Return-Path: <briggs_davidson@hotmail.com-DeleteThis> Received: from opus.labs.agilent.com (root@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis [15.0.168.176]) by jr.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id TAA04273 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis>; Wed, 17 May 2000 19:09:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cosrel2.hp.com (cosrel2.hp.com [15.88.200.10]) by opus.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id TAA16674 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis>; Wed, 17 May 2000 19:09:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hotmail.com (oe37.law7.hotmail.com [216.33.236.32]) by cosrel2.hp.com (Postfix) with SMTP id B663F58B for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis>; Wed, 17 May 2000 20:09:25 -0600 (MDT) Received: (qmail 15638 invoked by uid 65534); 18 May 2000 02:09:25 -0000 Message-ID: <20000518020925.15637.qmail@hotmail.com-DeleteThis> X-Originating-IP: [63.201.229.186] From: "Briggs Davidson" <briggsd@bigfoot.com-DeleteThis> To: <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis> References: <77630C9F5929D3119F4E00805FA7D6EE0303F3B6@exch-fra-lv04.businessobjects.com-Delet> Subject: Re: Boulder, Colorado Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 19:09:26 -0700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Sender: briggs_davidson@hotmail.com-DeleteThis
I lived in Boulder for 6 years, brought my gear out when I moved in 1992.
(Remember epoxy masts?)
Used it about 3 times then got rid of it all. Sailing in Colorado isn't
good. There are a couple of places to go: Boulder Reservoir, Aurora
Reservoir and a couple of lakes in Longmont. There's also a big lake in
Southern Nebraska that people drive to for the weekend.
When it's windy in Boulder, which isn't very often, it's really gusty.
Boulder gets 70mph gusts fairly routinely in the spring and fall. I would
guess that there's less than 5 or 6 sailable days/month during the summer.
There is a contingent of dedicated sailors in the area but you need to have
a flexible schedule to allow for the wind. I found it almost impossible to
sail because I could never get out when it was windy. Got rid of my gear and
bought a mountain bike. There's a shop in Denver that sells windsurfing
gear, think it's Larson' Ski + Sport, they're pretty knowledgeable about
the local scene.
Overall not a great place to sail. Tons of other outdoorsy stuff to do
though.
-briggs
----- Original Message -----
From: "Manuel PAUNET" <mpaunet@businessobjects.com-DeleteThis>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis>
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 12:21 PM
Subject: Boulder, Colorado
> Aloha,
>
> does anybody knows if we can windsurf on the Boulder Reservoir near
Boulder,
> Colorado?
>
> Manu
>
>
>
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