ARCHIVE: Where We Sailed Today, Thread Part I.

victor · Joined: 03 Aug 1998 Posts: 581

has anyone ever sailed HMB with the sun out?

i've had some very enjoyable sessions there but never when it wasn't an unfit day out for man nor beast.

kevinkan · Joined: 07 Jun 2001 Posts: 1661 Location: San Francisco

yeah, you have to hit it just before the storm fort he sun to be out... usually mellow sessions on 5.2 or 5.7, and this period usually precedes a mellow storm. If it's really windy, it's most likely raining buckets or about to.

slayer666 · Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Posts: 41

Pescadero. 5.3 and 85l. Was 4.7 earlier but I did not dare to go before other sailors showed up. That place is really bad..ass, the wave is super fast.

edalunan · Joined: 20 Mar 2003 Posts: 30

planning to hit HMB Sunday. Anyone else going?

kevinkan · Joined: 07 Jun 2001 Posts: 1661 Location: San Francisco

planning on it too... although i was planning on it on saturday, and nothing happened Twisted Evil

johncoconner · Joined: 27 Feb 2009 Posts: 2

Would Coyote, Crissy work today?

edalunan · Joined: 20 Mar 2003 Posts: 30

^ Wind direction is all across the map and crissy doesn't look promising showing 4knots right now today. HMB is still the call for me.

kevinkan · Joined: 07 Jun 2001 Posts: 1661 Location: San Francisco

Wind at the buoys looked like strong SE, but here at OB, the wind was offshore, and there was not a whitecap in sight. The HMB sensor started coming up around 1:30 or so, and Berkeley was reading pretty good (but it always reads high). Got an OSR from Berkeley, and it had just died, so I started driving to HMB, and then the sensor dropped to 10, so I headed home and watched some more hoops for another hour. HMB came back up to 17, so I made the drive, and there was one guy out and a whole bunch of others waiting. Rigged 5.3 and took a 97l freestyle board. By the time I hit the water, I kind of wished I had rigged 4.7... sailed w/ the 5.3 for about half an hour, and it was just about right. As the wind died, I noticed my uni tendon was cracked, so I came in, and the wind completely died.

Everybody check your universals... mine easily could have broken during my last sesh... and I was at Crissy... that would've sucked.

sailandbail · Joined: 20 Oct 2007 Posts: 46

Yesterday was 3 weekends in a row of 5.0 sailing at Doran...Not bad for a weekend warrior!

edalunan · Joined: 20 Mar 2003 Posts: 30

Bailed on HMB today and headed to Oyster Point instead around 3:30 and it was blowing 27 - 30. Rigged my 5.0 85L freestyle/wave and got about four long reaches but the wind quickly died while I was way out but managed to get back in and completely (just barely) making pass the pier with huge swells/breaks to reach the boat ramp - whewwwww.