TI access to be Shut down?

bob1 · Joined: 27 Apr 1998 Posts: 109 Location: San Carlos, CA

So is TI open for sure Sat & Sun?

Thinking of running up there this afternoon (Sunday)?

johnarmitage · Joined: 10 Jun 2001 Posts: 108

Yes, TI is alive and well. Parking is scarcer than ever, and there is a 5- minute walk to the ramp through a fence maze with a 3-foot wide choke point. It's therefore necessary to rig on the jetty road or shoulder.

No worse really than arriving late at 3rd. Which kind of sucks, but it's doable.

YippieYo · Joined: 16 Jul 2000 Posts: 108 Location: San Francisco

greytwhyte · Joined: 02 May 1998 Posts: 21

YippieYo, As of today we don't know. The access was open this past weekend as John pointed out but we are not sure if the access will be open during the week. If it is it will be sometime after 4pm. A few guys tried sailing on Thursday or Friday and the access was closed. If open, parking is still on Northpoint and the access to the ramp is through an opening in the fence behind the apartments but one building further South from last season. I may head out there tomorrow after work and will post an update. If anyone else heads out there tonight, please post an update. Thanks.

YippieYo · Joined: 16 Jul 2000 Posts: 108 Location: San Francisco

greytwhyte · Joined: 02 May 1998 Posts: 21

TI weekday access appears to be closed. While I didn't get out there last night, several regulars did and there wasn't any access to the ramp. One of the workers told them the access would be open at 5pm on Friday. The guys who still wanted to sail launched from 13th Street. Launching from 13th can be done be throwing your gear into the water off the cement landing if the water is high enough or climbing down the rocks and then attaching your board and sail. The tides behind the island at 13th work a little differently. I'm speaking in general terms. In an Ebb the tide is moving North so it makes the swim out pretty easy. In a flood the tide is moving South so a hard swim/rock walk out. Once you get up into the cove you should be getting some wind and can drift out/East a little and get a waterstart. Coming back you want to come past the rock jetty with as much speed as possible almost on a broad reach and then coast it as far as you can as you lose the wind then finally swim it to the rocks.

bob1 · Joined: 27 Apr 1998 Posts: 109 Location: San Carlos, CA

First the giant (and exceptionally well-proportioned) Naked Dancer sculpture is removed from TI, now this . . . .

bgreene · Joined: 07 May 2008 Posts: 15

Mid-week access is back to 13th St. on the east side of the island like it was 10 years or so ago. Not really a terrible arrangement, better than nothing, but definitely really only appropriate for ebb tide conditions. 2 days this week for me with minimal hassle. Hope to see you out there, yesterday was lonely.

ronadler · Joined: 27 Jun 1996 Posts: 38

Did they open the gate at 4PM on Friday (June 5) as promised? Anyone go there today? thanks

SwellRipper · Joined: 21 Apr 2009 Posts: 193 Location: Channel Marker 11

TI is more of a chore than before. Less parking, more walking, and more restricted rat maze of fencing. Of course radiation danger signs are one thing but actual digging for the stuff now? Got to wonder...Great sailing on the water and important place for windsurfing now and into the future but the actual launch ambience makes Candlestick and whatever that place is in the East Bay is called, dog crap park or something, seem like paradise in comparison! On the flip side, TI would be a great place to film a post-apocalyptic windsurf movie! Escape from TI! Coming to IMAX theaters soon, haha.