X-OldHeader: From bbense@shred.stanford.edu-DeleteThis.com Mon May 7 20:23:08 2001 Return-Path: <bbense@shred.stanford.edu-DeleteThis.com> Received: from opus.labs.agilent.com (root@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com [130.29.244.179]) by jr.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id UAA06269 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Mon, 7 May 2001 20:23:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msgbas1.cos.agilent.com (msgbas1.cos.agilent.com [130.29.152.58] (may be forged)) by opus.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id UAA07195 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Mon, 7 May 2001 20:23:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shred.stanford.edu (shred.Stanford.EDU [171.64.13.91]) by msgbas1.cos.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9358C8BB for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Mon, 7 May 2001 21:22:10 -0600 (MDT) Received: from localhost (bbense@localhost) by shred.stanford.edu (8.11.2/8.10.0.PreAlpha1) with ESMTP id f483M9t24629 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Mon, 7 May 2001 20:22:09 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 20:22:09 -0700 (PDT) From: "Booker C. Bense" <bbense@networking.stanford.edu-DeleteThis.com> To: Multiple recipients of list WIND_TALK <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com> Subject: Re: south padre island In-Reply-To: <F5FA63116907D411A0D6009027FC8080026B9EBA@exch-usa-sj04.usa.businessobjects.com-D> Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0105072009450.24337-100000@shred.stanford.edu-DeleteThis.com> Sender: bbense@shred.stanford.edu-DeleteThis.com
On Mon, 7 May 2001, Manuel Paunet wrote:
>
> hi there,
>
> does anybody know if south padre island is sailable during june?
> i plan to go windsurfing there (just because i was told it's ok so why not)
>
> does anybody have any recommendations: lodging, gear rental...
> i dont even know if i need a car overthere :-o
> i've found several web sites about south padre island,
> but if it's like mauii, it's better to ask first.
> also if anyone has tested a good vela-like package
> could you send the website to get it?
>
- I've been to Bird Island near Corpus Christie in June and it was
kind of hit and miss. Early spring is really the season for sailing
down there. The sound was fun with big sails, but sailing the gulf
side was not. June is peak jellyfish season, the big blue nasty ones.
Nothing like seeing a few hundred dispensers of pain to sharpen your
jibe skills. Also if you sail the gulf you will get oil drops on
your gear. If you camp be prepared for serious mosquito infestations
after dark.
- Frankly, I can't see any reason to leave the Bay Area for the Texas
coast in June, unless you are more interested in beaches than
windsurfing.
- Booker C. Bense
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