| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
2bluehawaiins
Joined: 07 Mar 2002
Posts: 144
|
 Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 6:25 pm Post subject: Tomales wind sensor |
 |
|
Just thought I'd ask if anyone had contacted Iwindsurf about the Tomales wind sensor? I sent an email with out a reply and was just wondering if anyone else misses the sensor? Hoping for wnw wind soon.
| Description: |
|
| Filesize: |
180.44 KB |
| Viewed: |
1196 Time(s) |
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
windfind
Joined: 18 Mar 1997
Posts: 567
|
| Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 7:32 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Hi BlueHawaiins,
I place a posting on another Tomales forum thread about 2 weeks ago. We checked out our sensor and found that is was OK. The issue is with the phone lines in this isolate area. We are waiting for PacBell to fix the issue.
Below are some of my photos of the Tomales area. The first shows the Grassy Point launch. The third is an aerial photo where you can see Grassy Point in the distant and the wonderful Dillon beach bar break in the foreground. Great windsurfing there. Can you figure out where I took the 2nd photo?
Mike
weatherflow.com
iwindsurf.com
ikitesurf.com
sailflow.com
fishweather.com
| Description: |
|
| Filesize: |
303.01 KB |
| Viewed: |
1180 Time(s) |
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
jse
Joined: 17 Apr 1995
Posts: 1256
Location: Marin
|
| Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 12:12 am Post subject: |
|
|
| windfind wrote: | Can you figure out where I took the 2nd photo?
|
Gotta be one of the beaches across from Grassy Pt. Looks like Hog Island in the distance.
Steve
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
2bluehawaiins
Joined: 07 Mar 2002
Posts: 144
|
| Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 1:41 am Post subject: Tomales wind sensor |
|
|
Hey Mike Thanks for the reply, glad to hear it's just a phone line. I would have to say Tomales beach where the camp ground is across from grassy point and now they have permanent bathrooms the sign say's from our stimulus money last year.
Thanks again Bluehawiin's
| Description: |
|
| Filesize: |
939.17 KB |
| Viewed: |
1141 Time(s) |
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
windfind
Joined: 18 Mar 1997
Posts: 567
|
| Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 10:06 am Post subject: |
|
|
Yea, you both got it right. The 2nd photo shows that beautiful beach and cove on the wilderness west side of Tomales Bay opposite Grassy Pt. We used to illegally camp over there miles from the nearest road with only elk for company. Then windsurf the next day to Grassy Point and back.
There is a similar sneaky camp and windsurf place across from Dillon Beach but elk can be an issue on the beach there.
And actually there is a place you can legally camp with no cars within a mile and launch from the beach and sail below the Golden Gate.
You need the right wind and tide conditions to make it off the beach though.
Mike Godsey
weatherflow.com
iwindsurf.com
ikitesurf.com
sailflow.com
fishweather.com
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
jse
Joined: 17 Apr 1995
Posts: 1256
Location: Marin
|
| Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 10:15 am Post subject: |
|
|
| windfind wrote: | | Yea, you both got it right. The 2nd photo shows that beautiful beach and cove on the wilderness west side of Tomales Bay opposite Grassy Pt. |
Yeah, I almost got stranded there one late afternoon in January. I was with my son (14 years old) and his friend at Stintson Beach. On the way home the wind looked good, I had gear so we drove up to Grassy Pt. It was 5.0 when I got there. Some guys had a bonfire on the beach. I rigged up for a short sail - it was about 4:00. In retrospect, it was a stupid idea, looking at the graph the next day, it was a typical "middle finger" graph. When I got to the other side, there was no wind. Not even enough to sail back if I uphauled. So I broke down the rig to stash it. I still hadn't decided whether to paddle back or walk out. Then I saw the fishing boat coming from Inverness. I waded as far out as I could and gave them the universal distress arm wave. They were kind enough to shuttle me and my gear back to Grassy Pt. By then it was almost dark.
Steve
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
jse
Joined: 17 Apr 1995
Posts: 1256
Location: Marin
|
| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 12:14 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Any update on this? It's the 27th and Pac Bell was supposed to have it fixed by the 25th. Time's running out on spring (weedless) winds!
Steve
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
boggsman1
Joined: 24 Jun 2002
Posts: 2972
Location: at a computer
|
| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 1:17 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| jse wrote: | Any update on this? It's the 27th and Pac Bell was supposed to have it fixed by the 25th. Time's running out on spring (weedless) winds!
Steve |
u going 2day?
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
2bluehawaiins
Joined: 07 Mar 2002
Posts: 144
|
| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 3:04 pm Post subject: Tomales |
|
|
| Yes I am!
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
jse
Joined: 17 Apr 1995
Posts: 1256
Location: Marin
|
| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 4:34 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Can't. Giants Game tonight. I should have anticipated this before I accepted those free Lower Box tickets :/
Maybe tomorrow though.
Steve
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
Search
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Register
