Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA05262; Mon, 18 Apr 1994 14:41:21 -0700 Return-Path: <westes@usc.com-DeleteThis> Received: from uucp4.netcom.com by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (16.6/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA29819; Mon, 18 Apr 94 14:42:26 -0700 Received: from localhost by netcomsv.netcom.com with UUCP (8.6.4/SMI-4.1) id OAA28136; Mon, 18 Apr 1994 14:28:22 -0700 Received: by usc.com (NX5.67d/NX3.0M) id AA01237; Mon, 18 Apr 94 14:24:43 -0700 From: Will Estes <westes@usc.com-DeleteThis> Message-Id: <9404182124.AA01237@usc.com-DeleteThis> Subject: Re: Coyote 4/17/94 (was green rig found at 3rd) To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Date: Mon, 18 Apr 1994 14:24:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <9404181653.tn08041@aol.com-DeleteThis> from "shreddined@aol.com-DeleteThis" at Apr 18, 94 01:58:46 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1744
'shreddined@aol.com-DeleteThis says:'
> Seriously, I was at Coyote yesterday and fully concur. Maybe I was rigged
> too small (5.5), board was too little (9.0), I'm just a lame-brain, or
> all-three, but I had a hellava time staying upwind where almost everyone else
> was. I seemed like there was a definite wind line from the edge of the
> parking lot at the opposite side of the lagoon straight out. I couldn't hit
> any decent wind until I got out near the channel, and then, it was up and
> down. I'm considering getting a G10 Wing 362 to replace my old Finworks
> Larry Tuttle-designed blade fin, hoping that it will give me better pointing
> ability in such marginal conditions. Btw - I'm around 180 lb. Any
> suggestions out there?
No mystery here if it was flooding. The apparent wind goes way down in a
strong flood. Where you felt a windline might have just been a
cross-current that increased apparent wind. Of course it could also have
been a true wind channel, but I'm just pointing out another possibility.
It always cracks me up going to 3rd Ave. on a day with a strong ebb.
People rush in and start telling everyone how the wind is "way stronger in
the channel." Eh, no, the wind is not stronger in the channel. The wind
feels stronger in the channel because the water underneath you is pushing you
into the wind at 3-4 knots per hour. Apparent wind is stronger; actual
wind is not.
On a strong flood with marginal wind, I find Coyote is an extremely
frustrating place to sail. Sitting on the beach you feel like there is
just enough wind to sail, and once you get out there all of sudden it feels
very marginal.
-- Thanks, Will Estes Internet: westes@usc.com-DeleteThis U.S. Computer Saratoga, CA 95070
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