Looks like the inevitable has finally surfaced.

NE monsoon season is finally over.

You can almost smell it from far distant when even the storm is not strong enough to power up an average size gear. And for someone who lives by the sea, I can almost taste it (by the price of the seafood!)

Her leaving was celebrated with mild rain from southwest in the evening, and blue light sunny sky in the afternoon where happy people enjoy BBQ’ing and resting at the beach…

NE wind, you will be missed.

But…Nobody says the wind is gone for good, right? In a few days the wind will slowly change its direction to become more south-westerly, bringing less rain & less wind, but still worthy for the wind junkies on their big gear.

So what is left for you the small gear brotherhood? Southwest monstrous storm perhaps? Yehhhaaaa!!

Of course, by no means, this post is to pull the plug of any chance for the last blow from the NE wind, and for what it’s worth, there have been a lot of surprises as far as the monsoon season goes this year. Who knows?

As expected, NE wind is still refusing to go away. After two days of raining since the EPIC storm, she visited us again today bringing 12-15 knots of solid wind. I had good fun sailing all by myself at a beach near my place, Pantai Sepat.

For those who don’t know Pantai Sepat, this water area is famous for SHARK fishing among the fishermen. It sounds a bit scary, but these sharks don’t usually attack human. If you don’t fall a lot, this beach may serve you good time without too much fear of getting bitten! Plus, there was not a single report about shark attacks here in Malaysia.

Wind direction relative to the beach during NE monsoon is from about 10′o clock. That gives you plenty of room to do downwind sprint without worrying too much about getting back upwind. The beach is reasonably wide, so it will be suitable for kiters from beginners to pro. For windsurfers, this can be another whole new adventure for you!

P/S: Picture is not actual footage of the sharks, they’re actually much smaller!

After a few days of nearly-windless week, Saturday surprised us with the NE monsoon storm! The strongest & windiest I have seen in a while. It was all dark & cloudy, white caps all over the place, the trees being swayed around heavily, the sand flies off to your face, and nobody dares wearing a skirt.

Wind strength was approximately 25knots to blazing 30 knots! I went out earlier on a 7.4m, then sized down to 6.5m. Still, I was way overpowered, and can barely hold to the sail. The board just willingly take off whenever it hits the chop. In 30 knots, everything just seem not right! Good thing was I managed to nail the waterstart a few dozen times. Yippie!

There are only two windsurfers out that day, George & me. And there were also a few kitesurfers at Duta Village.

In the word of George Warren,

“So today it blew 25-30 knots for a few hours.
A typical Nov/Dec/Jan day with stormy skies and white caps everywhere.
The windiest day I’ve seen this monsoon. Epic.
The danglers rigged up enough kites to power a small tanker and then didnt know which one to use. They eventually settled on the smallest !
I used a 6.5 and was maxed out with a girly hairdressers board (all slim and young and so on) RS60.
So, only me and another lone sailor further North…….
Come to Kuantan before the fat lady sings !”

So there you have it children, NE Monsoon wind is still blowing and I’m positive to say, it’ll keep on blowing until the late of March. Plan out your journey and you may be well served!

Earlier that day…

Totally revamped the website to make it look more attractive to the potential readers. I can’t even count how many copyright ownerships have been violated throughout the process. Oh well, the internet should be free, RIGHT??

Hope you like it!

BWJ & crews will be leaving for Penang Regatta from tomorrow until Sunday, 1st of March. Therefore nobody will be at our place during this period so please be informed.

Best wishes.
BWJ