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Don't you mean "Seatrend 8'11""?
-nang
--- "John A. Ehler" <jehler@cisco.com-DeleteThis> wrote:
> I sailed from 3rd to the northern most part of
> Oakland Airport on a random day last
> year. Seatrend 8'3" (~100L) 6.3 North Prisma. I was
> relaxing that day so I just kept
> sailing. Took about 25-35 minutes. At a couple of
> points I was barely planing.
> The return was just as easy (no thinking involved).
> Haven't done it again cause
> there was no challenge. I have more fun sailing
> from 3rd to Coyote (and back).
>
> The Bay Bridge though....
>
> John (#175)
>
> At 03:43 PM 6/2/99 , you wrote:
> >
> >
> >I've been to Alameda twice (from Coyote) and once
> to Oakland Airport (from
> >3rd), always on a 12 ft longboard, and all three
> times during standard
> >afternoon summertime conditions. Both times to
> Alameda I encountered a
> >humongous wind shadow downwind of San Bruno
> Mountain, very far off shore.
> >All three times I had to uphaul a lot and schlog in
> light winds until the
> >good winds were re-encountered.
> >
> >Destination sailing can be fun, provided you are
> ready for a very wide
> >range of sailing conditions, and provided you are
> prepared to return by
> >land from a distant unpredictable locale.
> >
> >Jim Bjorken
> >
>
>
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