Re: Yesterday at crissy

From: Will Estes (westes@usc.com-DeleteThis)
Date: Wed Jun 22 1994 - 15:31:02 PDT


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From: Will Estes <westes@usc.com-DeleteThis>
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Subject: Re: Yesterday at crissy
To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 15:31:02 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <9406222200.AA21126@jalama.eng.sun.com-DeleteThis> from "Jim Paugh" at Jun 22, 94 03:10:35 pm
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'Jim Paugh says:'
> > This is something I have been meaning to ask about for a while. Is there a
> > launch site for the Golden Gate/Crissy on the North shore/Marin? I too
> > have noticed that the winds at Crissy tend to be W/SW, and it seems like
> > you would get much better launching conditions if you came from the North
> > side rather than having to launch from a wind shadow near the beach at
> > Crissy.
>
> I'll bet there's a "secret spot" to launch from, and I'll bet the guys at
> Saucalito Sailboards would know it too! Might be worth a call, but don't
> tell them you're going to post it to wind_talk. And you will post it,
> won't you Will? :^)

I just love giving myself homework assignments. :)

Anyway, Sausalito Sailboards confirms the secret spot that the other poster
told us about. Any they confirm what he found out the hard way: you launch
straight into the full force of the current, and it's nearly impossible to
return to the launch site. The guy at Sausalito Sailboards said he only
knows one guy who launches from there who has any luck getting back.

-- 
Thanks,
Will Estes              Internet: westes@usc.com-DeleteThis
U.S. Computer           Saratoga, CA  95070



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