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Topic: Hurricane Teddy |
braden
Replies: 11
Views: 47580
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Forum: Eastern and Central USA & Canada Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2020 10:23 am Subject: Hurricane Teddy |
Hurricanes are tightly wound and often don't do much beyond 100 miles or so. Models treat them like other storms and overestimate their distant effects. High pressure to north keeps on giving, thoug ... |
Topic: east coast sail repair |
braden
Replies: 26
Views: 106829
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Forum: Eastern and Central USA & Canada Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2020 6:15 pm Subject: east coast sail repair |
I had good repair service in the past from Haarstick Sails NE, N Kingstown RI. (Seems like main location was Rochester NY, that's now Quantum Sails). |
Topic: 50 degrees water - finally! |
braden
Replies: 18
Views: 30512
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Forum: Eastern and Central USA & Canada Posted: Tue May 02, 2017 11:17 am Subject: 50 degrees water - finally! |
In April 2016 I was sailing, the wind dropped and I had to swim myself and the board back to shore, took about 10 min. Wearing drysuit. Some citizen thought I had been hit by a barge and called resc ... |
Topic: Matunuck Summer Sailing and Parking |
braden
Replies: 5
Views: 11037
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Forum: Eastern and Central USA & Canada Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 2:52 pm Subject: Matunuck Summer Sailing and Parking |
I often sail at Sabin Point, up the bay from Conimicut. I did get pneumonia once after sailing, that was 10 years ago.
The main problem with the upper bay is what is delicately called "combin ... |
Topic: All I want to do is windsurf now... But responsibility!!?? |
braden
Replies: 12
Views: 21565
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Forum: Eastern and Central USA & Canada Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 11:58 pm Subject: All I want to do is windsurf now... But responsibility!!?? |
Once upon a time, windsurfing was an addiction. Then it cooled down to just an obsession. Now it's just something I like to do.
Come to think of it, I could say the same thing about sex.
So, a ... |
Topic: Article on Windsurfing in Sailing World Magazine |
braden
Replies: 26
Views: 37265
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Forum: Windsurfing Discussion Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 8:12 pm Subject: Article on Windsurfing in Sailing World Magazine |
I read a long time ago that windsurfing caught on in Europe because there having a sailboat is for rich people, due to expense of marinas, etc. |
Topic: who's going where on sat? |
braden
Replies: 21
Views: 38873
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Forum: Eastern and Central USA & Canada Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2014 9:53 pm Subject: who's going where on sat? |
.hu is Hungary
"szörf" is pronounced "surf" |
Topic: no longer be issuing daily meteorologist briefings |
braden
Replies: 8
Views: 14896
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Forum: Eastern and Central USA & Canada Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 11:08 am Subject: no longer be issuing daily meteorologist briefings |
There's a colored bar chart labeled "computer forecast" under the graph for your local site. It's not bad. I appreciate the detailed discussion from the meteorologist, it explains uncertai ... |
Topic: Retirement from Windsurfing |
braden
Replies: 18
Views: 34700
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Forum: Eastern and Central USA & Canada Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 9:07 pm Subject: Retirement from Windsurfing |
What a lovely goodbye.
Sciatica varies in severity, so you may not have the good results reported by the other posters. On the other hand, you may end up recovering for no reason whatsoever.
Good l ... |
Topic: What are your local rules for windsurfing and kiting? Kanaha |
braden
Replies: 1
Views: 6546
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Forum: Eastern and Central USA & Canada Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 8:43 pm Subject: What are your local rules for windsurfing and kiting? Kanaha |
In RI this has been quite informal. For instance the state park regs say that "No power boats shall be allowed within any bathing and swimming area." If you sail your windsurfer into a swim ... |
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