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 AA28212; Mon, 24 Apr 1995 10:37:08 -0700 Return-Path: <andy@sabretooth-174.Eng.Sun.COM-DeleteThis> Received: from Sun.COM (koriel.Sun.COM) by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with SMTP ($Revision: 1.36.108.11 $/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA230015029; Mon, 24 Apr 1995 10:37:09 -0700 Received: from Eng.Sun.COM (engmail2.Eng.Sun.COM) by Sun.COM (koriel.Sun.COM) id AA14885; Mon, 24 Apr 95 10:33:09 PDT Received: from sabretooth.Eng.Sun.COM (sabretooth-23.Eng.Sun.COM) by Eng.Sun.COM (5.x/SMI-5.3) id AA20369; Mon, 24 Apr 1995 10:33:04 -0700 Received: from petunia.Eng.Sun.COM by sabretooth.Eng.Sun.COM (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA29015; Mon, 24 Apr 1995 10:33:07 -0700 Received: by petunia.Eng.Sun.COM (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA16630; Mon, 24 Apr 1995 10:32:57 -0700 Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 10:32:57 -0700 From: andy@sabretooth-174.Eng.Sun.COM-DeleteThis (Andrew Davidson) Message-Id: <9504241732.AA16630@petunia.Eng.Sun.COM-DeleteThis> To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: Wed at Davenport In-Reply-To: <9504241622.AA05087@usc.com-DeleteThis> References: <9504241622.AA05087@usc.com-DeleteThis>
Will Estes writes:
>
> In the classic "washing machine" scenario you have lost your rig, and
> you are swimming between sets. You get pounded toward shore by the
> next breaking wave that hits you, then you get pulled out to sea as
> the shorebreak pulls back out. Supposedly it is next to impossible to
> swim against this.
>
The last time this happened to me, the only way I got in, was to body
surf. It took me a couple of waves before I was able to get into water
shallow enough to avoid being sucked back out. before going out, it is
really important to figure out where/how you are going to get back
in. ie what is the current like, where are the rips, sand bars, reefs,
... I was really glad I had a life jacket on.
as a side note, a while ago a posted about the idea of using a leash
when wind surfing. As a conventional surfer, I have never ever gotten
caught in the washing machine like this. Also, I have never felt the
need to wear a life jacket. I think this is because your board is
alway easy to recover. also, it is easy to get through the impact zone
back to the beach with a surf board. (ie you are floating much higher
in the water, this makes it easier to body/boogie/surf in)
you ever notice, that while you are trapped in the impact zone, your
board and rig are being seriously worked on the beach :-(
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