There she blows!!!

To windy to hang glide? Then pursue other wind related sports.
Today the wind was blowing hard with gusts to 36 mph at Canandaigua, I met Ron at CMac parking and we tore it up while I racked up seven plus miles and a max speed of 21 mph. At 4 pm it started dropping off so we headed to Kershaw park to test my new sailing canoe. Well not exactly new, almost entirely made of scrounged and reused materials. The Wenona canoe I have had for close to 30 years, the sail was sewn from an old hang glider sail, the mast is an old leading edge from a HG, the yard and boom are temporary flag poles for a grand opening that never got used and were going to scrap. The only new parts are the pulleys, ropes, cleats and other assorted hardware.

The test was a success, it worked quite well and other than my lack of sailing skills resulting in me running over a couple RC sailboats it all went well. Ron tried it first as the wind was a little brisk for me to try when we first got there and then I took over when the wind dropped off. Ron set up his boat and we sailed till sunset. Here are a few pics of the maiden voyage. Oh yeah and no RC sailboats were injured in the test!!