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Stephanie says:
Unlike Coyote, third av. as a narrow, one-way, rocky access ramp that is
getting real crowded these days, so do yourself and others a favor--wear
booties (I know some of you will say that your will "loose" that close
feeling you have with the board. Remember that's also what many say about
condoms...)...
Stephane "feeling-like-a-jerk-today" DuBois
> I used to be a bare-foot fanatic until I got tired of sore, bruised and cut
up feet. Wearing booties also prevents: dislocated toes when jammimng them into
the straps on a hi-speed jibe, cuts from the fin, cuts from the ground, cuts
from the rocks,...plus they retain heat.....(also...I've heard that if you add
a drop of vaseline before application you can get that 'close feeling'.....)
my-two-cents...
or "why bother going to the Gorge and sleeping in my van just to hit
'another slow week'"?
Got to 3rd at 2:45, lot was 3/4 full. Mixed reviews from "std sailors"
where one was overpowered on 5.0 and small board and the other was
underpowered on 5.3 midsized board. Rigged 5.6 Race and CFlex due to
strong flood and was marginal to good for an hour then great 'till 6PM.
Channel was flat with some decent swells on the other side and good ramps
just before the channel. Combo was the right call.
How do we get people to read and follow the "right-of-way" rules for
ingress and egress from the water? People exiting the water have the
right-of-way on the ramp and yet I'd wait in line to go in and some
idiots would, oblivious to us waiting, try to cut in. Then I'd come out
of the water, after waiting my turn only to have someone cut in, get out
of the waves only to have another idiot come down the ramp as I'm
struggling to clear my sail from the waves and say "I'm not going
backwards". I got a bit indignent and said "the hell if I'm going
backwards into the waves?" and made her squat down so I could go over her
and then get dirty looks from the gal waiting to come down. If I wanted
this sort of rudeness, I'd take up surfing....
Another idiot was rigging in the middle of the parking lot and people
would have to yell at him to move his sail so they could get out. Guess
what? He then made someone back into the water on the ramp.
Maybe we need a hole in the fence so people parking in the illegal
firelane can sail into the beach and get in and out easliy? Also, maybe
we should sandbag the other upwind launch and use that for ingress and
the present launch for egress? Other ideas?
Kirk (slogging out to the windline at Coyote looks better now) out
ASD epoxy: 8'8" RKT, 8'11" CS & 9'6" no-nose CS; Mistral CFlex & Malibu
Wt 213#, Ht. 6'0", Usually sail on SF Bay, Cailf.
(kirk_lindstrom@sj.hp.com-DeleteThis)
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