Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA02723; Wed, 22 Jun 1994 15:08:14 -0700 Return-Path: <James.Paugh@Eng.Sun.COM-DeleteThis> Received: from Sun.COM by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.36.108.4/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA24903; Wed, 22 Jun 1994 15:10:17 -0700 Received: from Eng.Sun.COM (zigzag.Eng.Sun.COM) by Sun.COM (sun-barr.Sun.COM) id AA19392; Wed, 22 Jun 94 15:04:16 PDT Received: from jurassic.Eng.Sun.COM (camilla) by Eng.Sun.COM (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA26687; Wed, 22 Jun 94 15:03:43 PDT Received: from jalama.eng.sun.com by jurassic.Eng.Sun.COM (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA24641; Wed, 22 Jun 1994 15:00:57 -0700 Received: by jalama.eng.sun.com (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA21126; Wed, 22 Jun 1994 15:00:59 -0700 Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 15:00:59 -0700 From: James.Paugh@Eng.Sun.COM-DeleteThis (Jim Paugh) Message-Id: <9406222200.AA21126@jalama.eng.sun.com-DeleteThis> To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: Yesterday at crissy X-Sun-Charset: US-ASCII
> 'JefWNDHNTR@aol.com-DeleteThis says:'
> > At crissy, yesterday ws great...I was on a 5.1 and way overpowered for a
> > while...then it backed off, and I was dialed in. GREAT jumps....funny
> > thing--for wahilke i had starboard jumps near the north tower! Unlike you
> > coyote/3rd sailors, our wind seemed to be SWerly. light on the inside but
> > filled at the way to the marin side. Once I got to the middle, it was a
> > straight tack to the north tower...It will be good again to day...I will do a
> > 2:15 report on windsight before I leave work Jeff
>
> This is something I have been meaning to ask about for a while. Is there a
> launch site for the Golden Gate/Crissy on the North shore/Marin? I too
> have noticed that the winds at Crissy tend to be W/SW, and it seems like
> you would get much better launching conditions if you came from the North
> side rather than having to launch from a wind shadow near the beach at
> Crissy.
I'll bet there's a "secret spot" to launch from, and I'll bet the guys at
Saucalito Sailboards would know it too! Might be worth a call, but don't
tell them you're going to post it to wind_talk. And you will post it,
won't you Will? :^)
~Jim
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