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GuyT



Joined: 13 Sep 2002
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 8:55 pm    Post subject: My Gorge Stats are back!!! Reply with quote

By popular demand (actually, 2 guys on the beach), I'm bringing back on the forum my Gorge Statistics!

I'm still around (yes, you can can me a die-hard tourist), but I am closing the books today. Not unhappy (=happy) of my season here, sailed 86% of the time, on a 7.4 or smaller.

Ok, I know some of you don't consider anything above 5.3 worth calling it "windsurfing", so for you guys, I sailed 53% of the time on a 5.3 or smaller. Drops even more if we talk about "Gorge Winds" (4.2 or smaller): 24%

Here's the complete picture:



So, how does 2017 compares to the previous years (say 2013 an up)? You'll know the answer if I get 500 hits with this topic. Very Happy


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kenmacdonald



Joined: 15 Apr 1999
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 9:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Guy,
your wisdom and insights are always enjoyable! I hope I don't have to post this 499 more times to get your next installment.
Ken Laughing
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ericandholly



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 9:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Your chart is pretty darn cool!

What are we up to now?
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GuyT



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 10:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank you, Ken and ericandholly.

Here's an updated table that gives the % of sailed days, windy days (5.3 and less) and blasting days (4.2 and less).



Note that I computed the smallest sail I used on a specific day, not the sail I used the most that day. But there was a minimum of one hour of planing on a specific sail for it to count.
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wmike



Joined: 20 Jan 2001
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Location: Maui

PostPosted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 11:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice Statistics charts. A chart of sites sailed with sail sizes used would also be interesting.
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GuyT



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 11:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

wmike wrote:
Nice Statistics charts. A chart of sites sailed with sail sizes used would also be interesting.


I will compute boards and sails used. For the sites, it's

- Hatchery when they call for moderate to strong winds in the corridor. Without any doubt the place I sail the most, specially when my wife is around (quite an hatch rat, that one)

- Roosevelt whenever I can , specially in June.

- Viento in the morning, when they call for light westerlies and direction is good (steadiest 5.3 to 6.2 conditions in The Gorge)

- Rowena when it's happening in the Near East

- The occasional Wall or Rufus, when I feel I'm in luck

- Stevenson easterlies, where I do most of my light wind sailing in the Gorge.
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windcat



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 3:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for posting your info Guy. See you next year
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wdsurf



Joined: 22 May 1999
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 02, 2017 4:00 pm    Post subject: Gorge stats Reply with quote

Real nice Guy!get a foil for your big board and dump 3 big sails!!! Loll.joe
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wmike



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 4:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hope you are not sailing in all the smoke at Stevenson. Bad for your health, really bad if a water scooping fire plane scoops you up. Sad
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isobars



Joined: 12 Dec 1999
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 1:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

wmike wrote:
Hope you are not sailing in all the smoke at Stevenson. (

According to the state's traffic cams, Sunday's swap meet, and my own neighborhood 175 miles upwind of Cascade Locks, the air is no better out east. The worst traffic cam shot I could find is 40 miles east of Arlington. I've never let wildfire smoke keep me of the water, but that may change once the wind switches to westerly and puts us downwind. I can't IMAGINE what the smoke must be like near the fire.
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