Where We Sailed Today

windoggi · Joined: 22 Feb 2002 Posts: 2743

Sunday surge at Berkeley. Powered up fun for all!

dllee · Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 5329 Location: East Bay

Fun day, with real readings again.
6.0, 5.6, 4.5, all well powered, and latter two with a Naish 8'5"er.
Kinda dead inside.
Almost back to the old days, when "22-30" meant 4.2 for me, a 150 lbs'er.

windsrf · Joined: 01 May 1998 Posts: 464

Pt. Isabel was rocking. Like the Good Old Days with steady winds, etc. Nicely powered on 5.5, sometimes wishing it were a 5.0. Maybe season has actually arrived?

victor · Joined: 03 Aug 1998 Posts: 581

does anyone know if the lone windsurfer out at pt.san quentin got back to the launch last night?

stcyp66 · Joined: 21 Apr 2007 Posts: 6

victor · Joined: 03 Aug 1998 Posts: 581

I left a little before 6. he was pretty far downwind fighting the flood on his inbound tack and ending up closer and closer to the bridge.

i called the san rafael police and asked if they could send thier boat out to look for him.

not a good place to go out alone on a flood especially late in the day.

windoggi · Joined: 22 Feb 2002 Posts: 2743

A pleasant Monday session at Isabel. Starting to get the new sensor dialed in. In the old days, 17 meant go. 20 is the new 17.

bert · Joined: 10 Apr 2000 Posts: 665

Old school power sailing at Palo Alto in 12 to 15 mph winds the last 2 days. Was on 8.0 Retro and a 152L Bic Techno that was a giveaway last October from some old fella who unloading all his gear as he hadn't sailed in 7 tears and was retiring from windsurfing. The board was mint and came with 4 deep tuttle Curtis race fins. First time using the board and the sonofabitch hauls ass..seems that this particular Techno was race oriented with full carbon construction. He also gave me a 490 and 520 mast in primo condition so I made out like a bandit. Will use the board with my 8.0 and 9.5 when I'm not using the Kona longboard..pretty soon I'll need an 18 wheeler to haul all my gear Rolling Eyes

windward1 · Joined: 18 Jun 2000 Posts: 1400

I like the Bic Techno 152. It is a great all around board that does a little bit of everything well. One can cruise the coast and play in the waves along the way. Its rocker line seemed to have five gears. As the wind picked up, so did it and as one accelerated it seemed to actually shift through gears. I have not felt any other board that I have tried quite like it.

gerritt · Joined: 06 May 1998 Posts: 632 Location: Redwood City, CA

So I consider yesterday a bonus. Sailed from 5:30 - 7:00 on a 5.0 with 94 liters and was nicely powered near the channel marker.

Of note, just inside and below the channel marker we have a new hazard. There is an approximately 6" diameter pipe (possibly a boat mast) that appears to be hung up on the sandbar. It would rise up out of the water about 2 feet and then sink back down. I have no idea how long it is, but it was protruding at an angle and then disappearing. Hitting this thing at speed could be deadly.

Does anyone have contact information for shipping hazards? Some govt agency should come out and haul this thing away.