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 AA08900; Tue, 6 Sep 1994 07:31:00 -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 AA10631; Tue, 6 Sep 1994 07:31:19 -0700 Received: from Eng.Sun.COM (mxchange.Eng.Sun.COM) by Sun.COM (sun-barr.Sun.COM) id AA12158; Tue, 6 Sep 94 07:27:11 PDT Received: from jurassic.Eng.Sun.COM by Eng.Sun.COM (8.6.9/SMI-4.1) id HAA13969; Tue, 6 Sep 1994 07:27:03 -0700 Received: from jalama.eng.sun.com by jurassic.Eng.Sun.COM (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA02270; Tue, 6 Sep 1994 07:27:16 -0700 Received: by jalama.eng.sun.com (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA01306; Tue, 6 Sep 1994 07:27:18 -0700 Date: Tue, 6 Sep 1994 07:27:18 -0700 From: James.Paugh@Eng.Sun.COM-DeleteThis (Jim Paugh) Message-Id: <9409061427.AA01306@jalama.eng.sun.com-DeleteThis> To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: Friday at Coyote X-Sun-Charset: US-ASCII
3rd was the same way. I went out on my 5.7 and the 9'nonose, and got
my ass handed to me! Very gusty, with ugly chop in the channel. On
Saturday, Windsight reported that it was "4.0 at 3rd, with sailors on
the water until 8:00pm on Friday". I could have easily been on my
5.0/8'6".
~Jim
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> From westes@usc.com-DeleteThis Fri Sep 2 21:29:27 1994
> Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 21:28:34 -0700
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> From: Will Estes <westes@usc.com-DeleteThis>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>
> Subject: Friday at Coyote
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> Just got back from Coyote today. It was truly evil, running from the low
> 20s to 35 mph+. Unfortunately I was on a 5.2, but from the feel of things
> a tightly downhauled 4.7 or loose 4.2 and small board would have been a blast.
> I'm 170 lbs., and the 5.2 was absolutely miserable, completely overpowered from
> the word go.
>
> The wind was completely irregular, gusting and then letting off with a period
> of less than five seconds...on, off, on, off, all within 10 seconds, and so on
> all afternoon. Even though there was a flood, there was three foot swell on the
> inside, and the strong winds were collapsing the tops of the waves, creating
> cylindrical ramps that gave you no choice but to launch. It was some of the
> toughest sailing I think I have ever experienced (made worse by my inappropriate
> sail selection). Once, I catapulted so strongly that it made me feel like my
> insides were coming out. My harness came off, and my fanny pack actually cracked
> at the buckle just from the force of hitting the water! On the beach, DanF
> admitted defeat (he's 230 lbs, and his 5.5 was too much sail). Going up
> and down the beach most of the conversations started out with phrases like
> "Man, I got whipped!" Yes, it was just slightly windy today at Coyote....
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Will Estes Internet: westes@usc.com-DeleteThis
> U.S. Computer Saratoga, CA 95070
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