Received: from hpocia.sj.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.18/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA273740031; Wed, 9 Apr 1997 08:33:51 -0700 Return-Path: <kirk_lindstrom@hpocia.sj.hp.com-DeleteThis> Received: from hpoclrf.sj.hp.com by hpocia.sj.hp.com with SMTP (1.36.DCS.7/15.5+IOS 3.22+OM) id AA29107; Wed, 9 Apr 1997 08:33:50 -0700 Sender: kirk@hpocia.sj.hp.com-DeleteThis Message-Id: <334BB6DC.CC0@sj.hp.com-DeleteThis> Date: Wed, 09 Apr 1997 08:33:48 -0700 From: Kirk Lindstrom <kirk_lindstrom@hpocia.sj.hp.com-DeleteThis> Organization: Sending from inside Hewlett Packard X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; HP-UX A.09.07 9000/735) To: James.Paugh@Eng.Sun.COM-DeleteThis Cc: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: Third report for Tuesday References: <Roam.SIMC.2.0.6.860598933.24698.jpaugh@jurassic> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Jeepers!
I kept thinking "get my 4.1", but I couldn't believe it would stay that
windy for that long.....WRONG!!! My 4.6 SW REV did ok except for the
gusts. I was on my little 8'8" RKT which usually handles well to 40 at
PowerLines.with the 4.6. TOO scary to sail well...lots of crashes.
I launched at 3:30 right after KenP and got blown downwind waiting for
lulls to waterstart with my 9'RKT and the 4.6.... Went in at old launch
after almost getting back upwind only to get hammered big time all the
way back down....
ran up and got my van, switched to smaller board and fin....and back at
it!
Quit at 5:30 and checked scanner....34 Gusting to 40 knots!
OUCH!
Kirk <grin> 225# out
Jim Paugh wrote:
> I was on a 4.0, rigged flat and my 8'6". When I launched, I left room for an
> extra inch of outhaul, to pull flat if I needed it. I needed it. Fully
> powered, even got lifted off the water a couple of times. Swells were huge,
> over head high, and very smooth!
>
> > The wind was still blowing when I got off the water at 7pm.
>
"There is more to life than increasing its speed." - Gandhi
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