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Got home a few nights ago and just starting to acclimate...
August 25-31
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flew direct SF-Kahalui with wife, daughter, wife's parents. Picked up a
minivan and drove to the Hana-Maui hotel for a week of spacious,gracious
world-class luxury. We snorked and body-surfed and ate like polynesian
royalty. Servants handed us towels and boogie boards. There IS surf in
Hana, bring your surf board, any length. No good sailing sites, but it was
windy all week. The Magic Mushrooms were not up.
September 2
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Drove the inlaws to the airport, went direct to HiTech and checked out a
glass 8'4 no-nose and some EzzyWaves. Found our shack at Andy's cove and
discovered that the property (6) units was crawling with San Francisco
Sailors. Seems that Jimmy Johnstone (fiberspar rep)was getting married
and invited some folks, and some more tagged along to make for an SFInvasion.
Some names: Les+Brenda Seymour, Bob+MG Smith, Jim Mott, Gordon Clute, Ken
Bowman, Taylor from cityFront, Rick the JapaneseHawaiian that surfs
without sail alot, and more. Also met Eric (Weenie Boy) formerly from
Windsports, now a Maui resident - he's cleaning cars for Word Of Mouth.
Ran into Chad+Michelle at Kanaha...
So we settle in, I rig a 4.7 and call Tony Mogle.(see the Almost Daily
Reports on Maui Wind Report) We exchange descriptions and I launch by 3PM.
Wind is steady, water is no-rubber warm, gear is good, if a bit heavy.
I gradually sail down to Camp One, about a half-mile. Camp has the only
waves around, but they're only knee high. That's a good size for your
first time at a new spot I reckon. For a while it's just me and this pro
french woman F12, she's table topping and tacking, but we soon attract
imitators...8^)
Around 4:30 I spot the Mogle Man as he blazes out, jibe in front of him,
call his name and wave my gloved hand, then head out through the surf
and hit a nice 6' jump, only to get a bit off balance and stick a nose
first landing - stick it deep I mean...
Another hour or so of solid fun and I have to go - some serious upwindage
lies ahead of me. I make good progress as the clouds go golden, but just
a tack or 2 short of my landing the planning power poops out. So I swim
in, find some bottom, bounce and swim some more, etc. Last one in at
Andy's after a solid 3 hours. My hands are blistered - never get them at
home. I think the warm water is big factor here, but I had some worn old
Pryde aluminum boom that may have contributed too.
Ate pizza at KMart. Got some tshirts and Ibuprofen. Got some more
groceries at the 24-hour safeway.
Sep 3 Sunday
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Paia for real bread and health food store.
Took the HeavyTech gear back and found something more my style next door
at Sailboards Maui. Couldn't decide between a Copello 265 "convertible"
and a Copello 253 Twinzer, so Tom let us take both of them! Such a
deal...(both epoxy) got a couple Naish Hokuas too. They turned out to be
very similar to the Ezzy Waves in my limited experience. One interesting
note is that the 4.3 was really beat, while the 4.9 was almost new - that
tells me it blows 4.3 a whole lot here...
Took my girls to Kanaha for Mom's Morning session. She started out OK,
but was soon OPed on the 4.3/265.
Back at Andy's, it's 4.3 and Twinzer time! Best day of the trip, really
powered up nicely and the twinzer is nothing but FUN! It's light too.
Sailed to Camp One again but came back earlier today caus the waves were
even smaller and I needed to shorten harness lines. Stayed at Andy's with
the local crew for Round Two.
September 4 monday
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Kanaha in the morning again. Smaller sail, Chris does better, but it's
lighter too. We found the upper parking lot today - much better for
haole windsurfers.
Back at Andy's I do the 4.9/265 thing for a while, but when I get fully
powered I think "I could do the 4.3/Twinzer now" so I go in and rerig.
It works off and on. Turns out it was just an up and down wind day -
everybody mentioned it. You be blasting for a couple minutes, then
totally slogging. No waves again. Quit early.
Andy's Critique - Nights from Hell
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Andy's Cove is just East of the Sugar Cove condos, just about 6
properties upwind from the Sprecklesville Launch. There are 6 units on
the grounds, from a tiny one room (the Love Shack) to the 3-bedroom
Sunset house. It's a priceless waterfront property with fantastic ocean
views and sunsets, a huge lawn with shade and showers, and direct
launching into the Mecca of windsurfing.
The houses themselves, however, leave much to be desired. The real beds
are fine, but the sofabeds are bonafide torture racks. I tryed many
configurations and ended up sleeping ( a little) on the cushions on the
floor. In addition, I was hot and sweaty because there is only one fan
in the place, (no air condish) and the girls had it in the bedroom. Then
there are the mosquitos! They come out when the wind goes home for
the night. The screens on our unit (palm cottage) were put on well after
the windows went in, and the skeeters get in around the nonsealing edges.
Sliding doors on the cabinets and closets were totally sticky and the
bathroom fixtures badly corroded. The lawn had not been raked in weeks
(months?) and was littered with tree debris - needed water too. The
hammock that is featured in the marketng material is beyond totalled. The
chain holding it up broke when I got in, dumping me on my ass. And Quint
put it back up with a new piece of line...(shaking head)
The onsite Managment is damn near invisible, which is fine if you need
nothing, very unprofessional otherwise. We had no sheet or blanket for
the "spare bed" the first night. another guest finally showed us to the
stash of extra stuff.
I understand that the structures are riddled with termite damage.
Carpenter bees were working on the carport just outside our front door.
Airport noise is more tolerable than at places more downwind. When a jet
takes off, you just stop talking for about 15 seconds. Can't hear the
landings at all. Kitchen gear was adequate. micro wave,toaster,blender.
mr.coffee all worked, electric stove heated up pretty quickly, hot water
was TOO HOT! Radio/cd player and tv with cable and remote provided. Big
reefer. Ants too.
Bottom line - Yes I'd do it again, with certain conditions:
1> Avoid the sofa beds at all costs
2> plenty skeeter repellent.
3> stay in the larger units, share with friends.
Andy's Cove is on the Web and they do email.
http://www.maui.net/
Go for Accommadtions
Bob Galvan
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