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gtur13
Joined: 06 Oct 2015 Posts: 31 Location: newton, ma
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Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 2:50 pm Post subject: What is up with this wind B.S? |
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Where is the wind in Boston because I have not gotte one good wind session end of july or august and even when the wind forcast is good , the wind still sucks?...Maybe I should just move away from this area and seek new places? |
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isobars
Joined: 12 Dec 1999 Posts: 20935
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Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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Naaaah ... that's too logical.
OTOH ... it's refreshing to see a windwhiner actually suggest moving. Usually I have to suggest that to people lamenting their lack of wind, and usually my suggestion is scoffed at, as though there aren't plenty of new jobs and new friends available in windy areas.
I thank God and the gods in general every time I look back at the fate I faced when I worked in Wilmington, Delaware: 40 years of corporate life on the east coast. It brings a shudder that runs from my scalp to my toenails every time. Getting drafted in the height of the Viet Nam war was the greatest single external event that ever happened to me, because it got me out of that fate I thought I wanted and changed my life for the better in many ways, ESPECIALLY opening my eyes to the rest of the country.
Mike \m/ |
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flaherty
Joined: 01 May 1997 Posts: 437
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Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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And how did you parlay that into retiring in your 40's ?
I also got drafted in 1966, spent a year in Vietnam,
and I'm still working.
Yea, Cape Cod, where I sail ain't the Gorge. I do usually
spend one week in Hatteras and two weeks in Maui each year,
to supplement. August is usually summer doldrums. |
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isobars
Joined: 12 Dec 1999 Posts: 20935
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Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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flaherty wrote: | And how did you parlay that into retiring in your 40's ? |
Stayed in the AF 20 years, got a pension which almost supports my hobby and feeds the dogs, had no kids, lived way within our means (a vital key very few people achieve), and supported my wife's excellent Air Force career.
Mike \m/ |
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isobars
Joined: 12 Dec 1999 Posts: 20935
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Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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PeconicPuffin
Joined: 07 Jun 2004 Posts: 1830
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Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 7:06 pm Post subject: Re: What is up with this wind B.S? |
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xxtheruskyxx wrote: | Where is the wind in Boston because I have not gotte one good wind session end of july or august and even when the wind forcast is good , the wind still sucks?...Maybe I should just move away from this area and seek new places? |
I've been keeping track of windsurfing conditions on eastern Long Island (maybe two hundred miles from the Cape) since 1993, and this has been the worst June, July, and August during those 15 years. (I did a post about this on my blog: http://www.peconicpuffin.com/the_peconic_puffin/2008/07/2008-summer-windsurfing-what-went-wrong-with-the-wind.html
Just comparing 2008 to 2007, in terms of total windsurfable days (for me 16 knots and up) from June 1 to date (8/12) there were 27 more days sailable last year than this year. _________________ Michael
http://www.peconicpuffin.com |
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Frank4
Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 69
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Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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Wow, worst summer since 93'!!!!I thought it was my imagination. Is it drysuit season yet? At this point I look forward to some cold wind.
FB |
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mcmpc
Joined: 30 May 1992 Posts: 197
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Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 8:28 pm Post subject: human sacrifice? |
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i'll b dousing myself in white gas whilst smoking a doobee at the stahbux in wayland sq prov ri, tomorrow afternoon. all r invited! maybe the wind gods will b happier + you'll think of me.... |
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gtur13
Joined: 06 Oct 2015 Posts: 31 Location: newton, ma
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Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 8:33 pm Post subject: GUYS F THIS |
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I am tired of this you know what when I get out of highschool I am moving and for now I am buying myself a decent wetsuit and I am gonna get out there and I am gonna windsurf as long I dont freeze to death... (= |
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mewindsurf
Joined: 30 Jun 2000 Posts: 177
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Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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Get yourself a nice drysuit too rusky. There's a ton of sailing to be had in the winter. I probably sail twice as many days from october to march than I do from april to september here on Long Island. And in the winter, I don't go out unless it's 5.3 or better.
Try moving down to the cape. Between Kalmus/ West Denis and the north shore beaches, there is really good sailing to be had. I average about 100 days a year on Long Island with a full time job, wife and 2 kids. I'm sure I could get some more days in living on the cape. Plus if you're into freestyle, there's no better place than lewis bay. It's so easy to pull off tricks there it's like cheating. |
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