Gust or Brezze

Originally posted by patj Windguru is another good website www.windguru.cz Being heavy like us you'll find light wind (below about 7 mph) an absolute pain .

The Phantom is very good in light breezes - don't be put off by 'too little' wind - just go out and see what happens. Anything over 10 - 12 knots in a Phantom is hard work so get used to the boat in lighter breezes first.

Don't spend too long worrying about the forecasts etc - go along and, if its sensible, go sailing. Too many sailing days are lost be people taking to much notice about the forecast wind.

Also - some of the better know 'wind forecast' websites regularly forecast ridiculous gust speeds - this puts off lots of people and they are regularly completely wrong.

We had one the other day that said something along the lines of 8 - 12 knots gusting 25 ?. It never went above F3 all day.