pleasure bay in Boston, good with east wind?

greyghost · Joined: 06 Oct 2015 Posts: 151

Looks like sunday is calling for 15-20 knots out of the East.
Pleasure Bay a good spot for East winds? By the satellite photos, looks like it should be a good place, but I've never been there before. Just one of the closer places to go for me.
thx

REDBULL · Joined: 17 Sep 2009 Posts: 75

im not a big fan with wind fron this direction. its usually greatly reduced. probably non planining conditions. south---- south west is best there. the wind gets cut down by the land and the fort.

greyghost · Joined: 06 Oct 2015 Posts: 151

what about at duxbury beach?
or where would you recommend for an east wind near boston?
thx

REDBULL · Joined: 17 Sep 2009 Posts: 75

im not sure in your area. im from nh. getting to sail down there is a treat. id like to see you and all the gang soon on a sw day.

jonathanbaker · Joined: 14 Jun 2002 Posts: 11

Consider Revere Beach. I have had two god sessions there this summer when the wind has been out of the NNE. Easterlies should be better. I would avoid anything with too much of a westerly component.

I think i am headed there this afternoon as the wind i forecasted to build and switch to NNE.

npiankov · Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 82

I think that E winds are pretty good in P-bay. Last couple of weeks there were a few days with NE, coming directly off the fort, and it was pretty good. Of course, you are not going to get the wind to be 100% even throughout the bay, but it was not bad at all. Slightly more wind in the SE corner, but reasonably filled out throughout. It's not that different from how it is on SW and MUCH better than the N-NW directions. I wouldn't hesitate going there in those winds.

tcwolf · Joined: 03 Jun 2000 Posts: 11

There are a fair amount of good east wind sites around Boston. If you like waves, Nahant is excellent. Be careful of the wash cycle, if you miss an inside jibe. Revere beach as well as Nantasket are good. The best waves are at Green Harbor in Marshfield. It's best with a little north in the wind however. The outside of Duxbury is fun as well. East wind in South Boston is okay, but not ideal. The fort does effect the wind. If you want to stay close, I'd go to Revere or Nahant instead...

greyghost · Joined: 06 Oct 2015 Posts: 151

tried PBay out on sunday when it was SE-E winds, very marginal winds with my 7.0 on a 145 Carve (left my 9.0 on the Cape otherwise it would have been pretty good). Sounds like the Cape was blitzing.

Anyhow, if you're on here Frank, nice to have met you.
cheers
Jeff