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> Btw - Coyote was 5.0, but gusty, yesterday until about 5:00 pm. Then, I had
> to do the swim back because it was honkin' in the channel, but dead near
> shore. A guy I talked to at ASD sailed Sherman this weekend and said it was
> going off (4.0) all day yesterday (didya make it out there Will??).
> Hopefully, this week/next weekend will be as good.
Monday, Coyote kicked up to 4.0-4.5 about 5:00pm, which sent everyone out on
small gear, then promptly died about 15 minutes later. I had just finished
rigging when it began to glass out on the inside. Actually the windline just
shifted out to the channel, leaving it dead on the inside for at least a good
half mile or more. Everyone packed up and went home, then...
About 6:30, the wind began to fill back into the beach. It looked
windy, but I had no idea just how windy... I had my 5.0 '94 Rushwind
Race sail (5 cams) rigged and ready, so I hooked up my 8'6" Clam, and
headed out at about 6:45. The 5.0 Rushwind can handle *a lot* of
wind. The windline was at the pilings and as soon as I hit it, my sail
was *unsheeted* and turned into a noise maker! My 8'6", 75l board with
the paper thin tail immediately stood up on it's tail! And then a gust
hit me... Ok, the 5.0 was too much sail, and the 10.5" fin was too
much fin. 3 others were out on 3.9-4.0s. They were handling it pretty
well. One guy on a 4.0, who was making some very nice jumps, commented
afterward that the 4.0 was too much in the gusts! Speaking of jumps,
the ebb'ed swells were breaking at about 6 ft and the tops were going
horizontal! Yesterday's wind report pretty much sums it up...
>1900 7:00 pm pdt mon jun 13 1994 SFO sunny 60 49 67 w 31g38 29.93
>#miltime time date loc sky/wx temp dewpt rh wind(knots) pres
^^^^^^^^^^^
That's 31-38 knots! What is 38 knots, about 42mph??
BTW, I've been noticing a pattern of a 5:00pm lull, which lasts anywhere from
30 minutes to an hour. Is this a known phenomenon?
~Jim
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