Received: from opus.hpl.hp.com by jr.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.24/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA141726986; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 15:43:06 -0700 Return-Path: <kogelnik@interval.com-DeleteThis> Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.24/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA275846980; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 15:43:00 -0700 Received: from fred.interval.com (fred.interval.com [192.203.7.36]) by hplms26.hpl.hp.com (8.9.1a/HPL-PA Relay) with ESMTP id PAA29602 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 15:42:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from interval.interval.com (interval.interval.com [199.170.106.10]) by fred.interval.com with ESMTP id PAA07083 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 15:38:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by interval.interval.com id PAA19205; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 15:38:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <2.2.32.19990601223957.015d4e00@interval.com-DeleteThis> X-Sender: kogelnik@interval.com-DeleteThis X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (32) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 15:39:57 -0700 To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis From: Chris Kogelnik <kogelnik@interval.com-DeleteThis> Subject: Re: Coyote to Alameda?
I went from 3rd to probably within a half a mile of the Oakland Airport
last year on an ebb. I figure that was close enough and really wondered what
I was doing it for. I was on a 5.9 and a 95L board (barely a floater for me)
with a swept pointer fin. The wind was very filled in across the entire bay,
and I was very powered in the channel at 3rd.
The wind was the typical summer thermal pattern from the NW, but on the
far side of the channel it was definitely more westerly, and that made
going north very easy. The wind was also lighter on that side, and the
chop was milder than the inside chop at 3rd.
Coming back I was very far upwind of the launch and had a great time going
downwind. It was good to have a board with a lot of nose rocker to avoid
pearling. I tried to be conservative to avoid any crash and subsequent
equipment failure. It was really hard to see the 3rd launch. My feet were
also sore from staying in the straps for so long.
Probably the best time to try it would be after the high slack to ebb
transition. The water will be flat so you can use a larger board, it will
be easier to handle an OP'ed sail and you won't hit anything submerged. Also,
if the wind shuts off you probably won't end up in San Jose. Consistent wind
across the Bay is the most important factor.
It wasn't anything that I planned, I just did since the conditions seemed
right. In retrospect it was a stupid thing to do, I was alone and slogging
that board back could have made it my worst all-time day -- much worse than
getting skunked.
Chris
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