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 AA212452576; Mon, 28 Jul 1997 10:56:17 -0700 Return-Path: <justin@infoscape.com-DeleteThis> Received: from mail.infoscape.com by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA080662572; Mon, 28 Jul 1997 10:56:12 -0700 From: justin@infoscape.com-DeleteThis Received: from angst by mail.infoscape.com (NX5.67e/NX3.0M) id AA25528; Mon, 28 Jul 97 10:43:27 -0700 Date: Mon, 28 Jul 97 10:43:27 -0700 Message-Id: <9707281743.AA25528@mail.infoscape.com-DeleteThis> To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Cc: amir.khosrowshahi@gs.com-DeleteThis Subject: Weekend report and saving yourself with a busted fin X-Mailer: VM 6.29 under 20.2 XEmacs Lucid (beta2) Reply-To: justin@infoscape.com-DeleteThis Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Friday, 5:00 - 7:30: Crown Sterling, 7.3 IQ, 9'6. I sailed all the way upwind to
the launch at Genentech. this is just north of Flying Tigers and south
of Oyster. Anybody else sail there?
I was very fully powered, especially later in the session.
At 7:15, about 500 yards east of the runway, I broke my fin. At
ABK camp, I learned that:
1. Tying the harness to the tail of the board does not work well.
2. Better to sail upwind, using the windward rail for resistance.
Downwind also works, but a beam reach is near impossible.
Many thanks to ABK, because that technique got me right back to the
launch, albeit with a lot of sweat. I put my front foot right at the
mast base and my back foot in front of the back foot strap.
Saturday: Awesome day at Rio, from 9:00 - 4:00. On a 4.7 almost the
entire day.
Sunday: Another *AWESOME* day. Not quite as windy, but still good
enough to keep me on my 4.7 from 1:00 to 8:15.
Justin
200#
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