Received: from opus.hpl.hp.com (root@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis [15.0.168.176]) by jr.hpl.hp.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) with ESMTP id KAA02039 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Thu, 24 Feb 2000 10:53:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com (hplms26.hpl.hp.com [15.255.168.31]) by opus.hpl.hp.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) with ESMTP id KAA09961 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Thu, 24 Feb 2000 10:53:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from lukla.Sun.COM (lukla.Sun.COM [192.18.98.31]) by hplms26.hpl.hp.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/HPL-PA Relay) with ESMTP id KAA28813 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Thu, 24 Feb 2000 10:53:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from sunmail1.Sun.COM ([129.145.1.2]) by lukla.Sun.COM (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA25269; Thu, 24 Feb 2000 11:53:08 -0700 (MST) Received: from jurassic.eng.sun.com (jurassic.Eng.Sun.COM [129.146.83.130]) by sunmail1.Sun.COM (8.9.1b+Sun/8.9.1/ENSMAIL,v1.6.1-sunmail1) with ESMTP id KAA14174; Thu, 24 Feb 2000 10:53:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from eng.sun.com (jalama.Eng.Sun.COM [129.146.85.143]) by jurassic.eng.sun.com (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA23988; Thu, 24 Feb 2000 10:53:06 -0800 (PST) Sender: James.Paugh@eng.sun.com-DeleteThis Message-ID: <38B57E42.3F50DC9F@eng.sun.com-DeleteThis> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 10:53:54 -0800 From: Jim Paugh <jpaugh@eng.sun.com-DeleteThis> Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.8 sun4u) X-Accept-Language: en To: craig.wiesner@lmco.com-DeleteThis CC: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: Gear in Maui? References: <6717C84A8642D2119F1700A0C9D5D9F4014CD051@menlomail.exponent.com-DeleteThis> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
There's the other side of that coin too, it depends a lot on what
airline you fly. American to Maui goes through Honolulu, and puts you on
a Hawaiian Airline from Oahu to Maui. HA sucks huge, and will bone you
on the gear. United Air fly's direct to Maui and is much easier to deal
with on gear. If you don't think you're going to get a lot of days, you
might consider just taking a two pc mast, a boom and a couple of sails
and rent a board. Or better, leave the mast at home and rent the board
and mast. You can say it's a gear back with camping gear and they might
not charge you for it. I've got a padded boom bag that I do this with. I
can fit a 5.2 and a 4.7 in it plus a boom. If I bring nothing else, I
like to have my own boom, since that's the user interface to the rig.
Kind of gives that rental rig a home court feel. Although I tried this
on a trip in January '99, visiting friends in Maui. I knew the chances
wind were pretty low and so didn't want to bring the whole quiver. On my
return, Hawaiian Air was wise to the boom bag at check in and insisted
that it didn't look like camping gear. Demanded that I open it for
inspection. When it turned up a windsurfing boom, they charged me the
full windsurfing rate of $75 to put the boom bag on. No board, mast,
just a boom bag for $75. Like I said, HA sucks!
Bottom line, a full week of rental gear is ~$250. It's $150 round trip
to bring your own. But you only get charged rental fees for the days you
sail, so it can be considerably less than $250. It complicates the
travel day bringing your own gear, but it's particularly sweet to be on
your own gear in foreign waters (provided you have the right gear for
the conditions).
Have fun!
~Jim Paugh
Brad James wrote:
>
> They will only charge you the $75 if you take your board- a quiverbag of
> sails and a mast/ boom or two should be free. The last time I went, I took
> all my stuff (board included) in a coffin bag and only got charged $40 one
> way, no charge coming back.
>
> Brad
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wiesner, Craig [mailto:craig.wiesner@lmco.com-DeleteThis]
> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 8:53 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Gear in Maui?
>
> Thanks for the suggestions on places to stay. The fam is headed to Kihei,
> Kamaole Sands. It was tough getting reservations (3rd week in March) as this
> is spring break.
>
> We are going to be there at the end of March and I hear the wind is iffy. I
> guess I will sail maybe 3-4 days (we will only be there for 8 days) if there
> is wind. My question is, should I take my own gear or rent? It is $75 each
> way. I have a good quiver of sails ( 4.0-5.6 sailworks revo) but am unsure
> if my wave boards are right for the conditions (8'6" ADS wave vintage '95).
> Should I just rent all or just the board. I am trying to be budget minded.
> I have never flown with my gear before.
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Craig
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