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 AA12284; Fri, 13 May 1994 04:32:21 -0700 Return-Path: <sld@walker.com-DeleteThis> Received: from pegasus.walker.com by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.36.108.4/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA27285; Fri, 13 May 1994 04:33:50 -0700 Received: by pegasus.walker.com (1.37.109.10G/16.2.1) id AA188588736; Fri, 13 May 1994 04:32:16 -0700 Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 04:32:16 -0700 From: Stephane DuBois <sld@walker.com-DeleteThis> Posted-Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 04:32:16 -0700 Received-Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 04:32:16 -0700 Message-Id: <199405131132.AA188588736@pegasus.walker.com-DeleteThis> To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis In-Reply-To: <9405130312.AA01997@usc.com-DeleteThis> (message from Will Estes on Thu, 12 May 1994 20:45:30 -0700) Subject: Re: Sailing accounts for yesterday wanted....
I arrived at Third Av. around 4:30. It did not look as windy as the report
suggested. I was on a 7'10"/5.3. My mast broke on the first run/first jump
around the channel marker. It just snapped 1.5 foot from the base. It slighly
tore my 1 day old Neil Pryde Wave NR. The mast was 3 years old. I guess it's
time had come. I was able to pack all the gear on my small board (carrying a
few extra lines circled around my boom helped). One guy tried to tow me but
had a hard time getting started (thanks!). We both had small boards. I told
him I would try to swim back and asked him to check up on me once in a
while. At least two other people saw me and one did not even stop. Since
the tide was coming out and the wind was blowing 35 knots, I was not really
drifting much but I was not getting any closer from the shore either. I swam
for 1.5 hours and walked for 1/2 hour. My board is too small to get on it an
paddle. Nobody saw me. And I never saw the two people who knew I was there
either. I had drifted too far downwind. I made it to the old lauch by 7:30.
Another tow would have been nice.
Didn't get to enjoy this nuclear day much! Will take any advice as to which
mast to get. I guess Dynafiber is it. How about a skinny? (I need to buy it
today since it's gonna blow again).
Wednesday was great-- unlike previous comments suggested. I sailed for 3
hours in the channel fully powered or overpowered on my 5.3. The wind died
at the channel marker on the way back though...
stephane
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