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 AA17786; Tue, 14 Jun 1994 14:54:54 -0700 Return-Path: <James.Paugh@Eng.Sun.COM-DeleteThis> Received: from Sun.COM by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.36.108.4/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA10988; Tue, 14 Jun 1994 14:56:50 -0700 Received: from Eng.Sun.COM (zigzag.Eng.Sun.COM) by Sun.COM (sun-barr.Sun.COM) id AA29559; Tue, 14 Jun 94 14:51:06 PDT Received: from jurassic.Eng.Sun.COM (camilla) by Eng.Sun.COM (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA02069; Tue, 14 Jun 94 14:51:58 PDT Received: from jalama.eng.sun.com by jurassic.Eng.Sun.COM (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA18569; Tue, 14 Jun 1994 14:50:02 -0700 Received: by jalama.eng.sun.com (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA03942; Tue, 14 Jun 1994 14:50:05 -0700 Date: Tue, 14 Jun 1994 14:50:05 -0700 From: James.Paugh@Eng.Sun.COM-DeleteThis (Jim Paugh) Message-Id: <9406142150.AA03942@jalama.eng.sun.com-DeleteThis> To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: Sunday Sailing X-Sun-Charset: US-ASCII
> > Wait a minute, what time Sunday evening? I left Crissy Sunday, at about
> > 5:00pm, as it was a gusty, bad day! This seem to be a common feeling
> > by most of the sailors I talked to. From about 3:30 to 4:15 it cranked
> > up with gusts to 40, but it was very gusty (15-40 with an average of
> > shit)! Then it dropped down to a point that I couldn't get powered on
> > my 8'6" and 5.0 sail. What gives?
>
> I sailed Crissy on Sunday from 4:45 to about 7 on a 8'8" and a 4.2 and I
> had a great time (I'm 160#). The wind was gusty the whole time and
> lighter when I initially went out but it picked up significantly once
> the fog rolled in. I achieved a fully powered plane *every* reach and
> on several occasions was so overpowered that my board did some
> serious tail walking. The ramps were better than the past few times
> I've been there - farther apart, bigger and steeper rather than the usual
> close together washboard chop. I think I got the biggest air I've gotten
> all season.
>
> -matt
Yea, I think that was the trick, using a slightly floaty board. I was on my
total sinker 8'6", and I weigh 225lbs. I really felt every hole; an 8.8 or
8.10 would have smoothed things out considerably.
~jim
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