Re: Coyote Friday

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Date: Mon May 01 2000 - 10:22:46 PDT


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Hello....
Any swap meets this sunday????
Regards...Kevin

-----Original Message-----
>From : Tom von Alten <tva@pobox.com-DeleteThis>
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Date : 29 April 2000 20:15:32
Subject : Re: Coyote Friday
Ken wrote:
>> Fri 28 Apr 00 - Coyote - 4.4/257 (197#) 4:00-6:15
>> I sailed Coyote (low water at 3rd). The clearing wind was chilly and
>> gusty, but the 4.4 was about right. The water was quite choppy, and
>> I found myself going almost straight into the chop on port. This made
>> for good jumping, and a good hard workout! Not many sailors were there.
>
>Hey, I was there! I think I got on the water about 3:30, and lasted
>something less than 2 hours. ==== 4.7/267 (160#) ======
>I probably would've been better off a little smaller, especially farther
>out, but my next step down is 3.9, and that would've been trouble in the
>lulls.
>
>It was a choppy chocolate milkshake, and trouble for someone who
>grew up jumping on starboard. I tried a launch or two, with one of
>them ending in a sail inspection, and a little blood from my glasses
>cutting my nose. I wasn't about to quit, though! Came in, bandaged,
>and back out again. (The water in the Bay is antiseptic, isn't it? :-*
>
>Caught a gust carrying my gear up when I was done, and busted
>my other nose, too. ASD seemed happy enough for the job to fix a
>couple years of accumulated dings, and one less thing to carry home. :-/
>
>> “If it doesn't hurt, you weren't going fast enough.“
>
>Well, then. I was going fast enough. :-)
>
>So the guy at ASD was shocked that I only had one board, and that one
>an Open Ocean from the 1980s. I've thought about getting another one
>for a while, but this one has such a great range for me that I'll
>probably need two.
>
>So, here's a query for the list: what's your favorite board for the
>Bay area? (And what's your second favorite board?)
>
>Thanks,
>_____________
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>tva@pobox.com-DeleteThis
>
>
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