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 AA057147228; Wed, 25 Aug 1999 14:40:28 -0700 Return-Path: <Jon@LiveToPlay.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 AA201187226; Wed, 25 Aug 1999 14:40:26 -0700 Received: from nt2.livetoplay.com ([206.169.1.134]) by hplms26.hpl.hp.com (8.9.1a/HPL-PA Relay) with ESMTP id OAA15975 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Wed, 25 Aug 1999 14:40:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from willie2 (dialup-166.90.37.160.SanFrancisco1.Level3.net [166.90.37.160]) by nt2.livetoplay.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.1960.3) id RA3LQR6K; Wed, 25 Aug 1999 15:35:42 -0700 Reply-To: <Jon@LiveToPlay.com-DeleteThis> From: "Jon Morse" <Jon@LiveToPlay.com-DeleteThis> To: <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> Subject: RE: Tubamancha Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 14:34:31 -0700 Message-Id: <000801beef41$9eb8daa0$a901a9ce@willie2> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-Msmail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <199908251837.KAA02493@www.pinpointsolutions.com-DeleteThis> X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3
Gordon,
Good call on this. As one who has sailed Tuba before- the most important
thing to remember is the buddy system.
Case in point, a few years ago I was sailing at Tuba with a friend and the
wind came up big time. We were way OP on 4.7's, but continued sailing
because it's too much of a schlep to sail back and re-rig. I went for a
jump at maximum velocity, tried a way overpowered back loop, and ended up
all wrong, kissing my boom backwinded and splitting my entire eyebrow open.
I'm sure you can all imagine how excited I was for the downwinder back to
Limantour, bleeding like a stuck pig.
It took my buddy a good ten minutes to convince me that I had to sail down
(I was not at all looking forward to getting back into the water) since I
needed stiches.
Fortunately my friend stayed with me for the entire downwinder, and drove me
to Marin General where the nice nurse administered 9 stiches.
I'll save for the later the story the nurse told me about her friends dog
that went for a swim off Limantour beach and didn't come back.
-----Original Message-----
From: Gordon Olesek [mailto:Gordon.Olesek@PinpointSolutions.com-DeleteThis]
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 10:35 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Re:Tubamancha
Can someone tell me where's Tubamancha, how to get their and how it
works?
>Tuba's great for beginning wave sailing as it's side off, protected,
and
>loses out less than most beaches.
I am NO Tuba expert, I live and work on the peninsula and sail the coast
north of SC. But I have sailed Tuba before, and would like to make sure
that
any beginning wave sailor understands the qualification of the
statement:
"Tuba's great for beginning wave sailing as it's side off, protected,
and
closes out less than most beaches."
This statement about the wind and wave conditions is correct, Tuba is a
great wave to learn how to go down the line and the wind is usually
strong
(when it is windy) and it comes in from the correct direction. However,
this statement did not include the information about the required
entry/exit
to this wave sailing venue, which requires a LONG open ocean reach in
sometimes overpowering and OFFSHORE conditions. The waters off this
part of
the coast can be very rough, cold, and overpoweringly windy. With this
in
mind, I would consider Tuba an advanced/expert spot that should be given
the
respect it is due. Sail with a buddy and make sure that ALL your
equipment
is ready for this type of sailing (i.e. bomber (relatively new) boom,
check
uni and all lines). A single failure on the outside reach back and
forth
to Tuba is going to be an expensive POA, and could result in loss of
gear at
the very least (Best Case Scenario). For the details of the launch and
reach, review the great write up that Zeev_Gur/PeopleSoft@peoplesoft.com-DeleteThis
put
together in the spring that can be found at
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Ken_Poulton/wind_talk/archive1999.hyp/035
3.ht
ml.
I recommend that anyone who wants to learn how to sail at Tuba, find a
sailor with Tuba experience and get mentored on the details of the spot.
Review wind talk posting (usually in the spring) over the past couple
years
to glean who sails there regularly and send them mail. The guys who
sail
Tuba are strong, competent, and safe sailors who should be interested in
mentoring new wave sailors. This is a VERY remote spot, so if you are
mentally/physically ready to ride out there, the people who sail there
are
always looking for new blood to go out with, because no one should go
out
there alone. Enjoy.
Best Regards,
Gordon.
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