New Pt. Isabel sensor installed!

windfind · Joined: 18 Mar 1997 Posts: 1901

Hi Gang,

Pt. Isabel finally has a sensor located only feet from the water. From the launch area just walk to the south to the chain link fence and you will see it installed on a telephone pole. This location should be free of the turbulence that made the old sensor on the sewage plant wall often inaccurate.

Still it will take time for you to calibrate the sensor reading compared to reality since the wind is often lighter near shore at Pt. Isabel. But at least there should be a linear relationship.

Great thanks to the Pt. Isabel local especially David who help make this happen. Below is the link to the new sensor. Zoom in and you can see the location of the sensor.

http://wx.iwindsurf.com/map#37.898,-122.314,16,1,!161947,1

Mike Godsey
windsurf.com

windfind · Joined: 18 Mar 1997 Posts: 1901

Photo of new Pt. Isabel sensor.

windoggi · Joined: 22 Feb 2002 Posts: 2743

Now we have to recalibrate our brains...17 used to mean sailable. Change is very hard for all us elderly Isabel regulars!

windsrf · Joined: 01 May 1998 Posts: 464

Thanks for support for this upgrade Mike.

Plus Kudos to Stuart & Bob of Weatherflow for completing the project so quickly.

Carl mentioned today that the original PI sensor which had been knocked askew was left in place (but righted). I'm curious if both sensors be reported in the future?

Just returned from Los Barriles and 11 days of sailing. More whales than ever and plenty of wind.

Cheers, David

dvCali · Joined: 23 Aug 2007 Posts: 1314

windoggi · Joined: 22 Feb 2002 Posts: 2743

Far out. Shoot me a text when it's good enough for a 5.5

dvCali · Joined: 23 Aug 2007 Posts: 1314

windoggi · Joined: 22 Feb 2002 Posts: 2743

My first indicator are my neighborhood trees. Then I check iwindsurf to decide between Isabel and Berkeley. Then any available wind dummy. If no dummies are out yet, I rig what Gordie rigs. If no Gordie, I rig my 5.5. Simple.

carl · Joined: 25 Feb 1997 Posts: 2674 Location: SF bay area

I hear that Davide (DvCali) lives at the beach so his wind sensors are the trees
outside his van.
But in San Jose the local wind is opposite of what it's doing at Coyote. If it's windy in San Jose, it's usually too SW at Coyote. I do occasionally go to Point Isabel in those condition so this meter (and all the meters) are extremely useful to me. Even when at the beach the sensor is very useful cause I know from experience that it's usually good for using an X.X sail when the sensor is reading a certain xx wind speed and direction. We are very fortunate to have sensors out on the channel marker and at SFO to tell what the wind is outside. The inside sensor is very useful too, since you do have to get out and back to shore. Some of us are much heavier than Davide and have trouble slogging the small board we have to use outside, in very light inside wind. Most people I've talked to say that the sensors provide VERY useful information to supplement and enhance what data you are seeing with the trees and water state.

THANKS MIKE AND CREW FOR YOUR EFFORTS IN MAINTAINING THE SENSORS!!
Very Happy

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