Re: Re: Coyote / 3rd

From: Ken Poulton (poulton@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis)
Date: Sun Jul 10 1994 - 13:18:05 PDT


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From: Ken Poulton <poulton@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>
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Subject: Re: Re: Coyote / 3rd


> Okay here's the answer to the question about whether there were gaps in the
> wind a mile off shore on Thursday (due to northerly direction): NO. It was as
> solid as Coyote gets, although I didn't need to go more than a mile out
> because the wind was filled in to the "swimming" area. The only thing I felt
> was unusual was that the swells were better formed and closer to shore than
> usual.

I was curious about *farther* than one mile off shore.

> It seems to me that the best plan may be to drive past 3rd to Coyote or
> Sterling when the beeper sez it's windier at Coyote than it looks when
> crossing the San Mateo Bridge.

Personally, I'd rather not cross the bridge coming from Palo Alto. :-)

Ken Poulton
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"It is also a good rule not to put too much confidence in experimental
results until they have been confirmed by theory."
                                        --Sir Arthur Eddington



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