Larry Aronson's windsurfing page

I've been sailing boards for 15 years now, mostly Summers on the Great South Bay which separates Fire Island from Long Island, New York (see map below).

In Winter, I try to vacation somewhere that has windsurfing. Last February, I discovered Bonaire. A tiny Dutch island 50 miles off of the north coast of Venuzuela. Man, this is one friendly island. Most of the tourists come for the diving which is concentrated on the western, leeward side of Bonaire with its beautiful sunsets.


Windsurfing at Lac Bay

The windsurfing is on the largely-uninhabitated windward side at Lac Bay - a large, georgously clear, shallow, reef-protected bay with constant, moderate trade winds. I spent three full days at Jibe City and fill in love with the new, ultra-wide, Formula boards.

I also highly recommend the Bitter End Yacht Club in Virgin Gorda, BVI, where Lynne and I vacationed several times in the late '90s. What a beautiful place. Sailing is good, excellent equipment and plenty of other activities when the winds are light.


Places Sailed:

Lac Bay, Bonaire
Windsurfing perfection. Sailed Bic Techno 283 and Fanatic X-Rays.

Bitter End Yacht Club, Virgin Gorda
Island hopping on a Mistral Escape with a 7.4 m2 UP sail.

Key West
Two days at a friend's condo, one too windy, the other too light.

Chenay Bay, St Croix
Nice place, good equipment. Learned how to jibe here.

Cabarete, Dominican Rep.
Mar. 1993, during the great storm. Bic center gets an A for equipment, hospitality and fun. I wrote a journal there.

Phuket, Thailand
Nov. 1989 at the Club Med. Fantastic place but the Tiga boards and sail weren't very good. Cut my foot on coral.

Ko Samui, Thailand
Jan. 1991 during the Gulf War. Nice place to be, very relaxed. Light air.

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Windsurfing on the WWW

The list of windsurfing resources on the Internet is growing. I've found a few sites that can do a better job of maintaining a list of links than I can.

Gone with the Windsurf

Check out Luigi Semenzato's great T-shirts.

Andrew Condon's Windsurfing page

Lots of windsurfing links and other resources.

The WWWindsurfer's Catalog

From Windzone.

Adirondack Boardsailing Club

which has a great list of sites in the Northeast USA.

Maui Windsurfing Report

a zine with cool picts and more.

Other Windsurfing Resources

Archive 1 and Archive 2, and the Usenet Newsgroup, rec.windsurfing

Weather

Latest New York Marine forecast, and the latest US IR/Radar Map.

The Great South Bay and Fire Island, New York


From Street Atlas USA. Copyright © 1993 DeLorme Mapping

Larry Aronson, April 29, 2002