Re: Davis Point Friday.

From: Jerry (jerrygar1@home.com-DeleteThis.com)
Date: Mon Jul 23 2001 - 16:58:32 PDT

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From: "Jerry" <jerrygar1@home.com-DeleteThis.com>
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Subject: Re: Davis Point Friday.
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 16:58:32 -0700

I usually sail Davis Point several times a year. My best Bay sessions have
been there. Better than Third. My observations:

Never sail a flood.

Buoy has to be reading at least 22.

If Point Isabel and Rio are good check it out.

Rig the smallest sail that will get me into the channel without slogging. It
will be windier outside.

Watch out for the ferry--it moves fast and doesn't stay in the channel.

Its a long way out. Bring safety gear (flares, radio, strobe).

Try not to sail alone (but I violate this rule on good days if necessary).

Wishing more people would sail there,

Jerry

----- Original Message -----
From: "George Szeman" <gs@rtl.rose.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list WIND_TALK"
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Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 10:26 AM
Subject: Davis Point Friday.

>
>
> After all the discussions about Davis Point,
> I decided to try it out last Friday. I arrived at 3:00 pm
> and found no other windsurfers there. After dragging my gear
> and rigging up, I launched around 3:45. I was reading 15-18mph on
> my anemometer a the top of the cliffs, but figured the wind must be
> much stronger out on the water, judging by the chop, so I rigged my 5.0
> sail (I weigh 155#). After schlogging a little I caught good wind but
> it still wasn't
> enough. The chop was good for port ramps, but my sail was too
> small. I then rigged my 6.2 sail and went out on my floaty 276 board.
> This was better, but still marginal at times. I even hit some real dead
> spots where I
> had to wait around to water start. It wasn't until about 6:45 pm
> when the wind shifted (this shows up correctly on the iWindsurf wind
> graph)
> to W-SW when the wind got real good for the 6.2.
>
> After looking at the wind graph the next day, I have found the
> iWindsurfreadings to be way optimistic. For example, at 4:00 pm it's
> showing ave: 28, lull:23, gusting to 32.
> This is way off by at least 10 mph! I did sail out almost 1/2 mile from
> the shore and I didn't see any kind of wind like that. Where is the
> wind sensor for Davis point?
> Has anyone else experienced this kind of discrepancy between the sensor
> and
> reality before? Should I have sailed out a mile or more from shore to
> get the
> "good" wind?
>
>
> George.
>
>
>

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