Received: from hpocia.sj.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.18/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA071720578; Thu, 20 Mar 1997 07:09:38 -0800 Return-Path: <kirk_lindstrom@hpocia.sj.hp.com-DeleteThis> Received: from hpoclrf.sj.hp.com by hpocia.sj.hp.com with SMTP (1.36.DCS.7/15.5+IOS 3.22+OM) id AA03719; Thu, 20 Mar 1997 07:09:38 -0800 Sender: kirk@hpocia.sj.hp.com-DeleteThis Message-Id: <3331532E.5E17@sj.hp.com-DeleteThis> Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 07:09:34 -0800 From: Kirk Lindstrom <kirk_lindstrom@hpocia.sj.hp.com-DeleteThis> Organization: Sending from inside Hewlett Packard X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; HP-UX A.09.07 9000/735) To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: sailing the waves References: <199703201022.CAA17908@and.com-DeleteThis> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Expensive and relatively safe answer...
Go to Maui and take lessons.
Hardest or strangest part for me was leaning to bear off before trying
to catch a wave since you slow down going up and over and bearing off
builds speed. I still haven't tried the waves in the cold water....the
Bay is closer for me.
Also, to eliminate (or reduce fear) I sailed out, dumped my rig and let
a wave hit me while holding on the proper way so I knew what to expect
before it happened by surprise. Thus I'd had a wave wash over me and my
rig before I even tried riding one. Worked pretty well.
Kirk out
> > Any suggestions for a beginner wave sailor in northern California. I can't
> > make the journey to the west coast of Baja until next spring and I want to
> > learn about wave sailing now. I live near Bodega Bay and have been reading
> > about Wadell, Tuba and the new sandbar etc. and Palo Marin. I don't want to
> > get hammered too bad in the surf (at least not the first few times), so
> > which of these places would offer the best conditions for a beginner?
> > Thanks, Annie
>
> What I want to know is *how* do you sail waves. What's the strategy?
> The last time I encountered a wave (a few years ago in Hawaii),
> the wave won. I plan to figure this out this season.
>
> -jon
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> Jonathan Hahn
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