RE: 3rd reports

From: Fischl, Peter (PB-p4dfisc) (P4DFISC@msg.PacBell.COM-DeleteThis)
Date: Thu Jul 24 1997 - 11:35:41 PDT


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From: "Fischl, Peter  (PB-p4dfisc)" <P4DFISC@msg.PacBell.COM-DeleteThis>
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Subject: RE: 3rd reports
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 11:35:41 -0700
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Please send me information on how to disconnect from windtalk. thanks...

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>From: Ken Poulton[SMTP:poulton@jr.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis]
>Sent: Friday, July 18, 1997 2:30PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list
>Subject: 3rd reports
>
>============= 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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