Weatherinfo:

also yesterday -- sunny early morning, then a quick shower (not lightning/thunder) mid-morning, then warming up with the threat of a thundershower which finally arrived around 7pm or so -- good amount of rain in all

Topical:

got out windsurfing for an hour in the early evening (just before the tstorms arrived) -- wind was light and variable from the west, which meant it was easy to get out and sail around a bit -- the water temp is no longer a problem for me (doesn't really make me uncomfortable at all over the long term as long as there's enough wind that I'm keeping my blood pumping -- still does feel a little bit cold at times though) -- after the big wind last Mon and Tues, I was a lot more confident with jibe turns, though there were still quite a few awkward falls (or almost-falls) -- i'm having a hard time with beginning the jibe turn in heavy air, i can just get started falling off, but when a larger gust arrives at that moment, I'm not really doing well (i instinctively "catch" myself and that sends me back across (and more up) wind).   I'm really starting to understand though that there's a "feel" I need to develop, mostly in terms of my feet and my balance (but obviously also to do with my arms as hanging on the the wishboom inherently affects balance) in order to really be tuned in to "everything" at once -- that is:

• the angle that the board is riding at (in terms of tipping to port or starboard)
• the "sustainability" of the current sail position -- as in how the wind is powering it, and whether i'm in "equilibrium" in terms of the force I'm exerting (which if not balanced would eventually result in either the sail coming down over my head if I don't have quite enough wind or the sail yanking me over the other side of the board if I've got too much)
• the current "change" in aspect (whether I'm tracking to port or starboard, as opposed to straight dead ahead )
  

If the first two listed above are in complementary harmony and I'm sailing on a constant heading (the third item above), then as long as the wind remains constant (a 4th variable), this is a "locked in" position that can be held until fatigue sets in (anywhere from 15 seconds to many minutes, depending on the strength of the wind).   What I'm really interested in figuring out is how tipping the sail fore and aft, as well as rotating it slightly "feels" and what it makes the board do.  I feel like after mastering those things (conceivably during this summer), I'll potentially be able to do some very quick turns and also expand my arsenal of tools to "recover" from sudden wind gusts (or drops) or momentary loss of balance due to waves or whatever.

Rambling: