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 AA162591578; Fri, 30 Jul 1999 12:06:19 -0700 Return-Path: <bjames@exponent.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 AA199961568; Fri, 30 Jul 1999 12:06:08 -0700 Received: from menlomail.exponent.com (unknown-107-17.exponent.com [198.70.107.17]) by hplms26.hpl.hp.com (8.9.1a/HPL-PA Relay) with ESMTP id MAA08682 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Fri, 30 Jul 1999 12:06:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: by MENLOMAIL.exponent.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) id <HH97DRLM>; Fri, 30 Jul 1999 12:03:28 -0700 Message-Id: <6717C84A8642D2119F1700A0C9D5D9F4014CCE72@MENLOMAIL.exponent.com-DeleteThis> From: Brad James <bjames@exponent.com-DeleteThis> To: "'wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis'" <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> Subject: RE: Davis Pt./Lone Tree Park/Rodeo Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 12:03:25 -0700 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
I agree with you on sailing there with a buddy and the fast hydrofoil
ferries... DP is very remote, and out in the channel you are a long way
from land - plus I wouldn't go in a flood...
But... I think DP is definitely worth travelling to if the conditions are
right for big swells -i.e. - big wind and an ebb. IMHO on windy/ ebb days DP
swells are bigger, cleaner, longer, and oriented better for jumping than the
best days at 3rd Ave. Just ask Mike Godsey sometime about how good DP can
get.
I'd leave 5.5/ 6.0 Berkeley in a heartbeat for 4.5 Davis Point...
Brad
-----Original Message-----
From: David R. Fielder [mailto:dfielder@cooper.cpmc.org-DeleteThis]
Sent: Friday, July 30, 1999 11:41 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Re: Davis Pt./Lone Tree Park/Rodeo
My $0.02 is that it is an interesting place with two concerns. First is
sail with buddy, for sure, as you could be blown all the way across the
Carquinez Strait IMHO. Also, from personal experience, the fancy new cat
ferry from Vallejo to SF is very fast and surprisingly quiet coming at you
from downwind, so watch out even more than usual (seems vacant space, until
almost too late). I would only travel there for diversity and/or because
no wind closer (NLWTFW!).
David
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"Rig for the Moment" DRF's Statistics:
USWA Member #US212 185 lbs/6'6"
Berkeley-His Lordships Bic Veloce 278 XLS
Marina Bay & Wherever Windwings 7.5/6.7/6.5race/5.8/4.9
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