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============= Fri 21 Apr 00 - 3rd - 6.0,4.7/257 (198#) 4:00-6:00
Wind was kind of light and holey at first, so I waited until 4:00
to start. By then, people were rigging down, but I had the 6.0 up,
so I took it out anyway... it was way too much in the channel - actually
got hard to waterstart.
After half an hour, I came in and rerigged to 4.7. This was too little
for the first 100 yards, then powered up and then way powered in the channel.
Also, by this time the ebb kicked in nicely. Only about 4' of swell,
but nicely formed. I sailed in the channel until I ran out of arms,
then came back in and had to walk in the last 100 yards, which was still
much lighter.
Big smiles all around.
Weather was weird - mostly overcast with marine layer blowing in, and
later covered over completely, but the wind was still honking. In fact,
the SFO gust numbers fit the observed channel wind - 23-26 knots.
============= Sun 23 Apr 00 - 3rd - 5.4/257 (197#) 2:30-6:15
Michael and I sailed the Standard Equipment (4.9/8'6 for Michael)
"and it was good."
We sailed upwind of the barges and had plenty of wind the whole time -
not even much hassle going upwind. I observed some up and down
variations, but all well within the range of my sail. Others on similar
equipment reported having problems with too-light conditions at times.
The channel was pretty bumpy for a flood - even some nice wide 3' swells
coming through.
One kite-sailor was getting 6-to-10-foot air near the launch, and even
landed a few.
On this day, the SFO average numbers fit the channel wind - 20-23 knots.
Ken Poulton
poulton@labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis
"Windsurfing is so addictive because it's like sex: you don't know when
you will get it, and then you don't know how good it will be."
-- Randy Johnson
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