Special time of the season here in the Gorge..

dhanson928 · Joined: 12 Mar 2012 Posts: 99

Love the fall sailing. Nobody around, beautiful light with the sun low and the clouds. I've especially enjoyed Roosevelt/Arlington lately with some excellent swell and still warm water and maybe 6 on the water at one time. A couple of days ago I sailed my whole first sesh..4.2 meter sail..without another car even in the Roosevelt park. Then heading west back to Lyle-Land I had a spectacular light show with clouds and sun playing tag behind my sun visor.

Went to Swell at 2:30 last week, sailed with about 4 others all locals...Love it this time of year, it's really quite a privilege to be able to live and sail in the Gorge..

biffmalibu · Joined: 30 May 2008 Posts: 556

Agreed. The awesome beauty is spectacular as the shadows grow longer. Today, for example, was amazing between Swell and the Hatch in the afternoon. Very few windsurfers out (the sport is obviously dwindling; this would not have happened 10 years ago with the kind of wind we had today) and a handful of Al Kite-A. There were even some militant terrorists launching from Ego Point at the Hatch. The water eventually smoothed out nicely late afternoon. The only buzz-kill was one BAFer hot-head windsurfer at Swell-zone who apparently just didn't like that I snagged and surfed "his" fat ramp WELL before he arrived and so felt the need to yell at me AND sail underneath me about 4' with tons of space everywhere. Totally unnecessary, rude, dangerous, and very stupid. Come on, people! One question: WHY? Oh well. I got an additional hour of fatness out there after he cleared out anyway. Such a spectacular afternoon, no WAY was I gonna let anybody ruin it with a bad attitude.

isobars · Joined: 12 Dec 1999 Posts: 20935

I totally agree about the fall scene here, but have a specific question regarding the low, southerly PM sun: it blinds me in the jibes. I'm lookin' at a 4.x square meter mirror full of sun mid-jibe, and can't see the surface or where I am in the jibe. Other, far better sailors have mentioned the same issue. Common?

dhanson928 · Joined: 12 Mar 2012 Posts: 99

kmf · Joined: 02 Apr 2001 Posts: 503

Yes....Beautiful day at Dougs on Wend. afternoon, got there at 1:30 with one person on the water, the wind picked up and I sailed a powered up 4.8 until 4:00 with only four other people. Awsome...traveled up to the bottom of Rowena but couldn't see anyone out there. So in the entire Rowena Corridor yesterday there were 4 to 5 people out in perfect fall conditions.

KMF

starfish · Joined: 14 Apr 1996 Posts: 202

Quit talking about it. It will cause more people to move here. Ha! This is the best time of the year. Monday afternoon at Rowena was great. One day its 4.7 and the next its glass water. Hoping to wakeboard after work today
And of course the mt biking is getting better. But most people are not lucky to live here. We are busting are asses to live here. Worth it.