J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by ellistine

Last summer I skied once or twice a week, every week at the local dry slope.

This year I've not been any where near the place - except for the odd chat.

This summer on the other hand shall be mostly spent on our new sailing boat. I'm expecting a great tan this year - from the neck up.

Admin wrote:Otherwise, a skier's edge for the legs

Blimey, that is keen :shock:

Rutland Water gets mentioned a lot on the sailing forums. Supposed to be good there.

Tony, perhaps Kim and I should drag Fanny Chmelar 'Oop North' for a beer and a sail during the summer.

I'm going to let Tony off. He's from Peterborough. Very inland. He had never seen the sea until he was 32.

:wink:

Two months ago I would have agreed with you completely - except I wouldn't have liked the cross channel ferry either.

Perhaps I got hit on the head in Sauze or something

Mike from NS wrote:
And by the way... here's where Keith may be heading in a few years!! :shock:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OVujIQ7tFk

Hopefully more like this



This is the same boat - but with people who know what they're doing.

No plans for racing at the moment. I hear Rule 42 is a popular one!

I'm finding it quite similar to skiing in that it's all about the turns. Going straight is the easy bit.

At the moment the sailing is a lot scarier than the skiing though :shock:

Hello Mike,

It's the XD with the big sail, big gennaka and trapeze.

It's scaring the cr*!p out of me at the moment but occasionaly it lifts out of the water and shoots off which is such an amazing sensation. However this is mostly followed by a heart stopper as it suddenly leans back into the wind with both of us still hanging of the side :shock:

How did this end up on a skiing forum!?!
:D

Not a falling down photo but a falling down video.

None of me as I was filming!