X-OldHeader: From windtalkposter@hotmail.com-DeleteThis.com Tue Apr 16 10:20:52 2002 Return-Path: <windtalkposter@hotmail.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 KAA15706 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Tue, 16 Apr 2002 10:20:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msgbas1.cos.agilent.com (msgbas1.cos.agilent.com [192.168.148.33]) by opus.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id KAA16608 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Tue, 16 Apr 2002 10:20:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hotmail.com (f20.pav1.hotmail.com [64.4.31.20]) by msgbas1.cos.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D094FF034 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Tue, 16 Apr 2002 11:20:50 -0600 (MDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 16 Apr 2002 10:20:50 -0700 Received: from 63.251.253.2 by pv1fd.pav1.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Tue, 16 Apr 2002 17:20:50 GMT X-Originating-IP: [63.251.253.2] From: "B D" <windtalkposter@hotmail.com-DeleteThis.com> To: wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com Subject: Non-Tuba Tour Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 10:20:50 -0700 Message-ID: <F20dpuoRNuzI57OHFE800000e30@hotmail.com-DeleteThis.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 16 Apr 2002 17:20:50.0420 (UTC) FILETIME=[0E1E1B40:01C1E56B]
Having always wanted to sail Tuba and other mythic places
on the north coast, when BOB GALVAN'S email came out
yesterday I realized I had no meetings and so departed
work in a big hurry, stopping by home to pick up
a safety kit that included many knives, assorted pieces
of rope, an AM radio, and some reading material.
Got to Limantour at 3pm. No windsurfers were there and
especially no BOB GALVAN. Tuba looked interesting but
very far away.
Went on to Tomales, stopping at the first site, Marconi,
and sailed 120% oversubscribed on a 4.1 with 3 other
guys, not including BOB GALVAN. Very flat water, not
what I expected, but very enjoyable. Being in Marin
county, I monitored my "chi" carefully. Perfect balance
was disturbed only momentarily by a sailor who would
swear each time he jibed on the inside. Probably just
a north coast custom.
Got tired, packed up, and decided to make a tour
of the rest of Tomales and Bodega. At Grassi point they
(6 people) were on 3.5's with the ladies on 2.8's.
I approached a group of locals and explained that I had
come up to sail that mythical wavesailing spot known as
Tuba. My simple enthusiasm was met by derision. Nobody
ever sails there, it sucks, why would you haul your gear
all the way down to that beach and then sail 1 mile offshore
with sharks nipping at your tail just to wavesail a 4 ft
beach break when you can roll right up to Tomales and fall in
the water. And of course there was no BOB GALVAN to
rebut these comments.
Was this just the Marin county version of localism? ie
we don't slash your tires: we question your life choices thereby
damaging your self esteem to the point where you spend all
your time in a 12 step program, thus limiting your ability
to drive long distances to sail? Farfetched? You decide.
Moved on to Bodega, where by 6:30 everybody had been scoured
off the beaches. Had steamed mussels at the local watering
hole, drove from Bodega to Redwood city in 1hr 40mins (there's
a road that goes straight to Petaluma/101), and got home at
11pm, thankful that BOB GALVAN got me out of my rut.
Bob Dow
>Subject: Jump up
>Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 11:31:55 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Bob Galvan <kasplash@mac.com-DeleteThis.com>
>. . .
>Tuba today...
>Bob
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