RE:SFBA Windtalkers

From: Tracy Pierce (TPierce@goldengate.org-DeleteThis.com)
Date: Wed May 23 2001 - 08:44:41 PDT 

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From: Tracy Pierce <TPierce@goldengate.org-DeleteThis.com>
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Subject: RE:SFBA Windtalkers
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 08:44:41 -0700
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Rick wrote...
> Please don't start "tweaking" windtalkers. As has been
> discussed here many times (wrt COTW), over time each sailor will
> develop their own personal "tweaks" to the windtalker data to
> approximate the on-water conditions. Creating software
> adjustments to the actual readings is problematic, since
> sooner or later someone changes the adjustments.

(...or they get lost in a power failure.) I agree, Rick, no tweaks.

So, are there any SFBA-member CStick regulars out there? Some regular
monitoring could be quite helpful. The machine seems to be working fine,
but due to its location, it turns in horribly low numbers, at least for
Saturday's wind direction, which iirc was a bit northish from normal. I'll
gladly entertain any ideas for its improvement, as it's currently only
slightly better than nothing.

btw the SFBA Berkeley sensor seems to have developed a connection failure
(4th time since I started babysitting it), it's reporting zero zero zero
despite 4.7 conditions Monday. I have no idea how long it's been down, but
I'd sure appreciate a timely direct report from anyone discovering trouble
(and I'll try to fix it this pm).

Tracy (no official, just an SFBA volunteer) Pierce
mailto:tpierce@goldengate.org-DeleteThis.com

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