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============= Mon 7 Jul 97 - 3rd - 6.0/257 (184#)
Went to 3rd. The wind was pretty mild, so we rigged big - 6.0 for me,
5.4 for Michael, but used the small boards, hoping the ebb would be
happening. This turned out great. We were powered just about perfectly
most of the time. The ebb swell kicked in decently and made me forget
I was sailing that big 6.0...
------------- Sun 13 Jul 97 - Crown Sterling
We went to Crown Sterling. Well, first we went shopping at ASD, hoping
the wind would come up some more. We rigged 6.0 for me, 5.4 for Michael
and got out my 9'1 and 8'8 C.S. boards... and then we hesitated. The
four wind dummies were slogging, so we chatted, and watched, and eventually
just derigged.
============= Thu 18 Jul 97 - 3rd - 5.4,4.9/257 (187#)
Went to 3rd Ave to find the water flat and several people slogging
in on 4.5-5.0 sails. Apparently it was really going and then just
got really light. You could still see major breaking swell
up past marker 8. After about 20 minutes, it came back. We
rigged the Standard Rig (5.4, 4.9) and found ourselves way powered
out in the channel. We soon went back in and changed down to
4.9 and 4.3. This was much better, but would have been better
smaller. In fact, the conditions got really hard to sail in.
The wind was very gusty and the swell was often coming straight at you
on port tack. Lots of huge ramps in the confused swell, but I was
reduced to survival sailing after a while, as were others I talked to.
The wind reports were surprising - only about 20 knots average at SFO
and SoSF, but the gusting to 30+ knots told the story. NWS and COTW
forecasts pretty much missed the gusty conditions.
I brought a disposable waterproof camera. I found it was pretty hard
to shoot while sailing overpowered! And then I was reminded what
happens when you're distracted in big conditions - I got catapulted
real hard onto my mast. Both my left thigh and my left shoulder got
hit hard. I was able to sail (poorly) the rest of the session but
it was hard to walk and carry stuff when I got in. We took turns
bobbing in the swell to shoot the rest of the roll. These are not
likely to be magazine-quality shots.
Today, walking is annoying, stairs hurt and lifting my arm to answer
the phone hurts. Hope I can sail tomorrow...
Ken Poulton
poulton@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis
"Direct experience is best. The man who carries a cat home by the
tail gains information that will be useful all his life and will not
grow dim in his memory." -- Mark Twain
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