Bread and Butter SF Bay Sail

timwnitram · Joined: 03 Aug 2002 Posts: 130

Change of scenery is always nice and Hood River is a sweet little town to hang out in for a little while. All-in-all though I think it's hard to beat SF for quality of windsurfing and variety.

rigatoni · Joined: 25 Feb 1999 Posts: 498

Andy-Life is really good in your neck of the woods. Even without wind, chilling in the Gorge is a real treat and I always feel recharged after my trip up there. Great people, great town, etc. Believe it or not, I even enjoy the drive now.

A little more urban down here and that wears on you after a while. I think weaving the windsurfing into our lifestyles keeps a lot of us from losing our minds.

andymc4610 · Joined: 19 May 2000 Posts: 684

I know what you mean, I stayed downtown SF for vacation a couple months ago and needed a vacation from my vacation when I got back. Had a blast and loved the City but at $35 bucks a day to park your car downtown (offsite) on top of everything else, i had to refi the house, LOL.

SWE106 · Joined: 14 Feb 2005 Posts: 264 Location: San Mateo

victor · Joined: 03 Aug 1998 Posts: 581

4.5 and 5.0 will do for most days at crissy. up a size for east bay and peninsula. nice to have a 4.0 for extra windy days and 6.0+ for not so windy ones.

i used a 3.8 once this year.

the gorge is nice for a lot of reasons but we might get more days around here because of the variety of sites. more days maybe but not hours. very seldom can we sail before 2PM except up in the delta.

tazdog · Joined: 24 Apr 2002 Posts: 16

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

There are so many spots to sail in the bay, so if you only have limited sail sizes, you can usually find a spot that neither too windy nor too light for your sails... although there are those days when it just blows stink everywhere.

Me: 165-170 lbs, fairly efficient, likes to be powered but can sail underpowered and have fun too... If I had to have one board and one sail, it would be a rangy 4.7 and an 85l freestyle wave or freestyle board. I would compliment this setup w/ a 5.3 and a 4.2 or similar size and that would cover most days in the bay during the meat of the season. Add in your 104l board, and you extend your range when the wind is less than 18mph or so.

jimwilkins · Joined: 08 Feb 2008 Posts: 70

My Bay quiver has 4 sails 4.5- 6.0 I have used the 5.5 the most. But I have found that I only cause myself stress if I care about the amount of gear I need.