Where We're Sailing Today / where we sailed today

veterduet · Joined: 29 Jun 2000 Posts: 192

Berkeley on Monday....3 to 5+ nice 5.7 session (5.4 to 6.4 would have worked).

About a dozen windsurfers, half a dozen Formulons, three Kitons, a Klingon and a Wookiee (The latter may have been a seal.....I may have the count slightly off...it was my 6th straight day on the water). Sunny and warm. Not too bad for a Monday in October!

Where were you, Zirtaeb?

zirtaeb · Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 1756

Berkeley another nice one, 3 laps from lowest dock to AshbyShoals to tip of kitebeach, then down to frontage road where Mitsu sails, to point below 3rd dock, to middle dock again and again.
Then, when the 6.0 and 100 liter slalom board was smoking along, top cap strap failed, couldn't even waterstart (sail dropped immediately 3', and got rescued by the CalSailingClub.....after I spent 20 minutes rolling up the sail, stashing the mast base, tying on the boom, 1 piece mast inside footstraps, and just started sit down paddling with the top half.

zirtaeb · Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 1756

Berkeley Wed. starting at 3, guys out already on 4.8's and 5.2's, WSW direction means heading towards the freeway going out.
Chenda out on 7.6, so I rig a 7, but really needed a 6 meter sail, and 100 board. Couple fast guys out on 6.2's, better than most days this summer for sure, lasted til 6:30, planing to the dock then on a 6.5, not me.

NickB · Joined: 30 Jun 2009 Posts: 488 Location: Alameda, CA

Very nice and steady 7.0 conditions (135L/145lb) in Alameda 4:30-6p fully powered, which let me exceed the dreaded Alameda speed-limit a couple of times Smile

Only a couple of kiters and 1 windsurfer out.

veterduet · Joined: 29 Jun 2000 Posts: 192

Nice steady 6.0 wind from 1:30 to 3:30, then a slight gusty lull and it got more westerly and picked up again. Looked on the sensor as if it lasted a while.

LeeD · Joined: 12 Jun 2008 Posts: 952

John, the reason and the purpose of this thread is to INFORM other sailors of the wind conditions of the previous session.
You don't inform anything by leaving out the LOCATION you windsurfed at!

veterduet · Joined: 29 Jun 2000 Posts: 192

see post subject: Marina Bay - Isabel

LeeD · Joined: 12 Jun 2008 Posts: 952

Oops, sorry.

surfdog55 · Joined: 02 Apr 2001 Posts: 52

Great wind at the Delta this morning. Launched at 8:00am, slack, shot up to marker 10 and had fun on the rollers, good port jumps. 4.7 80Ltr 165Lbs. Sailed till around 9:30 flooding but very worthwhile. Might go back this afternoon if the wind holds. GO GIANTS!!!
JT

npure2001 · Joined: 15 Mar 2003 Posts: 47

Had a pleasant hour sunset session on 5.3/102 at low tide at Embassy. Should have rigged the 6.0, but the wind looked really good, when I was rigging. Checked out the strange looking rig anchored off of 28R. Anybody knows what it's for? Planes did their best to give me occasional bursts. Didn't leave the pumping muscles unexercised.