Blast from the past

Chris Thompson, one of the founders of LBWS, has a proud windsurfing history having been around in the beginning of a great sport and competing against the likes of legends such as Robby Naish and Phil McGain. Over the years Chris has sailed a plethora of boards and competed at a high level in both windsurfing and many dingy classes including the very competitive Laser Class. As well as being a talented sailor Chris is a great commentator on windsurfing and sailing in general. He has been writing on sailing and windsurfing in particular for more than 25 years. No doubt you would have seen some of his material on LBWS as well as his contributions on other forum under the name of CT249.

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Raceboarding & light wind technique

While the Northern Hemisphere gears up for their racing season, winter is upon us down here in Australia. After a long season of racing, it’s a time to finally get those board and sail repairs done, and abit of fine tuning. The winter traditionally on the East Coast of Australia (NSW) is alot of the time blowing a 30 knot freezing southerly but mostly it puts on a sun filled, light 2-8 knots. So if you wish to brush up on your light wind technique & tactics it’s a good time.

The photos of AUS 053, Russell Jones from Illawarra Yacht Club in Australia, were sent to LBWS as an example of light breeze upwind technique. They were shot in a race with 3-7 knots of wind. There is no doubt about it Russell is a great sailor and with good technique that nearly all raceboarders can learn a thing or to from.

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