MAUI 2000

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MAUI APRIL 9, 2000

I arrived in Maui late last night. As usual the flight was late. My car rented from Word of Mouth was waiting for me in the parking lot. It's an old blue plymouth sundance with a hatchback. The hatchback will make it easier for stuffing gear into the car, however the hatch lifters don't work so you have to put something under it to hold it up. Hey, what do you expect for a Maui Beater!
 I awoke this morning to rain. I checked the satellite photos and it looked like it was going to be like this for most of the day. For breakfast I headed over to the Pauwela Cafe. The special this morning was the Pauwela omlette with potatoes. After breakfast I went back to the Ha'iku Lani and unpacked my gear. It was still raining so I took my time with this. At 11 o'clock I began my daily adventure.
First thing is to stop at Ho'okipa Beach. No wind here and waves were small and ugly. Looked like a cross swell from the North and East. Then I drove into Kahului to the Word of Mouth Rental Car office and did the contract.  It's across from the Second Wind shop so that was my next stop. I bought a 460 carbon mast for $50 and looked at some sails and long boards. I then went to the Hawaiian Windsurfing shop and there's lots of deals there for used and new sails. Next I wasn't too hopeful about wind, but I drove down to Kanaha. Not very much wind, but there were still some hardcores slogging around. I then took the short cut through the airport and drove to Spreck's. Nothing happening here either, but it was time to relax on the beach and have a beer and lunch. There were about 3 sailors out slogging and practicing their helitacks. Good Idea, but I decided to get some grocery and hardware shopping out of the way. By this time (3pm) I saw some blue sky open up to the south toward Kihei and decided to drive over there.
It was going off so I quickly (10 minutes) rigged my 5.0. The inshore here is always gusty and light, but after slogging out to the wind line about 50 metres offshore I blasted upwind. 5.0 was probably too big. It was more 4.5. Hey! Warm water! I'm not freezing my fingers off! It was good conditions for checking out my gear and getting used my new board a Starboard Carve99.
After my sailing session I did some more shopping at the Star Market in Kehei. Picked up a 1.75 litre bottle of Hana Bay Rum and some fresh Ahi (Tuna) and Tako Poke. Tako Poke, a local speciality, is small chunks of fresh octopus marinated in a secret sauce with local seaweed. On my way home I stopped off at Ho'okipa Beach Park to relax and take in the beach and waves. Then it was back to Ha'iku Lani. I had supper watched the Xfiles and then went to bed before I fell asleep on the couch.

MAUI APRIL 10, 2000

 Woke up at 6am. This morning looked a little more promising with some blue sky. Mauka showers and a Rainbow just to get me in the right mood. Made some Hawaiian Lion Brand coffee to wake me up and then a Papaya with a squeese of lime for breakfast. Send some email. Then it's down to Hookipa to see whats happening. small waves, no wind yet. Well, Sprecks is on the way, so I drive there next. Looking better, but not quite there yet. I have to pick Tom up at the airport at 1:45 so I decided that Kanaha is the place to sail today. Parked my car and rigged my sail with Josh Stone who also decided to sail at Kanaha today. He rigged a 5.8, but the biggest sail I have is  a 5.0.  Oh well, I have get used to sailing my new board in marginal conditions. How about a Willy Skipper folowed by a
Sail 360. Thats what Josh Stone did. I managed to get 30% of my Tacks and it wasn't windy enough to Jibe.
   At  2 o'clock I drove up to the airport and picked Tom up. He only brought 3 boards, 4 sails, 4 masts, 4 booms etc. Hey! A whole lot of shit! We managed to haul it onto the top of the car and then it was back down to Kanaha.  Tom rigged his 5.4 on his 8'8" board and had fun. I sailed down to lowers at Kanaha and caught a couple of waves.  WELCOME to Maui Tom.

Josh Stone at Kanaha

Maui  April 11, 2000

 Woke up this morning to blue skies with a few Mauka clouds. It looked like it was going to be good day. Tom rationalized his 3 bags of windsurfing gear into one. Then it was time to take Tom on the North Shore Windsurf shop tour.  First stop was Hawaiian Island Surf and Sport. I bought a 5.5 Naish Noa for $150 and Tom bought a Surfing Top. Next was Hitech, Niel Pryde and Second Wind. We finished up at Maui Extreme Sports and then it was time for Lunch. We went to the Mexican Lunch Spot. We met Mr. Hookipa, Mike Waltz. He's sponsoring the Kite Surfing event at Hookipa.  After Lunch it was time to head to the beach and start sailing. We head for Sprecks. I rigged my new 5.5 and Tom rigged his 5.4 Sailworks Revolution. I ran into my friends from last year, Erika from Holland and Andi from Germany.  We blasted until 4:30 totally exhausted.
 Next it was up to Hookipa to catch the pros at work. We talked with Josh Stone, Jason Prior and Svein Rasmussen of Starboard. Then it was back to Ha'iku Lani for supper. Tom cooked up an awesome steak with his special barbequed potatoes and onions. A few Rum and Cokes, beer etc. Paradise is Maui.

Maui April 12, 2000

 This morning was even clearer than yesterday. We could see the top of Haleakala. For breakfast we headed over to the Pauwela Cafe and then checked out the Dakine shop which is right there also. Driving down from Haiku we could see white caps on the ocean.
First a stop at Hookipa. The Dakine people where rigging up the tents for the wave event which is supposed to start tommorow.  The waves today were looking smaller, maybe 4 to 6 feet, but it was going to be windy.
    After a short shopping stop in Kahului we headed down to Kanaha. It was looking pretty flat wave wise, but solid 5.0 wind wise. Tom rigged his 5.4 and I rigged my 5.0. While rigging I noticed that I had actually broken one of my harness lines. Fortunately, the windsurfing shops are only 5 minutes away so I drove up to Hawaiian Island and got some new ones. Tom was out sailing while I did my short shopping expedition. I went out on my 5.0 and found the wind really solid. I probably could have rigged my 4.1, but we were going wave sailing.  After a couple of runs I came in to adjust my rig. Tom came in to rig his smaller 4.8 and get his smaller board. We then headed out and up to the Upper Kanaha reef where the waves looked the best. Saw a big turtle on the way up. We spent 3 hours wave sailing on 2 to 6 footers. Pretty nice. It was pretty windy and I was working to hang onto my 5.0. I could have easily sailed with my 4.1. But in the waves I was glad to have my 5.0 especially going out. After that it was a practice session down off Kanaha beach. I practiced tacks and lay down jibes on my new board. Tom practiced his monkey duck jibes. Some other sailor was practicing his willy skippers and flat water loops. We got off the water at 5:30 which is about a half hour before sunset. We were totally exhausted. After a couple of post session beers while packing up we headed back to Haiku. On the way we stopped at the Mana Mart in Paia and got some Ahi for dinner. In Haiku we picked up a couple of bottles of wine. I fell asleep on the couch sometime around 9pm and woke up later and went to bed. It's pretty hard to party when your totally spent after a solid day of windsurfing.

Tom blasting off Kanaha Beach Park

Maui, April 13, 2000
 

 We were pretty tired after yesterdays sailing session. Tom was especially burnt out. After breakfast we headed down to Ho'okipa to catch the DaKine Wave Event qualification rounds. We ran into Serge who had entered. We cheered him on through is first heat which he won easily. His next heat didn't go so well. The waves were over mast high with 14 to 18 second period. This made for some epic wave sailing conditions. Glad I'm a spectator. Tom and I nearly entered yesterday but we couldn't find Scott Trudon to get the entry forms. Tom chatted with Bjorn Dunkerbeck and I talked with Serge's friend Luke Siver who had broken an ankle doing a loop.
 Then it was off to Kanaha. I decided to rig a 4.1 because it was looking pretty windy. Tom rigged 4.8 and he lasted 10 minutes getting worked in a wave before coming in and rigging a 4.2. He went out and was catching the best waves until a Euro ran straight into his board and buried the fin about 6 inches into Tom's board. I was still a bit overpowered and ended my practicing Tacks.  Well that was 2 1/2 hours of epic sailing.
 For supper we headed to Charly's in Paia and then it was off to airport to meet Dave, Barbara and Steve. Coincidently on the same flight was Lee Harrison and Jeff Delaney.  Then it back to Haiku for a welcome to Maui party.

Maui, April 14, 2000

 We started the day with a shopping trip. I bought a used waist harness and a new pair of Okespore booties.  Dave bought a used mast and Steve bought a new 5.5 Sailworks Retro for $300. Next it was lunch at our favorite  mexican food spot in Kahului. Kanaha beach park was the choice for sailing spots. Damn, It was blasting again! Tom rigged his 4.2 and I rigged my 4.1 and put a smaller fin on my board. For Steve and Dave it was a 4.2. Barbara went out on a 3.2.
   We were all overpowered, but managed to hang on for a 4-1/2 hour windsurfing session.  The waves were  smaller than yesterday , breaking at about 3 to 4 feet. I only managed to get 3 good waves. The rest of the time the wind was cranking too hard to slow down enough to catch a wave. Even jibing was a challenge without exploding. Jibe radius was usually about 1 kilometer with major sheeting in. As we were derigging we noticed that Sam Ireland was rigging a new 5.8 race sail for a late afternoon session. He had some boards for sale and Dave got his number so he get a look at them.
 After sailing it was a food shopping trip to Cosco and then home. Serge called and invited us over for a couple of beers and suggested we all go down to "Jacques" in Paia. It was packed full of windsurfers. Steve shook hands with Francisco Goya before realizing who it was. We ran into some fellow Canadians as well. Serge was the perfect host introducing us to his freinds.  We were all in fine form after a couple of beers and it was suggested we head up to Casanova's in Makawao. The band was a great "living la vida loca Buena Vista Social Club" band. Steve was hot on the dance floor and Tom was on fire.  We all got home at 1:30 and quickly died.

        Windsurf Shopping


Barbara snaps a photo of Steve Jibing off Kanaha Beach

Maui, April 15, 2000

 Everybody was a bit slow this morning. After breakfast we headed down to Ho'okipa Beach Park to catch the Dakine Finals. All the big boys and girls were there including Robby, Bjorn, Nik Baker, Josh Stone and Angulo, Keith Taboul, Francisco, Jason Prior, Kelly Moore, Angela Cochran, Jocelyn Hrkach and so on. Awesome sailing on very challenging small surf. It was one of those days I would have gone out at Hookipa. That's how small it was. At the end of the day it was victory for Keith Taboul and Angela Cochran.
 After the event we went down to Sprecklesville. It looked a lot more mellow than the last couple of days. I rigged my 4.1, Steve and Dave on a 4.2 and Barbara was on a 3.2. Serge came and sailed with us on his 4.7 and gave loop lessons at the beach. I sailed to the upper reef to get some waves and got one wave and made 6 bottom turns on it. It was a bit light for me so I put a bigger fin on which made my next session perfect. Dave and Steve practiced falling in the water for looping. Barbara got some jumps even though she was overpowered. Tom took the day off but got biggest air of the day, 1200 feet and 45 minutes of hang time in a Cessna 172. He's going to take us flying tommorow morning.
    After sailing it was back to Ha'iku and barbequed some Mahi Mahi. We watched a windsurfing video and then faded away into the night.

Maui, April 16, 2000

Woke up at six this morning and headed for Kahului airport and was off flying with Tom as pilot. We headed to the Northwest along the west Maui mountains then over to Molokai. We flew along the north Molokai coast which was sheer 300 metre cliffs with some awesome valleys. Then it was over to Lanai where we passed over a couple of shipwrecks on the reef then back to Maui via Lahaina and along the coast over Kihei. We continued along the coast to the south and passed over Hana and then transited the North coast. We flew over Jaws but the waves were really small. We buzzed Hookipa and Sprecks before landing back at Kahului at 10 am.
 Then it was back to Haiku and breakfast at the Pauwela cafe. Tom and I then packed up and moved our stuff to our beach accomodations just below Sprecklesville beach. By 2 o'clock we had rigged and were sailing. It was powered 4.0 sailing again. Waves were 2 to 4 feet. We did an upwinder to Sprecks where Barb, Dave and Steve were sailing. Peter Lyal had sailed up there earlier. After doing a couple of runs at Sprecks I headed back down to our beach came in and had a beer. My final session was about 5 to 5:30.
 For dinner we headed up to the Fishmarket in Paia and then went back to our digs. Watched a video then called it a day.

Link to Aina Lani where were staying until April 23

Maui, April 17, 2000

 Woke up at our new digs on the beach at Camp 1. Mauka showers were falling. It looked like it might be a lighter air day. The reef is about 100 meters off the beach and there are a few rocks we're going to have to watch for when sailing here. Peter, Dan and I went for breakfast at the IHOP in Kahului and then did some grocery shopping. Tom picked up Louise at the airport and brought her back to the house. Tom got Louise onto the water right away. Good conditions for her first Maui Sail. She sailed her 4.2 on her 8'2" board. I sailed my 5.0. It was a pretty relaxing sail compared to the last few days. Waves were even smaller than yesterday, about 1 to 2 feet. Dave and Steve sailed up from Kanaha Beach to visit us. We don't know where Barbara was, maybe practicing her loops.  My final session was from 4:30 to 5:30 in perfect 5.0 conditions and I felt pretty dialed in.
 For dinner Tom barbecued some chicken out on our deck overlooking the beach and we had some of Peter's Special Hawaiian Punch. Pineapples,Papaya, Banana, Orange Juice and Tequilla of course.

    Peter gets ready to do yet another Jibe

Maui, April 18, 2000

 Mauka showers again this morning and the tide was really low. All the rocks were showing again. I spent most of the morning lounging around on our balcony. I did a short run into Kahului to pick up some film then came back to the house on the beach. After lunch and couple more beers it was almost time to go out for a sail. Barb, Dave and Steve headed up to the Iao Needle State Park for some site seeing. Tom and Louise went to the  Sugar Cane Museum. My first run out was on my 5.0 which turned out to be too much sail so I came in a rigged my 4.1 and headed it out again. After a few jumps and waves at our break I sailed up to Sprecks beach and met Dave, Barbara, Steve and Lee up there. Bjorn and Francisco were up there also. After a couple of runs at Sprecks I headed back to our beach. I sailed until a little after 5. The rest of the afternoon was spent relaxing with a couple of beers. Dinner was fresh Ahi Tuna barbequed and served with rice and salad followed by cocktails on the balcone with a full moon shining on the surf offshore.

Maui, April 19, 2000

 No showers this morning. At 8 o'clock we headed over to Kihei to rent some SCUBA gear. We did our dive at the Five Caves site just to the south of the Polo Beach Club. Tom, Steve and I went on Scuba. Barb, Dave and Louise went snorkelling. Visibility was about 25 to 30 feet. We saw a turtle as soon as we submerged to about 10 feet. We swam out along a cliff face that is actually a lava tube. There are several small caves along it. Lots of Fish. Longnose Butterfly fish, Moorish Idols, Squirrelfish, Box fish , Trumpetfish, Pyramidal Butterfly fish. As we swam out we passed under one of the main tourist snorkel tour boats. A couple more turtles were hanging out there and a Spotted Moray Eel came out to see what was going on. At one point I heard some Humpback Whales.
 After the dive we went to KKO for Mai Tai's and the KKO Lava Flow with lunch. It was hot in Kihei, not a cloud in the sky and no wind to cause us any anxiety. However, once we got back to our beach on the north shore it was nuking. Dan was out on his 4.2 and Pete and Chris had sailed up to Sprecks. I rigged my 3.5 and blasted out onto our reef offshore. It was perfect 3.5 for me. Tom and Louise took a nap back on the beach for a couple of hours before going out. Waves were a manageable 2 to 3 feet and made for great jumping. I caught a couple of 4 footers to ride.
 All in all it was a pretty good day.

Maui, April 20, 2000

 High cirrus clouds in the sky this morning. It didn't stop blowing all night and it didn't look like it was going to stop today. We headed over to Kihei this morning then down to Ahihi Bay just north of La Perouse Bay. We went Tom,Steve and I went Scuba diving while Dave,Barbara and Louise followed above us until we found a couple of Turtles. The coral reef here is really nice with lots of diversity in fish and inverterbrates. We saw at least three moray eels, some groupers, hawkfish, lots of pencil urchins, a couple of trumpet fish, racoon butterfly fish, longnose butterfly fish, Moorish Idols and more turtles. Tom tried to feed his octopus regulator to one of the morays. After an hour of diving we drove to Kahului and had lunch at our favorite mexican food restaurant.
 When we got back to our place as we suspected it was Nukin again. I went out on my 3.5, Peter on his 3.7 and Chris and Dan on there 4's. We sailed up to Sprecks where Jeff and Lee were sailing. After a couple of runs I sailed back down to our reef and sailed until I couldn't sail anymore. That was around 5:30.
 Beer, cocktails and a steak on the barbeque. I don't know if it gets any better than this.

Kihikihi
Lau-wili wili

Maui, April 21, 2000

 Dave, Barbara and Steve drove up to the top of Haleakela this morning, Tom and Louise went to the Sugar Museum, Chris and Dan went shopping, and Peter and I lounged around at our beach house. We were all in a slower mode and at 1 o'clock decided to head up to Ho'okipa to check out what was happening there. How about 40 to 50 sailors out trying to get the 3 waves that are there. Pretty busy. It would have been sailable for us but the traffic would have been too much to handle. Robby Naish and Keith Taboul were out also. I don't think we would have much of a chance of catching a wave. After an hour or so of watching the action we headed back to our beach. By 3:30 it had gotten windier and headed out sailing. I sailed my 3.5 again. Peter rigged down to his 3.2. The surf was a bit bigger today with the larger waves having about 4 to 5 foot faces. I got buried by a couple of waves on the way out, but I caught a lot more on the way in. I've been perfecting jibing on a wave face to catch some of the bigger surf. I sailed until 5 o'clock. Peter and Chris sailed until 5:30.
 We headed into Paia and had dinner at Malegro's mexican food restaurant. Bjorn Dunkerbeck also showed up for dinner there. After dinner we head across the street and down to Jacque's Bar. It was a repeat of last friday and quite the windsurfers scene. After Jacque's we headed up to Casanova's in Makawao. A lot of the windsurfers from Jacque's had the same idea and showed up. The same band as friday was playing which made for some great dancing. We got home around 1:30 am.

Louise had a good day

Maui, April 22, 2000

 High clouds this morning and the wind is light and from the south to south east, which is offshore. There were locals out spearfishing between the reef and shore. It didn't look like it was going to be a windy day. There was a good north swell coming in though.
 This was a shopping day and we ended up doing the windsurf shop tour. Tom and Louise bought some clothes. I bought some windsurfing videos. Chris bought a mast. Dave bought a new board. After shopping it was back to our beach house.
 Serge came for a visit at 2 o'clock and stayed for a sailing session off our beach. By 3 o'clock the wind still looked pretty light but  like a steadier normal NE trade wind. I rigged up to a 5.5 sail, Peter rigged a 4.8, Serge rigged a 5.3. Chris rigged a 5 also. Louise went out on a 4.8.  After sailing a 3.5 for the last 3 days the 5.5 felt huge but it had enough power to get me through the wave zone with no problem. After  catching a few waves I came back to the beach.  Downwind it looked like Chris had broken a mast, so I took one of the kayaks from our place and paddled out and towed him to shore. It took longer than I thought it would and we nearly ended up at upper Kanaha beach. After that I went out for one more sailing session. This was the last day for Peter, Dan and Chris so they packed up after sailing.
  For dinner we went over to Sam Ireland's place in Haiku for a barbeque with a few of his friends. Tom found a guitar and entertained us with his versions of 'American Pie', 'Stairway to Heaven', and 'Hotel California'. They all sounded pretty good after a few of Tom's tequilla and fruitjuice cocktails.

Happy Hour at Aina Lani

Maui, April 23, 2000

 This is our last day at the beach house. We spent the morning packing up and moving stuff back to Haiku but kept the windsurfing gear at the beach. By noon we were finished and the wind looked like it was 5.0. I sailed my 5.0 for about a half hour before the wind kicked in. I rigged down to a 3.5 and had an extra long sailing session until 4:30. I only got eaten by a wave 3 times while trying to jibe on a wave face. The north swell was still coming in, but dying down quickly. Tom sailed on his 4.2 and Louise on her 3.7. Tom claims to have made 3 backloops. Serge showed up a little after I stopped sailing and rigged and went out for an hour. At the end of the day we packed everything on the top of the car and drove back to join Dave, Barbara and Steve in Haiku. For our dinner entertainment we watched windsurfing videos.

Aina Lani Beach

Maui, April 24, 2000

 I drove Tom and Louise to the airport this morning for their final Aloha to Maui. Later that morning Dave, Barbara, Steve and I drove down to Hookipa. The wind was pretty light and the waves were really small. At 11 0'clock 3 guys went out on their 5.0's. It still looked light. We decided to check out Sprecks then go for lunch. Sprecks was light to. After lunch we went down to Kanaha beach park. The sky was fairly overcast and the wind was still pretty light but it looked sailable. I rigged my 5.5, Dave rigged a 5.3, Barbara a 4.7. Steve started out with his 5.5 then rigged down to his 4.2. I broke a boom extension on my second run out to the reef. Good thing it didn't break completely. I had a spare extension and repairs were made quickly. It had been decided that it was a 'new tricks' day for us. Steve made a one handed jibe. Barbara tried tacking. Dave tried old tricks but none of them worked. I tried helitacking and wymaroo's without success. We all got wet and sailed until 5:30 anyway.
For dinner we had Cosco Pizza, beer, Barb and Dave's Rum Smoothie and watched more windsurfing videos.

                End of Another Day at Spreck's

Maui, April 25, 2000

 It looked like it was going to be another light wind day so we decide to drive to Lahaina. In Lahaina we did the tourist thing along Front Street. We toured most of the art galleries and didn't go into most of the T-shirt stores. Barbara searched for a beach that she thought she had seen in Lahaina on her last trip to Maui. Dave bought some souvenirs for family. We had lunch at the Maui Fish Co. restaurant which hangs over the waterfront. There was a very large cruise ship offshore and boats were continuously shuttling people back and forth from it and Lahaina.
 After lunch we drove back to Haiku. Winds still looked pretty light as we passed Hookipa. Once we loaded the cars back up with windsurfing gear we drove back to Hookipa and checked out the conditions. Lots of people were out and most were slogging so we drove to Sprecks. It was pretty crowded there and we ended up parking along the road 100 ft from the main parking lot. By 3:30 we were rigged and sailing. I rigged a 5.5, Dave a 5.3, Barbara a 4.7 and optimistic Steve rigged a 4.2. He slogged most of the time. Waves were small again, but a few nice sets came in which made for some good jumping and riding. We all sailed until 5:30.
 After dinner Dave, Steve and I drove to the Sports Page Bar in Kihei where we met an old friend of mine, Robin, who had been living on Maui for a couple of years. We drank beer, played pool, and watched the hockey game.
 

Maui, April 26, 2000

 I slept in this morning until 8:30. Mauka showers again. Dave, Barbara and Steve went for a hike at Piiholo Hill. I went over to Pauwela to buy some harness lines at the Dakine factory. I went into the Pauwela Restaurant to get a coffee and Bjorn Dunkerbeck was there and I ended up taking pictures of him with other windsurfers. None of them were with my camera or with me.  After that I drove into Kahului to get a replacement extension for my boom. It was looking windy so I drove back to Hookipa. I rigged my 5.0. Dave, Steve and Barbara showed up. Dave rigged a 5.3, Steve rigged his 5.5 and we all went sailing at Hookipa. It was a good day for us mere mortal windsurfers with 2 to 3 foot waves. Steve and I broke a batton. Not bad for Hookipa. We saw a couple of other guys swimming in with broken masts.  Barbara stayed on the beach and took pictures of us. After awhile she left for Sprecks. When a rain squall started coming in we came in as the wind was dying. At 3:30 we derigged and drove down to Sprecks. It was just starting to rain when we got there and the wind was dying quickly. Barbara had been out sailing for about an hour on her 4.2. I didn't bother rerigging.
 On the drive back to Haiku there was a rainbow over the ocean cliffs. We barbequed some fresh Ahi Tuna for dinner.

Maui, April 27, 2000

This is our last day on Maui. Strong mauka showers with gusty winds this morning. It looked like it was going to be another windy day. First thing. To do was packing up our things that we weren't going to need for our last day of windsurfing. Then we drove into Kahului to Word of Mouth Car rentals to settle our accounts with them. Next was a visit to Second Wind so that Steve could replace his broken batten.  Then it was over to Hawaiian Island Surf and Sports to say our goodbyes to our Haiku host Dennis. Next was over to Pinata's for a last Maui burrito. By 12:30 we were rigged and sailing at Kanaha Beach Park. I went out on my 4.1, Dave on his 5.3, Steve on his 4.2, and Barbara on her 3.2.  There were no waves, but the wind was pretty nice. Perfect for a last day of sailing. I did some long cruising reaches out beyond the reef. The rest of the afternoon was spent perfecting jibes and tacks. We're ready for summer sailing back home. At 4:30 we had to stop sailing and pack up our windsurfing gear. My flight left at 7:30 and Barbara,Dave,and Steve's at 10:30.  Aloha and Mahalo to Maui for another perfect windsurfing experience.

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