Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.18/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA003014978; Thu, 13 Feb 1997 09:29:38 -0800 Return-Path: <kasplash@crl.com-DeleteThis> Received: from mail.crl.com by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA244044977; Thu, 13 Feb 1997 09:29:37 -0800 Received: from crl3.crl.com by mail.crl.com with SMTP id AA17433 (5.65c/IDA-1.5 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>); Thu, 13 Feb 1997 09:25:00 -0800 Received: by crl3.crl.com id AA19710 (5.65c/IDA-1.5 for wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis); Thu, 13 Feb 1997 09:17:56 -0800 Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 09:17:56 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Galvan <kasplash@crl.com-DeleteThis> To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: preseason tuba practice In-Reply-To: <970213010329_1678224056@emout10.mail.aol.com-DeleteThis> Message-Id: <Pine.SUN.3.91.970213084502.19239A-100000@crl3.crl.com-DeleteThis> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Zeev was on the job and alerted me to the forecast wednesday night
I gutted a chicken and examined the signs carefully.
hmmmm, I says, this might work...
I had just gotten the rax on the new van that very day.
the AM sensors looked promising, zeev called and said he's going, so I
went too. 10:30 departure. all the way out it was calm and beautiful.
even at the top of Inverness Ridge, still calm. I stopped and dug out the
binoculars.
Whoa-ho! Yes mama there are whitecaps all over Drake's Bay. and outside
it's Victory at Sea!
I started out with the 8'8/4.7/big fin, got a couple nice flights right
away, but outside I really had my hands full. What to do? It's a long
walk back to the truck, I think swapping both board and sail will do me in.
I opt for the board swap, a 9" fin and max downhaul. Ahhhh, that's the
ticket.
I make a beeline for the waves. I get there just fine, find the Steam
Engine exposed again, and it's REALLY WINDY! gotta be 30-35. I buzzed
around a bit, caught a couple waves, make some carefull jibes, went in
to catch my breath and drink a V8. Relaunched and immeadiately got worked.
When I finally got back on my feet I decided I was just on the edge of
control here, it was really choppy, and I better head back. Zoom!
Back down the beach, I found myself in control once again, went back'n
forth with Zeev for a while, jumping chop both ways, caught one nice
shoulder high wave. Strength fading, went in about 3:30.
was a awesome day,
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