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 AA139132950; Thu, 1 Jul 1999 08:29:15 -0700 Return-Path: <kasplash@crl.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 AA059092940; Thu, 1 Jul 1999 08:29:00 -0700 Received: from mail.crl.com (mail.crl.com [165.113.1.22]) by hplms26.hpl.hp.com (8.9.1a/HPL-PA Relay) with ESMTP id IAA23524 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Thu, 1 Jul 1999 08:28:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from crl4.crl.com (crl4.crl.com [165.113.1.15]) by mail.crl.com (8.8.8/) via SMTP id IAA27758; Thu, 1 Jul 1999 08:25:06 -0700 (PDT) env-from (kasplash@crl.com-DeleteThis) Received: by crl4.crl.com id AA00414 (5.65c/IDA-1.5); Thu, 1 Jul 1999 08:19:17 -0700 Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 08:19:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Galvan <kasplash@crl.com-DeleteThis> To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Cc: Ann McNeil <ANNIEMAUI@webtv.net-DeleteThis> Subject: Playing at Coyote In-Reply-To: <19990701052606.93883.qmail@hotmail.com-DeleteThis> Message-Id: <Pine.SUN.3.91.990701075152.149C-100000@crl4.crl.com-DeleteThis> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
I took my daughter to the airport midday wednesday, so my workday was
totally shot. I brought all my boards, expecting to continue on to the
coast after a visit to our fine local surfshop, ASD. But all indicators
implied deadness in and over the ocean, and there where whitecaps right
there at Coyote. Go with the flow...
i rigged the 6.2 Naish Alana and stuck it on my 8'6 Naish board, uphauled
and slogged on out about 3 pm. at drivein point the wind picked up to
harness line power, and at the flight path, it picked up again to feet in
the straps planning power! (140 lbs) I even hopped some chop!
most refreshing on this hot sweaty day...
Still it was not real exciting sailing, and I felt like too much work to
keep the surf style board upwind in the mild flood, so I slogged on back
to the beach, cracked a cold Spaten, and walked over to ASD to demo a Bic
Techno. The wind had backed off a bit by then, about 4pm.
Again, uphauled and slogged, but what a big stable platform! I even
tacked it. Wind lines the same, and even the planing points were about
the same, but the huge fin made the upwindage "a breeze". to jibe i just
bent my knees, put it on the rail, and she come around like a ballerina!
(a big heavy ballerina). came in around 5 and the wind was more solid,
maybe a dozen sails on the water inside.
I think the Techno is great for learning, from beginners stuff to advanced
freestyle moves, but out in the powered up zone, it felt like a heavy
truck to me. Of Course I'm spoiled by years of 15 lb epoxy boards. I'd
rent a Techno now and then, but I wouldn't want to own one, just not my
style.
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