Received: from hpisod9.cup.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA00787; Mon, 2 May 1994 12:59:12 -0700 Return-Path: <matt@hpisod9.cup.hp.com-DeleteThis> Received: from localhost by hpisod9.cup.hp.com with SMTP (15.11/15.5+IOS 3.20+cup+OMrelay) id AA18327; Mon, 2 May 94 12:58:43 pdt Message-Id: <9405021958.AA18327@hpisod9.cup.hp.com-DeleteThis> To: Kirk Lindstrom <kirk@hpmsd3.sj.hp.com-DeleteThis> Cc: cleland@hpisod9.cup.hp.com-DeleteThis, cord@hpoemb.sj.hp.com-DeleteThis, pauld@delzio.corp.sgi.com-DeleteThis, schofiel@hpldsl5.sid.hp.com-DeleteThis, schuh@ra-iris13.arc.nasa.gov-DeleteThis, sjn@hpisod9.cup.hp.com-DeleteThis, phaman@ccmail.apldbio.com-DeleteThis, 72017.461@compuserve.com-DeleteThis, kenf@netcom.com-DeleteThis, Larson_Dean@mm.ssd.lmsc.lockheed.com-DeleteThis, grundler@hpisod9.cup.hp.com-DeleteThis, wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: Sat PA Report In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 30 Apr 94 20:04:27 PDT." <9405010304.AA02318@hpmsd3.sj.hp.com-DeleteThis> Date: Mon, 02 May 94 12:58:42 -0700 From: Matt Yamamoto <matt@hpisod9.cup.hp.com-DeleteThis>
> And Matt went to Crissy to drive and extra 2 hrs and
> go a sail size smaller.....maybe.
Conditions at Crissy on Saturday were kind of up and down but in my
opinion worth the drive to get some higher wind and chop. I rigged my
5.6 and sailed my ASD 8'8" CS from 4:30 to 7:15. I was mostly powered
to way overpowered. A 5.1 would have worked fine. As others have
recently reported, the wind kept shifting around. When I first got
there, the wind was strongest near shore. At about 5:30 when the wind
peaked, the wind was strongest near the North tower. There was some
good ramps near the launch and mostly flat water outside.
On my way up to Crissy, I stopped by the point just north of the main
beach at Coyote to check the wind and had an interesting discussion with
one of the people fishing there. Apparently some of the windsurfers
have been sailing very close to where they have been fishing and their
lines have been broken by passing windsurfers. Needless to say, they do
not appreciate this. Some have resorted to throwing rocks at
windsurfers. I agreed to pass along their concerns to other
windsurfers. They asked that we not sail within 100 yards of any
fishing areas - a reasonable request. The fishing areas I know of at
sailing sites would include the pier at Candlestick, the pier at Oyster
Pt, the point between Oyster Pt and Tigers and the point just north of
the main beach at Coyote.
On Sunday I sailed Coyote. At 4PM it was strong, but gusty 4.5 - 5.0
conditions outside. After about 1/2 hour, I found some guy about a mile
out with a broken mast. I offered to tow him in. He started to de-rig
and after he got the boom and mast pieces out of the sail and started
gathering his stuff on top of the board, we both noticed that his sail
was no where to be seen. We looked around for a few minutes and saw no
sign of it. We concluded that it must have sank. I offered to hold his
board for him while he dove for it but he was wearing a PFD and couldn't
get down. We abandoned the search - scratch one North 2 piece aluminum
mast and a fairly new North Prisma 6.5 (and I thought I had bad luck).
We then prepared for the long towing session. We tied our two uphauls
together and attached them from mast base to mast base. Fortunately the
wind had picked up a little and filled in to shore. The stretchy
uphauls made ideal towing ropes as they gave a little when starting and
sailing through the chop. At first I tried hooking in to the harness
but the wind was too gusty and I kept getting catapulted before I could
unhook. I finally gave up on the harness. Initially I headed directly
across the wind toward the main beach. The water was very choppy and we
were making slow progress. After a couple hundred yards, it became
apparent that with the strong flood we would not make the main beach. I
altered course and headed off the wind about 30 degrees toward the
harbor. Heading off the wind slightly was much faster than trying to go
directly cross wind. After about 40 minutes, we finally reached the
last beach next to the harbor.
My observations from this experience:
On self rescue:
- Never *ever* let go of your sail when de-rigging
On towing:
- Uphauls make great towing lines
- Setting up the tow line from mast base to mast base works well
- Don't hook into your harness if the wind is gusty or the water
is choppy. Just take several Advil when you get in - towing
without using your harness is very hard on the arms and lower back.
- If at all possible head off the wind when towing - this
is much faster. This probably applies to paddling in to shore too.
-matt
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