RE: 4 days in June

From: ARMAS, EARL (PTSS) (eaarmas@msg.pacbell.com-DeleteThis)
Date: Thu Jun 17 1999 - 10:03:40 PDT

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From: "ARMAS, EARL (PTSS)" <eaarmas@msg.pacbell.com-DeleteThis>
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Subject: RE: 4 days in June
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 10:03:40 -0700
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Just to add another story to those stupid barges...

I sailed 3rd for the first time in a couple of years
(usually I sail at Coyote) on Sunday the 13th. A bunch
of us were planning a 3rd->Alameda trip. We started sailing
and got ~5.7 miles from 3rd when we decided to turn around
because the wind got light. On my way back, I sailed to close
on the leeward side on the barge (idiot Earl). Well, as you can
imagine I fell in and tried to waterstart. When I turned around
it looked like I was moving at warp speed toward the barges (strong
ebb). I tried to swim really fast out toward the west side of the
barge when I realize the ebb was too fast and that I was heading
toward the anchor at the rate I was swimming. I decided to swim
toward the barge. My gear hit the barge and luckyily the barge
was angled so that the strong ebb was slowly pushing me toward the
east side of the barge. I had to kick and push of the barge to keep
moving. After about 15 or so minutes, the ebb finally pushed me out.
It was pretty scary and tiring. Thanks Martin and Claude for keeping
an eye out for me. I managed to only suffer a tear in the sleeve of
my sai.

Does anyone know what the deal is with those barges and how long they
are going to be there?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Poulton [mailto:poulton@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis]
> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 1999 4:05 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: 4 days in June
>
>
> ============= Sun 6 Jun 99 - 3rd - 3.9/257 (196#)
>
> The Big Swim.
>
> It was honkin' when we got to 3rd, so we rigged little sails.
> We had a
> great way-powered hour in the channel, but we getting worn out by the
> many-direction chop, so we went in for a rest.
>
> After 20 minutes or so, we were ready for more. We had to work a bit
> to get back out - it had gotten lighter inside - and in the
> channel, it
> turned out to be just barely enough to plane, but I was not keeping
> upwind against the flood. I decided to go in, but waited a
> few minutes
> trying to get Michael's attention (now well upwind of me) to say so.
> Mistake. The wind continued to drop and I was quickly in too little
> wind to slog my 86-liter board. (Can't wait for that new big board to
> be ready...) Michael, as usual, managed to slog in.
>
> Usually, I can assmue a waterstart position and make enough shoreward
> motion to fetch up on the shore somewhere, but this day the flood and
> the wind direction made that impossible. So I swam. And
> swam. And swam.
> 90 minutes later, I was approaching the bridge and I was
> still going to
> be short of the shore. Whilst preparing myself to make my first
> under-the-bridge swim, I saw people in wetsuits walking around on
> the construction barges moored under the bridge. I swam like
> crazy to
> at least make it to the near-shore barge, and found that if you go
> to the sides (*not* the front), you can climb up on the truck
> tires there.
> Luckily, there was another windsurfer there to help me get my
> board and rig
> up the side - I would have had a tough time doing this in my
> exhausted state.
>
> >From there, it turned out that we could simply walk up the gangplank
> to the fishing pier and walk to the parking lot by the foot
> of the bridge!
>
> I was not the only one caught by the shutdown - I counted
> nine sails on
> the pier! Both Michael and KenB were there to help drive my sorry ass
> back to the launch. Thanks, guys!
>
> It also turned out that the other barge (much further from
> shore) worked
> as well. Edward washed up earlier than most, got himself out and then
> saw some sailors drifting down between the barges. He (and maybe
> others) found a rope, dangled it over the side of the pier and caught
> several whoppers! Luckily, he practices catch and release.
>
> Thanks to everyone who helped out.
>

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