X-OldHeader: From levb@12.com-DeleteThis.com Fri Jan 26 11:16:44 2001 Return-Path: <levb@12.com-DeleteThis.com> Received: from opus.labs.agilent.com (root@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com [130.29.244.179]) by jr.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id LAA25250 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 11:16:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from msgbas1.cos.agilent.com (msgbas1.cos.agilent.com [130.29.152.58]) by opus.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id LAA14195 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 11:16:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from owa.twelve.com (unknown [63.118.62.34]) by msgbas1.cos.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61050826 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 12:16:43 -0700 (MST) Received: by owa.twelve.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id <DVGW6D35>; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 11:03:01 -0800 Message-ID: <116833CA6DFBD311A54B00B0D021AB9E0102E4B4@cairo.twelve.com-DeleteThis.com> From: Lev Brouk <levb@12.com-DeleteThis.com> To: "'wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com'" <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com> Subject: RE: Baja or Costa Rica Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 11:16:36 -0800 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21)
I just visited Costa Rica last thanksgiving.
The lake gets wicked windy. I sailed the entire day (8am 'till 4pm, with a
lunch break :-) powered to overpowered on a 3.7 and a rather heavy 8'3"
board. And this is at my #210+ dry weight. The water was actually rather
flat for this kind of wind, with some 2-3 foot chop.
I rented from Hotel Tilawa - OK gear and launch. They have mostly Gun sails
(thumbs down) and some northwaves (thumbs up). The boards are all Cascades
glass boards, ranging from 7'8" to 8'6", a bit too heavy for my taste, but
cut through the chop like a knife through butter.
The best place to stay, by far, was hotel Mystica. It is a few miles from
the beach, but has a magnificent setting, is ran by a very nice Italian
family, and the food there is good, which is rare in CR.
- Lev
-----Original Message-----
From: David Olson [mailto:dnolson@hotmail.com-DeleteThis.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 6:08 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list WIND_TALK
Subject: Baja or Costa Rica
Hi everyone,
I am planning to travel to Brazil for carnival during the last week of
February. On my way I thought I would take a stop over for some windsurfing
either in Baja San Carlos or Costa Rica.
What is the season for wave sailing in San Carlos? If Feb is not the season
then its out of the picture. If is is the season, anyone ever use Solo
Sports in san carlos? Do you have a contact at solo sports? What were the
flight options?
I have read a little bit about lake arenal in costa rica and it seems like
it would be a great place and this is prime season. Hotel Tilawa seems like
a good spot to stay. Any comments?
Feel free to send direct responses to dnolson@hotmail.com-DeleteThis.com
thanks,
david
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