Where We Sailed Today

dvCali · Joined: 23 Aug 2007 Posts: 1314

Good wind at Coyote, with the usual pattern of weakly inside and strong powered up 5.0 at the outside markers. The overcast reaches deep and I sail most of the time outside the sun. Nice swells but it is slack to flood and little by little it decreases in size. Still going strong at 6.0 when I leave after a little lull.

Traffic back to the city was pretty bad. Almost stopped, 20-25 miles/hour it took close to an hour to go back ... Yikes! Shocked

Day after pretty much the same. Powered up 5.0 at the outside markers. The whole place has just Robert, Z and I taking care of it! Long session lasting until 6, the wind still blowing. Commute a bit better but damn I wish the tech industry stayed in Silicon valley instead of moving to San Francisco!!!!! Evil or Very Mad

bert · Joined: 10 Apr 2000 Posts: 665

4.2/90L trifin at Third, just enough sail for the 20 to 21 mph winds in the channel. Nice ebb swells., slowed the board down so I could ride and enjoy the swells and chop. Jibes were both the slow arcing kind mixed with sharp cornering turns that the 3 fins can give you. Done at 3 and able to beat the commute traffic..giving me plenty of time for my senior nap. Life is good.

Arkon · Joined: 23 Apr 2015 Posts: 6

Hi,

I don't really know where to go yet for today: Third, Coyote, Crissy... ?

I think that the best bet is Third Avenue considering to iWindsurf graphs but I doubt a little about that.

Any recommandations ?

bert · Joined: 10 Apr 2000 Posts: 665

Started with 5.0 then dropped it down to 4.2..a mistake because the SFO wind dipped below 20 around 3 pm. Came back up later but I had slogged back in by then. Small crowd at Coyote..,miss the old days.

Arkon · Joined: 23 Apr 2015 Posts: 6

I am pissed, I quit crissy field before the 5pm wind spike...
What would be a good bet for tomorow please ?
South wind so Crissy again maybe ? Please help, my father is coming from far away to see me Embarassed

dvCali · Joined: 23 Aug 2007 Posts: 1314

Great day at Crissy with an incredible slalom turn out: 41 sailors in two series!!!!!

The day was not ideal, overcast and low wind and after the first A series race the wind dropped to make it into some slogging ... before coming up with a vengeance with easily 4.3 conditions at the starting line outside.

Fun Fun Fun Fun!!!!! Completely hooked. Unfortunately I could only do two races (east coast visitors!) but after just one series I am already sailing and managing conditions I would not have considered otherwise. Thanks sooooo much to the organizers!!!!!!! Very Happy

carl · Joined: 25 Feb 1997 Posts: 2674 Location: SF bay area

poussin · Joined: 14 Sep 2000 Posts: 191

Great session at Sherman Island yesterday.
Bay has been a bit foggy and less reliable. Sherman has been pretty consistant.
Definitely worth the drive......especially on an ebb.
Warm, sunny weather, no wetsuit needed, plenty of WARM wind and a great place for the after session beer.
Delta Daze are here for the taking........
Get some!

Greg Very Happy

bert · Joined: 10 Apr 2000 Posts: 665

Some dude from the past once said " Go west young man".., in my case it was go east old guy. Thought about Rio but ended up at Berkeley this Sunday. Came at the right time as the wind was peaking when I launched at Lordships restaurant after 2 pm with a 5.0/90L 3 fin waveboard. Rarely sail here and enjoyed going into the swells/chop on starboard tack. Nice group of sailors there as well as curious restaurant patrons who came up to chitchat as I was rigging and derigging. Traffic on the maze was still heavy, even on the weekend.

dvCali · Joined: 23 Aug 2007 Posts: 1314

First real May day at Crissy (too bad it is June): sunny, windy (5.0/85), almost as good as it gets there. After 3 weeks of horrible weather it was about time Very Happy

Lots of windsurfers out enjoying the breeze.

But forget the sunshine: June 3rd is almost as gray as it can get, . Out again with 5.0 (do I rig anything else?) the wind increase steadily with big gusts. Decide to soldier on (the Firelight is great in overpowered conditions) and have nice couple of hours. When I leave at 4:30 the wind has gone down quickly to just barely enough for 5.0 but it might be coming back.

Sunny again! 5.0 start perfect at 2:30 but around 4:00 the wind gets stronger and the ebb REALLY kicks in. Hard going, not too pleasant, and I stop around 5:00 ...

And then the fog rolls in and I migrate to the Stick to get some sun. What better place to train for slalom. Two days with the Isonic 110 and 6.6, nicely powered up but low max speeds: 28.45 and 27.9 knots on June 5 and 6, respectively. Probably need a 7.3 to brake the 30 knots barrier with the "big" board ... June 7 is much windier (and VERY crowded!) and I grab the CA 58 still with the 6.6 that is very overpowered. Disappointingly I only manage a max speed of 29.6 knots ... not sure what is going on a couple of years ago I was consistently over 30 ...