Received: from opus.hpl.hp.com by jr.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.24/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA145337688; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 15:54:49 -0700 Return-Path: <fjouaux@apple.com-DeleteThis> Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.24/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA286907683; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 15:54:43 -0700 Received: from mail-out2.apple.com (mail-out2.apple.com [17.254.0.51]) by hplms26.hpl.hp.com (8.9.1a/HPL-PA Relay) with ESMTP id PAA00344 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 15:54:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailgate1.apple.com (A17-128-100-225.apple.com [17.128.100.225]) by mail-out2.apple.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA41174 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 15:51:25 -0700 Received: from scv1.apple.com (scv1.apple.com) by mailgate1.apple.com (mailgate1.apple.com- SMTPRS 2.0.15) with ESMTP id <B0006656166@mailgate1.apple.com-DeleteThis> for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Tue, 01 Jun 1999 15:51:18 -0700 Received: from apple.com (rara1ppp10.apple.com [17.219.108.18]) by scv1.apple.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA06664 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 15:51:16 -0700 Message-Id: <37545255.E7F1C200@apple.com-DeleteThis> Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 14:48:32 -0800 From: Francois Jouaux <fjouaux@apple.com-DeleteThis> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 (Macintosh; U; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: Coyote to Alameda? References: <199906012104.OAA32406@bluedini.engr.sgi.com-DeleteThis> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
I went to Alameda yesterday and the wind was surprisingly strong (good
people were blazing around with 5.5 sails), and cold for the place. I
was on a mission, though, teaching my girlfriend. The day turned out
great, with amazing progress being made. I can't wait for the day when
she'll be ready for 3rd !
Last Sept at Coyote I met a crazy polish guy who claims to sail to
Alameda several times a year. First I did not believe him, but then I
saw an article in the Chronicle about him, so maybe it's true. I don't
remember his name, but he is in his late 50s and a regular at Coyote (at
least last year he was a regular, because he was between 2 jobs for the
whole summer).
He said that leaving from Coyote with a 6.0 sail and a good volume
slalom board takes him to Alameda Crown Beach park in 30 min. The first
time he did it by "accident" in early summer: he just kept going. he got
there he picked up a stone on the beach and brought it back. He also
left his phone number to some old guy on the beach so that one would
call hime at night to check if he had made it back safely. He left
Alameda at 7pm (!) and slogged most the way back in 2hrs. After this
trip, he did it several times last summer, always alone as no one wants
to follow him. At his age that's really crazy to me, plus his only
safety equipment is a helmet.
The only time I tried sailing across from Coyote Pt was 7 years ago, and
my friend broke his mast base by the channel marker, lost his sail and
had to be brought back by a sail boat, so that scared me enough.
-Francois
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Mon Dec 10 2001 - 02:35:35 PST