In the Outer Banks

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In the Outer Banks

We're in the Nags Head for two weeks. Yesterday morning was warm with wind in the mid 20's, great conditions for sailing with my daughter - first photo.

The the wind ramped up so we all rigged down to our smallest sails and ultimately got blown off the water at it gusted over 50 mph - second photo of Alain.

The third photo is our view out the window as we sat down for dinner.

Barrett

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Re: In the Outer Banks

Up here in Hatteras too. Sunday was just nuts. Barrett is correct in describing it as getting blown off the water. 3.7 and a 67L board were still too much. I never felt such pain from the sand blasting while just standing in the parking lot!

A few observations. The Canadians are back with a vengeance. Every single parking spot was taken at the Canadian Hole - about 80% had Canadian plates. I selfishly kind of miss the Covid years where you could just roll up anytime of day and get a spot. Also, wing surfers are out in force. There are at least as many wingers as there are windsurfers. Just last year I would guess it was more like 5-1 windsurfers.

Looks like the entire southeast is getting wind. Heck, I was really looking forward to working on my foil jibes, but it look like the foil will stay in the truck this week. Definitely a good time to be a wind ‘sporter’

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