Re: question about best windspot in the SF bay this August

From: Booker C. Bense (bbense@networking.stanford.edu-DeleteThis.com)
Date: Wed Jun 27 2001 - 17:08:54 PDT


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Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 17:08:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Booker C. Bense" <bbense@networking.stanford.edu-DeleteThis.com>
To: Hlavatý Jiøí <jiri.hlavaty@EDITEL.CZ-DeleteThis.com>
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Subject: Re: question about best windspot in the SF bay this August
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On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, [iso-8859-2] Hlavat\375 Ji\370i' wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I shall go to SF Bay (Clayton, 60 miles from sea) on the one month this
> August, please I have 3 question
>
> 1)how often has August wind more powerful then 18knots ? how
> much(4,5..10Bf)? I don't take sails greater 5.2mq...

- Depending on how flexible you can be and how far you're willing
to drive, you could probably sail nearly every day in August with
a 5.2m or less. July and August are usually the best monthes. It's
rare that you would need a sail smaller than 4.5m.

> 2)second question like $SUBJ, where are best windspots in the SF bay for
> wavesailing or strongwind(5-6BF), maybe with sailboardrent

- Check out www.sfba.org. It lists all the spots and where you can
rent. The wavesailing on the coast can be kind of hit or miss in
August, but there's lots of big chop in the bay.

> 3)ordinary advice for me:) ?
>

- Bring a warm wetsuit and invest in a small rescue kit with a strobe
light and extra cord at a minimum. Figure out how to be free at 2pm
each day.

- Booker C. Bense



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