left over gonzalo swell with NW wind in Hatteras

HatterasFever · Joined: 21 Jun 2012 Posts: 128 Location: Cape Hatteras

left over gonzalo swell with NW wind in Hatteras on Sunday

spennie · Joined: 13 Oct 1995 Posts: 975 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA

Who the heck uphauls in those conditions? The guy in the picture, of course, but why?

outcast · Joined: 04 May 2004 Posts: 2724

Cause in offshores, with probably no inside wind and a 5mph sideshore current, it's easier.

jpeter · Joined: 18 Oct 2009 Posts: 353

After not rigging with an uphaul for the last 25 years, I started using one with my SUP. Uphauling in the break zone with 8 seconds to the next wall coming thru is a trip. It's actually not as hard as it might seem, often glassy smooth between the waves.

When I started on the sup, I would try to waterstart in marginal conditions, struggle with all kinds of goofy moves to get my body on the board. I use the uphaul more regularly now.

JP

WaterKook · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 5:21 pm Post subject:

With all the white sharks around Cape Cod waters these days I am up hauling in light wind waves all the time!!! Shocked

Outcast is right. Even without Whitey in the hood.
I remember watching Robby Naish in 1998 at hookipa up hauling to avoid ending up on the rocks in a big swell no wind inside and that got my wheels spinning.

colorit · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 9:02 pm Post subject:

Where were you sailing on Sunday?

HatterasFever · Joined: 21 Jun 2012 Posts: 128 Location: Cape Hatteras

well since the wind was going to die quickly on that day , we went to ramp 38.. a better location would have been up at pea island, since the wind would have no been so offshore and gusty as it was at 38. but we got a session in and it died as predicted so all it good.