Horseneck & Fogland, Skunk & skunk

Barbara came home from work early today to jump start her R & R for the 3 day weekend. That allowed me to get out in the afternoon and chase some weekday wind. She even called me, as she was leaving the office, to let me know that she was on her way home and to suggest that I get myself ready to go. I have a very thoughtful and beautiful wife! 1 day, 2 skunks- I may be setting a new world record for skunks. Horseneck, good waves, bad wind Skunk # 1- The truck was blowing around on the highway on the way to Horseneck, but the last flag before the beach wasn't stiff, a bad sign. The wind died just before I pulled in. Gerry, Jeff & Ron said they had solid wind and head high waves for most of the afternoon. I went out on a 6.2 for about 1/2 hour and did nothing, then packed up. Skunk # 2- The wind was still blowing into the low 30's almost everywhere else in New England. So I drove to Fogland and caught the tail end of it. I got a few planing runs, even some chop hops, before the wind dropped like a lead downhaul. It quickly became too light for non-planing freestyle. Canceling windsurfing- As I was leaving Fogland, I had a vision of myself emptying the truck of windsurfing gear and throwing it all off a cliff somewhere. That would almost guarantee, for everyone else, that strong, predictable wind would return to New England.