Normski,

Ahoy there me hearty - Welcome to the GPSTC. 

PS - Going by your photo above I'm looking forward to seeing all the other mug shots.

Good to see the first post for Great Britain!

Hope to see many more, maybe when it warms up a bit you might be able to convince more team mates to back you up 

Welcome!!!!!!!!!!!!

welcome boys!

You know we luv to compete with the motherland.

Just to make you feel better................it is so hot down here you have to sail without wetsuits! Can you imagine?

Normski, how cold was it? No wonder no one else ventured out!

Great to see your first post.

Welcome along!

I'm the first one in the UK...WOW!   Looking forward to some decent postings with the rest of the team in the future.

Yesterday was very much a clear cobwebs cruise session on an Isonic 111 and 7m Redline sail. The wind was southerly and about 15knts.  This is not the best direction for Portland Harbour and being on spring tides there was not a lot of water closer in. I was on a new 39cm fin! 

The water temperature was 6 degC (we have a wave bouy in the bay that we can access on line!) , and the air temperature a balmy 8deg C.  I was billy no mates! 

Note for myself: in future is to try and last more than an hour and check the distance units....that should read 22kms

No challeging speeds yet..but we are on our way.  Just need a bit of this Global warming we've been promised!

Hey Normski,

You can edit your session if it's not correct.  Click the button below the results marked "Edit this session".

We're sweltering at the moment, I daren't open the doors because otherwise the 40 degree outside air will come flooding in... Phew!

Welcome to the GTC from Japan.

First post for GB, well done getting out in that stuff. and we whinge if it gets down to   15 degrees What thickness wetty did you have ?

Going to funny watching your guys reaction when we hit Winter here, and its about the same as your Summer there

Well Done Norm!!!!!

Couldn't make it out mate work commitments not working for myself at the moments so have to abide by the rules as such. But the wind is gonna start changing soon in about a week we could be getting some proper conditions for good Alphas and Speed Sailing.

But one thing i must say is thanks for the warm welcome to the UK's first post and i'm proud he's a Portland Pirate.

 Cheers,

Swags.

Way d'go Norm!

You PP's are well hard ...  rumour has it.... you all sleep in the fridge to tough'n up, probably down to the high rum content running thru yer veins.

all the best

H

Thanks for the warm welcome..and Nebbian please send us a bit of that heat! 

Howard...not a bad start for a softy southerner!!... and once this month and the next is out the way we'll be chasing the big boys for sure! 

What let me down in the end was the cold hands, the rest of me was pretty toasty!  The snow has well and truly cleared from here and its a bright sunny Sunday morning.   Just a thought... do you think the term WIND CHILL appears in the Aussie vocabulary??

A couple of the crew looked for a session yesterday (in the pouring rain), but the wind direction was about as bad as it gets for the Salty Lake.

42.9 degrees today Normski. 109 degrees f. Bloody hot with crap winds. Be plenty of euro tourists looking like lobsters today,poor buggers.

Great to have you guys in the challenge. Did anyone tell you about the plastic shopping bag you have to tie on your fin once you go over 30knots?

suppose, cold as here in Croatia

Air about 5C and water about 5C

hell yeah

welcome here, GB's, god save the wind

Great stuff, Normski. The mob here complain about "winter" weather! Soft we are!

Welcome from the Perth Southsiders Normski and yer pirate mates aaargh! F*ckin cold is all I can say... you guys must be keen!!...and here we are baking in 42 deg C...sizzle!

Nice combo you have there too...I used a Redline 7.0 with iSonic 105 all last season...sweet sail.

Who calls these Pommmy bastards Soft??? Bloody 6° water temp, thats hardcore

Welcome to the chalenge

UK windsurfing in Jan, bbbbbbbrrrrrrrrrrrrrings bbbbbbbback mmmmmemories. Welcome on board Normski