X-OldHeader: From jayrunge@earthlink.net-DeleteThis.com Fri May 28 11:03:32 2004 Return-Path: <jayrunge@earthlink.net-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_25183+JAGae58098)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id LAA24209 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Fri, 28 May 2004 11:03:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msgbas2x.net.asiapac.agilent.com ([192.168.216.27]) by opus.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_25183+JAGae58098)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id LAA26569 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Fri, 28 May 2004 11:03:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from grouse.mail.pas.earthlink.net (grouse.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.116]) by msgbas2x.net.asiapac.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3A6914E7 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Sat, 29 May 2004 02:03:30 +0800 (SGP) Received: from user-2ivfjo4.dialup.mindspring.com ([165.247.207.4] helo=earthlink.net) by grouse.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1BTlhX-0007Z9-00 for wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com; Fri, 28 May 2004 11:03:28 -0700 Message-ID: <40B77E10.2070906@earthlink.net-DeleteThis.com> Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 10:59:44 -0700 From: jay runge <jayrunge@earthlink.net-DeleteThis.com> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031013 Thunderbird/0.3 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en To: wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com Subject: reply References: <01C44490.C1BA2DC0.gry1@pacbell.net-DeleteThis.com> In-Reply-To: <01C44490.C1BA2DC0.gry1@pacbell.net-DeleteThis.com>
Gerry, you replied to the whole list again, so you may get a lot of
interesting answers.
But since you want to talk about the weather...
It is 11 am at the south tip of the bay and it is cloudy, overcast, and
very still. If it is going to blow 27 this afternoon, things better
change soon.
Probably will blow 30 all night and be calm in the morning.
jay
Gerald Mountain wrote:
> going to third today?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jay runge [SMTP:jayrunge@earthlink.net-DeleteThis.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 8:12 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list WIND_TALK
> Subject: Windsurfing around the Farallones
>
>
> For history, look for an old guy...
>
> Windsurfer went around the farallones in 1980, started from Crissy,
> ended at Crissy. A boat went with him, but assistance was not required.
> I read the story years ago, but I couldn't find it today on the Internet
> or in my piles of forgotten magazines. I did find the obituary of a
> sailor who died too soon.
>
> About the Farallones trip - first half (out) is not much fun, aailing
> hard on the wind with waves coming over the bow of the boat. Can be
> very wet, foggy, bouncy, pounding. But! after you round the islands the
> whole thing changes. Strong wind coming over the port aft quarter, big
> waves to ride. I bet the kiters had a blast coming in! (unless the wind
> was dead aft, might be weird on a kite).
>
> Kite in from the Farallones? Terrific!
>
> jay
>
>
> Some corrections to this obit. Farallones are about 27 miles from the
> coast, so round trip is about 54 miles. Solano is in Albany, not
> Oakland. This is from the Brown Alumni Magazine.
>
> Shimon-Craig A. Van Collie '72, of Berkeley, Calif.; Feb. 28, of cancer.
> He was a writer, sailor, and accomplished dancer. He adopted the name
> Shimon after a trip to Israel in 1975. He published four books on
> sailing, tennis, and banking, and also wrote more than 700 articles on
> subjects ranging from sailing to finance to interracial relationships.
> In 1972 he placed fifth at the U.S. Olympic trials for sailing and in
> 1980 he became the only person to windsurf out to, around, and back from
> the Farallon Islands (about fifty miles off the California coast); he
> was raising money to ease world hunger. He was named "king of carnival"
> and grand marshal of the 1998 Solano Stroll in Oakland, Calif. Survivors
> include his parents, Ruth and H.A. Van Collie, 14 Comstock Ln., Wilton,
> Conn. 06897; and a son.
>
>
>
>
>
> David R. Fielder wrote:
>
>>Great article and feat!
>>
>>Seems as though with similar planning and support a WS trip might be feasible.
>>
>>Has anyone done that, or are there wind issues (etc) that make it a more kite-friendly situation?
>>
>>Of course, hang-time for avoiding Landlord would be a bit less........
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>>
>>>Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 15:53:01 -0700
>>>From: Alain Dumesny <alain@macromedia.com-DeleteThis.com>
>>>To: wind_talk <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>
>>>Subject: A first -- from Farallones to S.F. by kite-boarding
>>>Message-ID: <40B6714D.6010001@macromedia.com-DeleteThis.com>
>>>
>>>
>>>In case you haven't seen it...
>>>
>>>http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/05/27/BAGDV6S72718.DTL
>>>
>>>
>>>--------
>>>Alain Dumesny
>>
>>
>
>
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