Re: Waterstart Spot

From: Francois Jouaux (fjouaux@apple.com-DeleteThis)
Date: Fri Jul 31 1998 - 17:58:20 PDT


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Subject: Re: Waterstart Spot
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 17:58:20 -0700
From: Francois Jouaux <fjouaux@apple.com-DeleteThis>
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I've been taking my girlfriend to Alameda every week end to teach
her for the past 5 weeks, and this is definitely the best place I
have found around. I wish we had gone there earlier.
- It is a longer drive from the peninsula.
+ there is no intimidating crowd in the water like at Shoreline or
Coyote Point.
+ It is huge (a mile long beach). The wind is side on shore and
brings you back down wind.
+ It is sandy and clean (you see your feet when standing in the
water, and see the bottom when sailing, but it is still not Kauai).
+ It is shallow. During an afternoon, because the tide change is
important, you can practice from beach start at every depth to
waterstart, just by walking closer or further from the beach.
+ It is quite warm. Two weeks ago we sailed without wet suits, and I
bet it'll be the same this week end.
+ there is a rental place, on the beach, open until 5pm, with
reasonable prices (about 1/2 cheaper than in Hawaii).

My girlfriend likes this place. she's been making a lot of progress
and is now practicing waterstarts. Every time but one was windy
enough for her to water start with her 4.1m2. I took a friend of
average male size and he practiced waterstart there for the whole
afternoon, actually making some with his 5.2m2. It is not as windy as
outside Coyote, nor Third, but the wind is stronger than inside both
of the peninsula spots, and consistent 10-15knts with flat waters.

-Francois



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