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I use a pack used by white water rafters. It is small and waterproof! I
got mine at REI in San Carlos.
-----Original Message-----
From: George Haye <geohaye@hotmail.com-DeleteThis>
To: Multiple recipients of list <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>
Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: Skunk Scale - Class 6
>Class 6 Skunk - today (Tuesday) - Coyote - me:
>
>Class 6: Load car, drive to site, rig up, go out, break mast below the
boom,
>wind dies very soon thereafter, have to swim/self-rescue to get back.
>
>*Safety Packs*
>I've seen a windsurfer with a kind of backpack-thing on. Does anyone use
one
>of these as a safety pack? Or maybe it was just a camelback with water
>and/or vodka?
>
>I blew out a safety pack today, too. Has anyone had any luck with a safety
>pack lately? Where exactly did you buy it?
>
>As far as fanny packs/safety packs, West Marine doesn't have sh!t, last
time
>I checked Windsurf Warehouse didn't have sh*t, and ASD didn't have sh`t.
>These places all used to have that famous locally-made one a few years
back,
>but now they don't have sh)t. Except that the Warehouse has this ridiculous
>Windsurfing Hawaii fanny pack that fills up with water and can't drain.
>
>-George
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Bob Prevett <prevett@nvidia.com-DeleteThis>
>To: Multiple recipients of list <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>
>Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 12:09 PM
>Subject: Skunk Scale
>
>
>>
>> Last weekend, as we were watching the wind die fast on Sunday afternoon
at
>> 3rd Ave, Pierre and I were discussing the various degrees of windsufing
>> skunks. Here is my take on it, ranked from the mildest (Class 1 Skunk)
to
>> the most severe (Class 5 Skunk):
>>
>>
>> Class 1: Plan on getting a session in, but the wind dies, so you don't
>> make the drive to the site.
>>
>> Class 2: Load car, drive to site, wind dies so you don't go out.
>>
>> Class 3: Load car, drive to site, rig up, don't go out because wind
>> dies.
>>
>> Class 4: Load car, drive to site, rig up, go out, wind dies, make it
>> back to launch fairly quickly/easily.
>>
>> Class 5: Load car, drive to site, rig up, go out, wind dies very soon
>> thereafter, have to swim/self-rescue to get back.
>>
>>
>> PS - No skunk scale needed yesterday. Blew solid 4.5m2 as Davenport in
>the
>> afternoon; smiles all around.
>>
>>
>>
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