RE: Board Suggestions/Right of Way

From: Wiesner, Craig (craig.wiesner@lmco.com-DeleteThis)
Date: Mon May 10 1999 - 17:38:36 PDT


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From: "Wiesner, Craig" <craig.wiesner@lmco.com-DeleteThis>
Subject: RE: Board Suggestions/Right of Way
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> ----------
> From: Ed Scott
> Reply To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis
> Sent: Wednesday, 28 April 1999 10:03 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Board Suggestions/Right of Way
>
> Boards
>
> Given that this season has been SOOOO windy thus far, I wonder if anyone
> has any suggestions on a board in the 8'2" - 8'4" range for those 3.3-4.4
> days. Requirements are: 1) manueverability/looseness; 2) tracking in big
> conditions; 3) sufficient control especially while airborne; 4)
> durability; 5) a little (not too much) flotation; 6) some amount of
> rocker; 7) slight no-nose. I'm currently sailing an 8'6" glass Pintail
> (classic shape) in these conditions which becomes a little squirrelly in
> the 4.4 and below conditions when it gets big.
>
> Open to suggestions on: 1) construction/materials; 2) shapes; 3)
> manufacturers. I'm thinking along the lines of a small Enduro (I
> currently have 8'8" which I will probably replace with an 8'6" in the
> no-to-distant future), Rutger, Ward Coffey or Stretch. I'll probably
> steer clear of most production boards, but opinions on those are welcome
> as well - even on those stinkin' plastic boards if you're religious about
> it. Multi-fin/bonzer is a possiblility. Glass is probably preferred,
> but let's hear from the epoxy crowd in this size - is it too light for
> good control in the gusts? All opinions welcome. Uses include places
> like Third, the Gorge, Maui on the outside, and the Coast when it gets
> big. I'm 185# and am fairly hard on my equipment.
>
> Right of Way
>
> Given all the slashing and bashing in the channel these days, it seems
> like we should have different right of way rules for this situation that
> your traditional straight line b&j sailing and wave sailing. I say in
> this situation, that the approaching straight-line sailor should give ROW
> to slower sailors who are manuevering on the swells. While I look
> usually before initiating a series of bottom and top turns, if you do
> more than a couple, sufficient time passes such that an approaching
> sailor on a straight reach who was formerly not a problem will shortly
> come right up on top of you. I don't think it's reasonable to expect the
> manuevering sailor to keep looking since it's obvious what he's doing,
> and the approaching sailor can easily either go sufficiently up or
> downwind to avoid the manuevering sailor.
>
> I think many of us are already practicing what I'm talking about, but I
> wonder if we can formalize it in some way. I think we need a hybrid
> wave/slalom/b&j rule, unless one already exists that I'm not aware of.
>
> Flames welcome.
>
> -Ed
>



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