Smith Island, you mean Shit Island... everytime i sailed close to it when going & returning from Port Townsend, I could smell the smell coming out of the swell/wave/wakes!! victoria's outpipe? PT or Whidbey outpipe? couldn't tell by the smell...!!! beside that, very nice roller in that area .......

Ia Orana, when by myself or in remote places, i do put one inside my chest zipper/flap. Standard Horizon HX851, floating, waterproof & GPS.... few years back, left Tofino harbour by dinghy/zodiac went to south Chesterman to windsurf, fog rolled in fast at end of day, so left back for harbour, go...

anywhere you go in the caribe, try to nail the Christmas wind in december to january...!! Geoffy could brief you!...but i think Tobago as more to offer as a caribe island...bucco reef is family friendly, good drift diving all around the island.and excellent family surfing at Mt-Irvine! and not touri...

wow, waterproof hovercraft, my daughter would love that!!?/

and thanks for the flashback, Lake Ouareau, quebec, i was raised there and learned to windsurf there in 'summer"80!!!!

ya Heffe, ...batteries quite important, the LiLy has a non replacable battery, meaning the unit might be dead/non-servicable in +/-18months!! ..disposable $500 drone!? JL, indeed the Mariner looks like a good buy, truly waterproof and fully customable...have you ever bought something from that chine...

thanks all, good feedbacks.

and great footage, that made me quite nostalgic of the island!!!?


i found the phantom waterproof video...it's sees like it needs a dip in Liquipel>.
http://droneflyers.com/talk/threads/wat ... azing.386/

ya, i see that as a big problem not able to drive the Lily on manual mode! but that could be a good line chopper to create a "safety zone" in congested areas!!!...just sharpen the blades a bit!! can the phantom be waterproofed? i saw a video of it landing in breaking waves getting rolled a...

any drone expert in the crowd???? i'm starting to look into a waterproof drone and there's plenty coming out now and shortly. any recommendation/experiences?? i'm now looking at : The older(2014) Mariner: http://www.ambientreallife.com/product/mariner-drone-basic-version/ or http://fpvfactory.com/ t...

wow, not sure if that counts, but end of the month i will hit that figure for number of days fulltime/non-stop on the boat cruising ...but man, i wished i was hiting that figure for windsurf/kitesurf/surf logs!!! maybe i should start loging again!! but hey, now so disconnected from the "unreal ...

does anyone have feedbacks about the Patagonia?
is it worth the price!?

to anyone interested, i'm already taking booking for Jan 2017 to June 2017 winter!!!
i will be alone on the boat, so room/bed for 4 along with gear.
keeping the boat in either Kahului or Lahaina, depending on weather.
you rent a car for your trip, i supply the bed!!
just PM me?

wow... i'm a kiter/windsurfer/yacht owner...!!?? oh, and i SUP tooo!! but never done that... "have over 10 years '''international''' race experience windsurfing" ...can someone define international please! i like crapy thread going nowhere...quite entertaining....can we get a thread going ...

hey boardbuilders... i thaught i would pass on a new testing i did the last two weeks....to uv protect the epoxy and avoid having to coat it...like with 2part PU paint or else.... i added some awlgrip to my regular west system mix (just the awlgrip paint and not it's activator)....works great, cured...

i've spent a almost a week there the previous summer in late july...3 days in Mary Bassin and then 2 days in Yuquot/Friendly cove hopin for wind... but got unlucky with wind once there...had sun & NW15to 28knts every day sailing down the island but fogged in once we got to Nootka area... I think...

now i'm aroused....