X-OldHeader: From KirkLindstrom@ix.netcom.com-DeleteThis.com Wed Sep 18 12:42:17 2002 Return-Path: <KirkLindstrom@ix.netcom.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 MAA25236 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 12:42:17 -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 MAA02490 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 12:42:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from snipe.mail.pas.earthlink.net (snipe.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.62]) by msgbas1.cos.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1775BC99 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 13:42:16 -0600 (MDT) Received: from user-1121cob.dsl.mindspring.com ([66.32.179.11] helo=ix.netcom.com) by snipe.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17rkel-0004Ni-00 for wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 12:38:39 -0700 Message-ID: <3D88D652.6070901@ix.netcom.com-DeleteThis.com> Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 12:38:58 -0700 From: Kirk Lindstrom <KirkLindstrom@ix.netcom.com-DeleteThis.com> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:0.9.4) Gecko/20011128 Netscape6/6.2.1 X-Accept-Language: en-us To: wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com Subject: Safety Fin References: <3B8B89D5F418D611B1EC00508BB81D7502461CE2@exch-usa-sj06.usa.businessobjects.com-D>
I wonder if we could make a "safety fin" to carry in a pack or inside
our mast or strapped to the boom?
what if
get a 1 ft long by 1" round piece of plastic that you put a fin screw into?
Then if you bust a fin, you put this rod into the fin box and screw it
in from the top
It would not be a great fin, but it would be resistance
It would ALSO fit inside the water (camel back) bag I often carry...
It would be fun to try this "safety fin" out for a test....
Kirk (I get full rights if we patent this!) out
Manuel Paunet wrote:
>glad to hear you made it safe
>
>it seems to me a good thing to do when this kind of problem occurs
>is to ask someone to get you a new fin.
>even if the fin box is damaged, a wobbly fin would do the trick better.
>(good to know what fin box your board is using)
>
>aloha
>
>manu
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ken Poulton [mailto:poulton@zonker.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 1:13 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list WIND_TALK
>Subject: Ken goes downwind
>
>
>
>Thanks to everyone who was watching and helping me today!
>
>Ken
>
>"Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can
>go."
> -- T.S. Eliot
>
>
>
>============= Tue 17 Sep 02 - 3rd - 5.4,4.4/257 (196#) 4:20-8:00
>
>Too much wind for kites as it started gusty and the channel ramped up to
>30 mph! I went out on 5.4 and sailed OPd for the first hour. This was
>great fun - the swell got to 6 feet, very nicely formed, even in the
>flood. But eventually, the wind was too much to handle. I had a Mr
>Toad's Wild Ride back in (whooping all the way) and rigged 4.4.
>
>The 4.4 felt great. I was having a fine time (and thinking a bit
>about how to fix the stripped-out second screw on my fin).
>But when I spun out and fell in near the far edge of the channel,
>I found - oops! - no fin! Nada. Bye, bye. Gone.
>
>This was about 6:00. I tried various drag inducers on the tail of the
>board. Kevin came by and helped for a while, as did another guy. Using
>the uphaul on the tail sort of worked - I could get going, but would
>always spin out after about 30 seconds and have to set up again. I was
>going towards shore, but faster downwind in the flood. I could see I
>would not get to the shore by sunset. Finally, as I passed Mike (who
>was the furthest downwind) I asked him to go in and call the Coast
>Guard. I was lucky to have just replaced my leaky old wetsuit with a
>new 5/3 at the ASD sale. I decided it was time to also put on the
>neoprene hood I carry for emergencies. Having a warm suit was good
>but the hood on my head really warmed me up.
>
>Further cycles of slogging and spinning out left me approaching the
>bridge pier just west of the shipping channel. I decided that the
>westerly wind and flood tide would carry me a very long way before I got
>to shore, so I climbed up onto the pier. Once I was standing in the
>wooden bumpers, I was holding my board with the uphaul, but I had no way
>to deal with the rig. So I detached the rig and bade it goodbye and
>pulled the board up and tied it on. I think it's just above high tide,
>but not above the waves.
>
>The ladder is inside the boat bumpers. I had to climb thru and jump
>back in to get to it. Once I climbed up, there was plenty of dry space
>and a place out of the wind. I took out my radio and called the Coast
>Guard. I also put on my flasher, which Steve reported was visible from
>the launch!
>
>A chopper showed up only 10 or 20 minutes later. I expected to swim
>out to where they could safely approach, but they surveyed the pier
>and placed their basket on the downwind end. The chopper was dead
>steady in the air - very impressive piloting. I climbed in and they
>raised me up as away we went! What a great ride!
>
>They let me off at the San Carlos airport. I called my wife, Kate, for a
>ride:
> "Can you give me ride to 3rd Ave?"
> "Where are you?"
> "San Carlos Airport."
> "San Carlos Airport?"
> "It's where the helicopter left me."
> "The helicopter?"
> "Yeah, they picked me up off the bridge."
> "The bridge?"
> "Yeah, I had a little problem..."
>
>And even before she got there, Steve showed up to give me a ride!
>I later realized I might have passed a message thru the Coast Guard
>radio.
>
>And when we arrived at 3rd around 9:00, Dave had packed up my 5.4 and
>was waiting by my car! What a guy!
>
>So thanks to everyone for all the help! What a great bunch of people.
>
>
>Plusses and minuses for the overly analytical:
>
> -- inadequate maintainance (stripped fin screw)
> + carried hood
> + wore a really warm wetsuit
> + asked for help - at first mostly letting others know I am floundering
> + told Mike to call Coast Guard
> + carried flasher
> ++ carried radio
> - failed to get my 50' line out in time to save my sail
> ++ got myself out of the water
> - but not in the right place
>
-- best regards Kirk Lindstrom Please Try My Online Store: http://home.netcom.com/~kirk_69/Gifts.html
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