Re: Low Tide at Marina Bay

From: J.R. Seven (seven@mechsys2.me.berkeley.edu-DeleteThis.com)
Date: Fri Apr 06 2001 - 12:32:34 PDT 

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Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 12:32:34 -0700
From: "J.R. Seven" <seven@mechsys2.me.berkeley.edu-DeleteThis.com>
Subject: Re: Low Tide at Marina Bay
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rossb@wellsfargo.com-DeleteThis.com wrote:
>
> You can avoid low tide problems at Isabel by launching from the dog park at
> the end of Central Avenue.
>
> A good rule for the summertime to choose between Isabel and Berkeley is the
> cloud pattern: If the clouds are coming into Albany hill and north, go to
> Isabel; if the clouds are piling up on the east bay hills behind Berkeley
> and south, go to Berkeley.
>
> So where was the Berkeley crowd last night? There were only half a dozen of
> us out and it was sunset that drove us home. I even got to ride my 65 L
> 8'3" board! The low tide was scarcely a problem (a little dicey for a
> minute trying to get out while the board was underwater near the dock).

Some of us were out there earlier, since it picked up before 2:00. I saw the
largest number of people around 4:00. But it was strange that there were
never more than maybe a dozen people out.

Around 4:30 to 5:00 the low tide was a bit of a bother for the dock launching
crowd, as there was less than a foot of water over the mud near the docks. It
seemed that the problem was worse near the third (downwind) dock than near the
first dock, as people had to walk farther from the third dock before the water
was deep enough to sail in. Which docks do you guys prefer at low tide? This
time, there was enough wind at all the docks so that wasn't an issue.

                                                                            JR

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