X-OldHeader: From bhochuli@cisco.com-DeleteThis.com Mon May 7 18:41:29 2001 Return-Path: <bhochuli@cisco.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 SAA03189 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Mon, 7 May 2001 18:41:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msgbas2.sgp.agilent.com (msgbas2.sgp.agilent.com [141.183.101.231]) by opus.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id SAA01466 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Mon, 7 May 2001 18:41:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sj-msg-core-4.cisco.com (sj-msg-core-4.cisco.com [171.71.163.10]) by msgbas2.sgp.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3538F418 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Tue, 8 May 2001 09:41:22 +0800 (SGP) Received: from mira-sjcm-3.cisco.com (mira-sjcm-3.cisco.com [171.69.43.101]) by sj-msg-core-4.cisco.com (8.11.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id f481fSQ15151 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Mon, 7 May 2001 18:41:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from BHOCHULI-W2K.cisco.com (dhcp-171-69-39-138.cisco.com [171.69.39.138]) by mira-sjcm-3.cisco.com (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id AAF15918; Mon, 7 May 2001 18:41:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20010507182625.02234ea0@mira-sjcm-3.cisco.com-DeleteThis.com> X-Sender: bhochuli@mira-sjcm-3.cisco.com-DeleteThis.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 18:37:01 -0700 To: wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com From: Bruce Hochuli <bhochuli@cisco.com-DeleteThis.com> Subject: Re: south padre island In-Reply-To: <F5FA63116907D411A0D6009027FC8080026B9EBA@exch-usa-sj04.usa-DeleteThis.com .businessobjects.com>
Manu,
I went this March and the wind was only fair. I was told that this was
unusual. Don't know about June. It is not a big wind spot, but generally
nice and steady. Big sails seem to be the norm, the smallest I used was a
6.0 but with a steady wind that's OK. The shallow water is kind of nice
although you have to be careful in spots.
We rented from Windsurf Inc. and it is a nice arrangement. All the gear is
rigged right by the water. We were off season and they were quite flexible
in their rental arrangements. In rec.windsurfing, someone was complaining
about them being quite rigid and only doing weekly rentals from Sunday
through Saturday during high season, now. Check it out for yourself.
You can stay in Condos right next door (arranged by Windsurf Inc. if you
wish) and maybe not need a car. Our group had four, there were five
couples. I think you need a car, the island is pretty spread out.
I talked to one local (the doctor who sewed up my leg, another story) and
she recommended someone named Jibber who has a shop on the main drag.
We did have a great time.
Good luck,
Bruce
At 06:16 PM 5/7/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>hi there,
>
>does anybody know if south padre island is sailable during june?
>i plan to go windsurfing there (just because i was told it's ok so why not)
>
>does anybody have any recommendations: lodging, gear rental...
>i dont even know if i need a car overthere :-o
>i've found several web sites about south padre island,
>but if it's like mauii, it's better to ask first.
>also if anyone has tested a good vela-like package
>could you send the website to get it?
>
>tks for your help
>
>manu
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