RE: Some Saturday

From: Bernie Perry (BPerry@nrtnorcal.com-DeleteThis)
Date: Sun Jun 04 2000 - 16:39:36 PDT


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From: Bernie Perry <BPerry@nrtnorcal.com-DeleteThis>
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Subject: RE: Some Saturday
Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 16:39:36 -0700 
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 I second that...Yesterday was "classic" Coyote. I sailed a 9'4" and a 5.3
sail, (expecting lighter winds, I left my 8'8" at home, won't make that
mistake again). Getting on a plane and going fast was not a problem,
staying in control was the issue. What a Kick-off to summer sailing!!!

Bernie
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom von Alten
To: Multiple recipients of list
Sent: 06/03/2000 9:13 PM
Subject: Some Saturday

iwindsurf missed the forecast (at least if their reports are right),
but I don't mind. They said "better at the Stick, and Crissy," but
the average never got above 20 for the latter, in spite of a fine
fog bank riding the ridge.

It was sunny, mid-60s, and the water was clear and good-looking
on the ebb tide, with a big Coyote crowd out to enjoy it. I started
to rig my 5.7, seeing lots of upper 5s and some 6-things, but let
myself be persuaded to go with the newer Ezzy 5.1 instead, 'cause
it would be "bigger outside."

It was just the thing. I resolved to go out and stay out, and not
waste energy traversing the damn slog zone. That daily work out
has helped, and I went out, stayed out, pointed high and let the
ebb take me upwind of the crowd, outside of the SFO exhaust.

  I was powered-up
  dialed-in
  in the groove
  on the line
  in the zone
  on time
  in the flow

It was sa-weet!

I dodged the port ramps, stayed on the water tickling them with
my find and didn't let them hurt me. Went after the starboard
side where I'm comfy instead.

Reached so long, just got into the meditation of it, watched a
jet on its way in for a while, then looked down and saw this
beautiful starboard ramp with my name in lights, reared back
and kissed the sky, landed it cushy-soft on my tail and planed
right out of it. Oh yeah, ooo-weeee.

One unpleasant spill, surfed an outside jibe a little too
eagerly, spiraled into the trough ahead of the wind and landed
on my back across the mast, kidney-high. Uuhh. Tweaked my
torque a bit, not quite the same pop off the ramps after that.

I came in for a drink, blasted easily through all but the very
last bit of the bay, filled up with fresh.

The reprise was nice, still optimally powered and not fretting
about pointing or those port-side nasties, kept pulling off
jibes both sides, one way or another, but starting to tire.
Drove in again, blasting downwind to my spot on the beach,
packed it up, showered it off, loaded the van. Still going
at 20 to 7, but the crowd seriously thinning...

Garrison Keilor's "Prairie Home Companion" had a sweet, lyric
soprano just stepping up to "Dove Sono?" from the Marriage
of Figaro; a sublime send-off for the the relaxed drive home.
_____________
Tom von Alten http://pobox.com/~tva
tva@pobox.com-DeleteThis Last update: 28 May
               "Dancing in the Spider's Web"



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