Sailing on Lagoa Azul

Jeri has great wave sailing and recently the waves have been reaching new heights. Wave sailing is tiring, and due to the amount of people on the water causing bad chop and well, there can be too many people on the water at once which it makes it hard to learn new moves. So, after sailing for over two and a half months in the Jeri waves Jen and I took a slight detour to Lagoa Azul for some flat water sailing.

Lagoa Azul is a small lagoon about 40 minutes by truck away from Jeri. It turns out there were 12 people wanting to go so we all piled into one truck. Now that doesn't sound too impressive, but imagine 12 people with all their gear plus the driver. Thats 12 people, 12 boards, 24 sails plus all the booms, masts, etc, etc. Once we got everything on top or piled in the back, there wasn't much room left to sit. Some of the people we went with were: Maeli, Al, Arrianne, Floor, Anna, Emmi, Thomas and three other people I haven't a clue how to spell their names.

The wind was a bit gusty, but I loved the flat water for a change. Also the fact that we were only 12 people on a large lagoon was great, especially once everyone was spaced out. I was able to work on my tacks and air gybes, hopefully getting close to landing the latter soon! The day was quite cloudy, but we made the most of it and hopefully got some great action shots with Anna's high tech camera. When I get the pictures she took, I'll make sure to post them!

During lunch time all the girls (which there were a lot of, we joked that all the windsurfing girls went to the lagoon!) helped Al with the windsurfing movie he's making. We sat in a circle around him in our bikinis and sang along to a song about living in paradise. Not too far from the truth! I can't believe we have under 2 weeks left in Jeri! Time to make the most of it and enjoy every minute.