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 AA156318880; Fri, 28 Feb 1997 11:41:21 -0800 Return-Path: <pierre@interval.com-DeleteThis> Received: from fred.interval.com by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA010828881; Fri, 28 Feb 1997 11:41:21 -0800 Received: from interval.interval.com (interval.interval.com [199.170.107.10]) by fred.interval.com with ESMTP id LAA12185 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Fri, 28 Feb 1997 11:37:34 -0800 Received: by interval.interval.com id LAA11590; Fri, 28 Feb 1997 11:37:35 -0800 Message-Id: <v02130506af3cd488c0ea@[199.170.106.91]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 11:41:59 -0700 To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis From: pierre@interval.com-DeleteThis (Pierre St. Hilaire) Subject: Klingon sailing at 3rd
Yesterday was one of those sicko days at 3rd. I arrived at 3 pm and rigged
my 3.3 . By the time I launched, the wind had picked up a notch and the
3.3 was way too big. Came back on shore and flattened it to the max. Still
massively overpowered! The water had patches of that liquid smoke we all
love and dread...
The strategy for most sailors on that day was to launch with their smallest
rig and go out until they got hammered - usually within the first 600
yards. Those gusts must have clocked over 45 knots. I do not think anyone
made it to the channel in the late afternoon, but if someone did I would
enjoy reading their report :)
I held on for about an hour and half, until my hands and arms gave out.
What a day!
Pierre St. Hilaire
Interval Research Corp.
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Mon Dec 10 2001 - 02:31:20 PST