RE: Wave rules

From: Martyn, Rick (RZM1@pge.com-DeleteThis)
Date: Thu Aug 17 2000 - 10:09:17 PDT


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From: "Martyn, Rick" <RZM1@pge.com-DeleteThis>
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Subject: RE: Wave rules
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 10:09:17 -0700
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My 2 cents

Going out has right of way if they NEED it (i.e. slogging and or avoiding
large wall of whitewater), but the person going out should do EVERYTHING
possible to avoidt interfering with the incoming sailor on the wave. At
point or reef breaks this means that sailors heading back out should stay
clear of the main wave riding area so as to avoid conflicts if at all
possible (harder to do at a disorganized beach break). If an outbound
sailor interferes with a sailor on the wave in order to hit the steepest
part of the wave for a jump, there will be a very angry wavesailor!

Rick

-----Original Message-----
From: tmurguz@amre.com-DeleteThis [mailto:tmurguz@amre.com-DeleteThis]
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 9:10 AM
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Subject: RE: Wave rules

1. Going out has right of way over someone coming in. (when coming in, you
have much more manueverability and less risk of getting munched than someone
going out, so it's polite to give way)

I do not think this is true, and recall this same discussion about a year
ago.
If a sailor on a wave is going down the line, and the outbound sailor cuts
off
his down the line progress, ending the wave, the outbound sailor has
barneyed.

If the premise of wavesailing is to ride waves, then the surf rules apply.
The
surf rule is simple; avoid the person on the wave. They have enough to deal
with already, and a person going out has more degrees of freedom than the
person
on a wave whose ideal path is dictated by the wave (and the kelp in late
summer). the sailor going out can sail off the wind, pinch upwind, stall,
chicken jibe, tack and do whatever else is possible to avoid the person
already
on the wave.



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