USA Today ; put me in their mag

And of all the Cool shots submitted in 30+ mph wind on a
cat ; they use This one . (LOL) Ha !!


http://www.usatoday.com/story/your-.../13548445/?csp=yourtake&sf29357882=1

Bille

that is f*kng awesome!

Nice job Bille!

Took the words right out of my mouth...

Very nice!

A Marketing Director that was a good friend of mine always said that if you give someone three choices, they'll usually pick the worst of the three so make sure your worst one is still a good one.

Cool stuff!

NICE CROTCH SHOT! - but still very cool !

Very inspiring!

Awesome!

Congrats! Very inspiring.

Inspirational!

Here is the Story behind that shot in USA Today :

Notice the sail rolled up and tied to the tramp ? That Was, (past tense)
the main-sail.

It was blowing 30+mph on Mohave, so we reefed the Main to about the size
of a Hobie-16. We had previously sent the sail to San Diego to
get two reefing points sewn in it, but we also Knew the sail was OLD, (like Me) .

We kept the jib furled, for our trip to the South end of the main-body
of lake Mohave. If Ya go much past 9-mile, the lake gets real narrow, (more like a river)
with high rock walls on both sides. In winter North winds ; only the windsurfers can
deal with that unstable stuff, and even kite-boarding is out of the question.

Everything was Great ; we were past our goal of 9-mile cove, with mostly steady 30-mph
breeze , when a 35 to 38 mph gust hit us and destroyed the old main .
We beached the cat, and dropped the Main ; secured it to the tramp and headed
back to Cottenwood-cove.

Lucky Us -- we had practiced in high-winds, using just the jib ; so we were good
to go for our mostly down-wind run back to Cottenwood-cove.

By the time this shot was taken, the wind had mostly died, so i hooked into the
trapeze just to break the Bore-Dum !!

Wouldn't Ya know it ; that's the shot which made it into USA Today !!

Bille