, one of the world’s best
windsurfing racers. If you’re interested in racing, Formula is the newest
racing format and one that will most likely be here to stay. The rules have
each racer entering a race series with only one production Formula board and
three sails. This helps attract many more sailors to racing since the low
number of equipment allowed and the production only boards keep the cost down.
It also puts everyone on a more even playing field. Buzianis’s
web site includes tips for Formula racing, great photos, videos (soon to be put
on the site), and you can even buy his used gear. For more information on
Formula racing, check out:
http://www.formulawindsurfing.org
Nothing is Going to Ruin My Hatteras Vacation
By Mac Barnhardt
I threw my back out over 2
months ago. I bent over to pick up a shirt and next thing I know, I was lying on the floor, writhing in extreme pain. It felt like
someone stabbed me in the back. I instantly thought of my Hatteras
vacation that was to come in 2 months and how this sudden misfortune better not
get in the way of me windsurfing on the Outer Banks. I took it very seriously,
went to the doctor, and followed his advice of proper rehab. “But I wouldn’t
recommend sailing with all the twisting and everything your body will go
through”, he said as I winced at the thought of being on
I followed my physical
therapy routine and my back, as well as abdomen, got stronger over time. It
never felt 100%, but it was certainly better than it had been. All of a sudden,
it’s the Thursday before we leave. My wife, Kris, calls me and feels ill. This
is not good. I rushed home and on the way picked up some medicine. We were
supposed to leave on Saturday. As of that morning, she still wasn’t herself. I
had packed most of the truck the night before and took the dogs to the boarding
vet early that morning. I was ready to rock and roll. We loaded the kids and
off we went, confident that she would feel better once we got there.
We arrived on
Later that evening, our 3 ½ year old daughter falls down the stairs and hurts what appears to be her shoulder. She calms down and we get her to bed thinking she bruised her shoulder. The next morning, it dawned on me that she may have broken her collarbone. I feel her collarbone and it definitely doesn’t feel right. Great….time to go to the hospital and get some x-rays. By the way, it’s also my birthday and the wind is kicking in to the forecasted 20-25 mph. Kris looks at me and feels my pain. “Well, we can’t leave yet. I have to nurse Jake (our son). You might as well get out there and sail until we can go”. That’s all I needed to hear. Besides, our daughter had just taken some Children’s Motrin and was enjoying a Disney video. There wasn’t any mass bleeding pouring out of her head or anything….so I went. I could hear the child safety advocate groups screaming at me. What?…..You know you would have gone too if your spouse told you to.
I sailed for about ½ hour in 25 mph winds. It was good, but
I kept thinking how ridiculous the situation was. It wasn’t going to be great
until I knew my daughter was OK and we knew for sure what she had done to her
collar bone/shoulder. I came in off the water and took off for the new
What else could go wrong? Were we destined for a week of bad luck?
That afternoon, I got back out on the water. The wind had subsided slightly to 20 mph. I rigged the 6.5 and got out there for more great sailing. Did I mention we weren’t wearing wetsuits? Board shorts and a rash guard shirt was the call and it definitely felt great, considering it was October. The water was still warm.
Monday was a light wind day but my trusty wide style shortboard and 9.6 sail had me planing that afternoon. Tuesday’s forecast looked great as it called for 25 mph all day. It didn’t disappoint. The week was looking up. My daughter was in good spirits and she didn’t let her broken collarbone get in the way of having fun. She thought wearing the strap was cool.
So I ‘m sailing out there on Tuesday
having a blast in 25 mph. I’m working on my chop hops. I get a little
bit of air, the wind picks up my board and slams it
vertically into the mast. I hear a crunch….Uh Oh! I get up out of the water and
check out the rig and find a nice hole a little bigger than the size of a
quarter. My mast base has a metal ring on it and it had apparently poked a hole
in my board when the wind slammed it against the mast. Lesson learned - if I
had a mast pad, I might not have a hole in my board. Or better yet, buy a sail
that has a built-in mast pad. Most of the new sails have them. I had bought the
board just last April and was not happy about my continued misfortune. It was
only morning and the rest of the day called for continued 25 mph. I immediately
took my board to Fox Watersports and had the master
board repairman on
That afternoon was the best sailing of the week as the 25
mph winds continued and I sailed with club members Rob Cornwell and Jeff Shanklin, who was also there that week. We had a blast
racing each other back and forth, trying to outdo the other. Soundside sailing in
Wednesday was lighter with a solid 15 mph in the afternoon
but still great sailing. Thursday was our 10th wedding anniversary
and fortunately for Kris and I, no wind. We could concentrate on each other and
just have a great day of relaxing at the beach. Kris’s mom and stepdad came to visit after my dad had left. They watched
our kids that evening as we went out to dinner to celebrate our anniversary. I
had heard about a great restaurant at the very end of Highway 12 in
Friday produced some gusty winds out of the Southeast, which gave us one of those frustrating sailing days where you can’t seem to rig the right gear. Finally, I got it dialed in late in the afternoon and caught some good wind to end the week. Late that night, Tropical Storm Kyle came rumbling through with 40 mph winds and quite a lighting show that rocked the house. I had already packed the gear on top of the truck and parked it in the garage, anticipating the high winds that night. The next morning, our back yard facing the sound was flooded. Rob Cornwell even had a nice Mistral Prodigy wash up in front of his house during the night. There was nary a scratch on it. We took it to Windsurfing Hatteras and started a “lost and found” spot there. Hopefully, the rightful owner found it there. Another lesson learned – pay attention to the weather and strap your gear down good if bad weather approaches.
The wind was blowing a good 20 knots that morning. I wished
I hadn’t packed my gear, but we had to pack up the house and check out by