tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57096440580742842842024-02-07T20:13:35.050-05:00OutdrsmnOutdrsmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03540807323794572514noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709644058074284284.post-49422141001437621422010-08-24T07:35:00.004-04:002010-08-24T07:42:56.991-04:00SE day at York Point videoWhat better way to spend an August Sunday afternoon. SE wind Upper teens to low 20s and a bunch of friends. Dave Kashy running helmet cam chasing everyone down.<br />Thanks again for the video Javier.<br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/14382321" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/14382321">Kashy-Cam at York Point, August 15, 2010</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user797527">Javier Garriz</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Outdrsmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03540807323794572514noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709644058074284284.post-27735295832092213912010-07-19T08:00:00.003-04:002010-07-19T08:07:42.395-04:00....and now flat water, Hatteras style!Some footage shot from a flat water session in Rodanthe a couple weeks ago. I like Javiers videos because I usually get a brief cameo. We sailed from 11:00 till 4:00 when the wind ramped up a bit but too tired (and hungry) to rerig. <br /><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13442244&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13442244&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/13442244">Relaxed Rodanthe June 27, 2010</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user797527">Javier Garriz</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Outdrsmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03540807323794572514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709644058074284284.post-62593127612455710032010-07-18T08:45:00.003-04:002010-07-18T08:50:31.803-04:00Wave sailing, English style.Here is a video of a friend doing doing some wave sailing on his home turf in England.<br /> <object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13427875&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13427875&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/13427875">Hayling Island 15th July 2010</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user4229012">Rob Solly</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br /><br />The content lul on this blog will come to an end soon.Outdrsmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03540807323794572514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709644058074284284.post-38418145067731427702010-03-24T07:59:00.000-04:002010-03-24T08:42:00.774-04:00Trying new things.Sunday I tried out a few new things... First was a Formula board in conditions that were conducive to sailing it. Second, my new GoPro digital camera.<br /> <br />The formula board was awesome in the conditions, a nice steady 10 to 12 knot SW wind (at least for most of the session). Air temp was in the 70's and the water was in the low 50's warm enough that gloves and cap and booties were not necessary. Unfortunately I sailed alone so I couldn't compare what I was doing to the other sailors. I will say the ability to point up and down wind was instantly noticeable. The ease at which it planed up was also immediately noticeable. <br /> <br />I can sail in 10 to 12 knots on my freeride board with the same 7.8 sail I was using but it is only good for BAFing, planning is marginal and I generally wish I had a bigger sail. On this a couple pumps and I was off and running. Transitions were mostly dry thanks to the width. <br />All in all I enjoyed my first formula experience. Now I'll need to try it with a real race sail.<br /> <br />As for the GoPro I'm impressed! I don't have any elaborate mounts for it yet so I basically tied it to the tail of the boom on one side and filmed from that location only. The video quality is nice for it not being the HD version. <br /> <br />Attached is a quickly edited (No music) clip of the session including a nice little wipeout at the end. <br /><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10402381&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10402381&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/10402381">YP formula 3.21</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3446396">Chris C</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Outdrsmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03540807323794572514noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709644058074284284.post-43227530102718275432010-02-19T20:45:00.006-05:002010-02-19T23:04:09.643-05:00Crab cage meet fin, fin meet crab cage.John <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Contos</span> and I went out last Sunday to get in our February sail for the 12 month club. The weather was bright sunshine with a balmy 40 degree air temp and a refreshing 35 degree water temp. West wind was blowing 15 to 20. Yes it was cold but it happened to be the warmest day we had for the first two weeks of February. Being that we already had two snow events and a possible third coming down the pike it seemed prudent to get out and get it done. Who knew what the rest of the month would be like, a deep freeze, a Blizzard or it may even hit 70 degrees. With the trend being on the unusually cold/snowy side it seemed like a good choice.<br /><br />The session started off nice, floaty boards, 7 meter sails, enough power to plane better than half the time. Made a couple dry jibes and even when I didn't the waist to chest deep water kept my head dry. Not that it would have gotten wet with all the protection I had on. I sailed for about an hour and went in to take a break. I needed some water and to cool off a bit. Yes, I was sweating in my suit. Figured I'd take a few photos of John too.<br /><br />On the way back out the water had gotten quite shallow so I touched bottom with my fin in a few spots. Once I was in the deeper water I caught a gust and started to accelerate. Just as I was making my way into the straps my board bucked and pitched me. John had just passed me going the opposite direction so he heard the hit and subsequent splash. I knew I hit something big and unforgiving. Now I've hit gill nets, a crab pot float I was trying to jump and run aground but this felt like none of the above. I wandered back 20 feet to the murky sediment filled spot in the otherwise clear water to figure out what it was and assess weather or not the object could be moved or if it should be marked to keep the next guy from hitting it. I was expecting a piling, a boat motor, a boulder, a whale skull... Turns out it was a crab pot, not just your average run of the mill crab pot but something that looks like it was built as a maximum security prison for crabs. Were talking a steel cage made of 5/16 inch steel round bar. At that moment I started thinking about my poor fin. I flipped my board over and low and behold it was still there, cocked in the box with a nasty scar down the leading edge near the tip. Even after cleaning off some of the muck and oyster shells it still weighed a ton. We set the trap on Johns foot straps and walked it back to shore. There was no way we were going to leave it there for someone else to hit.<br /><br />It took a few strategic whacks with a mallet to free the fin and to reveal a decent crack in the back of the fin box needless to say my day was done. Fortunately there was no water intrusion so the board should be able to be fixed up good as new in a few weeks.<br /><br />I still rode home with a smile on my face. It was a good day of sailing prior to the introduction. I got to blast around on my big board for a while, maintain my 12 month status and I sailed in the coldest conditions yet. The 75 degree combined air and water was 15 degrees lower than my previous threshold. Now I really don't have an excuse for not sailing all winter.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDsKy1k7W79aUeFMSqbQ7ziuHFZ2beJj783AH-NIwPG6uEj3xnxdtZYf7vRpBg2Lqcv1pPFLn6MGlnGambX45bNIdZjqtI0fHAXqOXKaoRwBWZqqkKzfwRHvIfevJe46oW2mxQNHM1cRc/s1600-h/IMG_7362.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440167504857109330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDsKy1k7W79aUeFMSqbQ7ziuHFZ2beJj783AH-NIwPG6uEj3xnxdtZYf7vRpBg2Lqcv1pPFLn6MGlnGambX45bNIdZjqtI0fHAXqOXKaoRwBWZqqkKzfwRHvIfevJe46oW2mxQNHM1cRc/s400/IMG_7362.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg57kRw9fzejpHzbx1Hl-05n7Q36lmdAPPUn0AV6g4pRkdqK1qZtwerxcjYMIzb_B6lpgj59yzi2oYbTQhBwHQ32hc4FQcuSOv5uGbEkl3C6DETFEr_rT-axTef8Kv-_IWF1ien5ghqf0s/s1600-h/IMG_7341r.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 241px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440167492006903490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg57kRw9fzejpHzbx1Hl-05n7Q36lmdAPPUn0AV6g4pRkdqK1qZtwerxcjYMIzb_B6lpgj59yzi2oYbTQhBwHQ32hc4FQcuSOv5uGbEkl3C6DETFEr_rT-axTef8Kv-_IWF1ien5ghqf0s/s400/IMG_7341r.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZrplbfSmdiuEdGsQynQyXUZvT5crF_vOzMFe3CtBOQi_hPm0JCIuPzzi8seMoeZqHMos1j0YL5x2aIUu2yzaQfDm_I-U0oVFl5fQX-z75cJhB01Y7ciBY6dAdWaFIvLFoPukNxusNoQ/s1600-h/IMG_7375r.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 349px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440167476898023474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZrplbfSmdiuEdGsQynQyXUZvT5crF_vOzMFe3CtBOQi_hPm0JCIuPzzi8seMoeZqHMos1j0YL5x2aIUu2yzaQfDm_I-U0oVFl5fQX-z75cJhB01Y7ciBY6dAdWaFIvLFoPukNxusNoQ/s400/IMG_7375r.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Stout enough to contain the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kraken</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhA8Y0uQSzD3iyjfzsRVU4KY7RYje5GML0cd5yS1ASm7hDnE3DVccVBhzEH_ZJx4GEkU4fuRvvK-krnF2wDydIv7PhOSfcaQZo5VSB0-LRocs7QazP3DxzyFA74PQvOYDU9-Dwl4R5ZQ/s1600-h/IMG_7388.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440167462068231330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhA8Y0uQSzD3iyjfzsRVU4KY7RYje5GML0cd5yS1ASm7hDnE3DVccVBhzEH_ZJx4GEkU4fuRvvK-krnF2wDydIv7PhOSfcaQZo5VSB0-LRocs7QazP3DxzyFA74PQvOYDU9-Dwl4R5ZQ/s400/IMG_7388.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Ouch! Believe it or not!! It did dent the cage.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh3UpKx7oPWsib5D-R8Ai6CvsOCjtqjYa1rYayEcR9bUcbiMQfWBgILoxg_4aHzBUTkGnAcCBv6suafBfEP-j5tro6wmU1Qq182hYPlQdF_9jHFFCPUwr71jBqF_818D8OTm-kh-GUXgQ/s1600-h/IMG_7391.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440167430107305778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh3UpKx7oPWsib5D-R8Ai6CvsOCjtqjYa1rYayEcR9bUcbiMQfWBgILoxg_4aHzBUTkGnAcCBv6suafBfEP-j5tro6wmU1Qq182hYPlQdF_9jHFFCPUwr71jBqF_818D8OTm-kh-GUXgQ/s400/IMG_7391.JPG" /></a>Outdrsmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03540807323794572514noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709644058074284284.post-77067790035091035832010-01-25T18:30:00.003-05:002010-01-25T19:25:34.136-05:00Too long!It's been forever since I've had wind in my sails, at least that is how it felt. December 9th was the last time I was out on the water. Between the Holidays, snow, cold and sickness I have managed to miss every single windy until yesterday. <br /><br />It was a nice day the temps started out in the mid 40's and was supposed to get up near 60. The pre-frontal winds were due to start kicking in from the SSE and top out around 20 mph. Good for a 100l 5.8 day. Becky and I headed down to sail in Aydlett as the wind was to be stronger and the water about 5 degrees warmer than in the bay. When we got there the clouds started breaking up and the sun was causing the temps to rise further than anticipated, ultimately starting the wind decoupling from the water. That is one of the drawbacks to sailing winter southerly winds around here if you get a 15 to 20 degree difference in the air/water temps The cold water can create a bubble over it causing the winds to lift off the surface. Steve and Billy were out planing on 7.5 and 115ish litre boards when we arrived but within 25 minutes they were schlogging.<br /><br />I rigged a 6.7 and 140l made a couple runs out and back planning occasionally. Becky used 5.8 and 145l, only made one run due to inadequate booties but she caught a nice gust and motored on out. Billy went back out on a big board schlogged most of the way and came back to try his 9.0. I was way too much for the outside so he put the 7.5 back on. Vito sailed 7.5 and a large board He planed a few runs but the wind had finally completely decoupled only giving us teases of what it could be.<br /><br />My January sail is in the books maintaining my 12 month club status. Hopefully with all the cold weather coming early this winter, we will get a nice warming trend in February. I hope I don't ever have to go 46 days without sailing again. <br />No photos this time.....Outdrsmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03540807323794572514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709644058074284284.post-52322706064940525062009-12-24T08:02:00.002-05:002009-12-24T08:07:06.342-05:00Happy Holidays ( w/ santa sail video)Merry Christmas to all.<br /><br /><br />Right on time... Here is the video of the annual W.E.T. Santa sail.<br /><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8363852&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8363852&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/8363852">Santa Sail 2009</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user797527">Javier Garriz</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Outdrsmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03540807323794572514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709644058074284284.post-23497032735284290702009-12-16T11:16:00.002-05:002009-12-16T11:35:12.967-05:00Something differentI found this video on a WS forum and thought I'd share it.<br /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NXWK8FE5kuw&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NXWK8FE5kuw&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Outdrsmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03540807323794572514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709644058074284284.post-53149609433702797072009-12-12T00:35:00.006-05:002009-12-12T02:16:30.752-05:00Breaking in the new ride.<div>Wednesday was looking like a great day for sailing locally, except for the rain. Fortunately I got the call that my new stick was in at <a href="http://www.ridehatteras.com/">Ride Hatteras </a>waiting for me to take delivery. The forecast was even better down there so it was a no brainer to make a run down to Hatteras Island. Billy called Tuesday and told me to come on down stay the night and we would hit the shop in the morning then sail the rest of the day. Bob posted that he would be down in Rodanthe and sailing at his place. Everything was falling in place for a perfect day. I picked up the new board, a sweet 84l Cross II around 11:00 and were on the water in Rodanthe by noon. I sized up the straps, finned the board and rigged a 4.1 for the 30mph winds.<br /><br /></div><div>After the first two runs I was in love the board. It was smooth and fast. I couldn't resist launching it off the first nice ramp less than 2 minutes of it getting wet. Once I had the sail dialed in I played with the mast base position, first in the forward position then in the middle. The middle brought a little more speed and maneuverability.<br /><br /></div><div>I was trying to jump the board off every decent ramp I could find. I locked it out on a blistering beam reach and never felt the slightest bit out of control. I attempted numerous jibes and tacks but was only successful on a few of the jibes. The board is really short so tacking it is definitely going to take lots of practice. Finally I worked the board on the little bit of breaking wind swell we had to test it's maneuverability. The thing turns awesome and snaps right around when you want it to. All in all it is exactly what I need for high wind bump conditions and I think it will serve me well once I get out into the surf.<br /><br /></div><div> </div><div>The rest of the crew was out on anything from 4.8 to 4.0 and 100 to 76l boards. We had Paul from DC show up, Wayne, Billy, Rob, Carl, Vito and of course Dr. Bob. We all sailed about four hours straight in December and the only cold we felt was the post session beer. Sorry Wayne, stole your line. I don't think the day could have been any better.... How often do you get a new ride and have perfect conditions to break it in the same day! <br /><br /></div><div> </div><div><a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=43423&id=1135491101&l=a79596e807">Additional photos Click here.</a></div><div> </div><div>Billy</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOqdBVwxspXGLI_VW-5-cVlPyDWUUt3IR4d61u47GVLXUKKtLJg4zNYV2lhEwyE7wM2Pvtp1wkCP54epcf3jE7V1isPE7E49hjK7dKiWLJ-j1P3PfcxaDd3CqgUQhntJSjMY_F4HB0nu0/s1600-h/IMG_6510.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414235750833144770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOqdBVwxspXGLI_VW-5-cVlPyDWUUt3IR4d61u47GVLXUKKtLJg4zNYV2lhEwyE7wM2Pvtp1wkCP54epcf3jE7V1isPE7E49hjK7dKiWLJ-j1P3PfcxaDd3CqgUQhntJSjMY_F4HB0nu0/s400/IMG_6510.JPG" /></a><br />Paul</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUqBiuTMX5aPGCCmcNzHG1cS3BjTTwcvMn0qBVcuo8IGbuCf12zrbXMCMZK4ltpqes0b69Rgzll2TaY-jyQUVqsnfny5eQhntYXn-VhnCjdXA4Z0nK5xykb9gTWZ_-jNO3m207kFlRzOc/s1600-h/IMG_6538.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414235741488594434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUqBiuTMX5aPGCCmcNzHG1cS3BjTTwcvMn0qBVcuo8IGbuCf12zrbXMCMZK4ltpqes0b69Rgzll2TaY-jyQUVqsnfny5eQhntYXn-VhnCjdXA4Z0nK5xykb9gTWZ_-jNO3m207kFlRzOc/s400/IMG_6538.JPG" /></a></div><div>Carl, Duck Jibing</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqjG1b7o4kjGmfvs_JxLlF3tEjcZV68H4hEpQCDHKj8nlCA5hXAIPnG9V0Grgh4YD9_tgd7FrrZWIGPORNZUR4HY-g0tPdm1f3mrL9G6juGPv5pBFWVHVxLv8MgohZvIGg88ryrcUPeak/s1600-h/IMG_6557.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414235734462880034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqjG1b7o4kjGmfvs_JxLlF3tEjcZV68H4hEpQCDHKj8nlCA5hXAIPnG9V0Grgh4YD9_tgd7FrrZWIGPORNZUR4HY-g0tPdm1f3mrL9G6juGPv5pBFWVHVxLv8MgohZvIGg88ryrcUPeak/s400/IMG_6557.JPG" /></a><br />Billy getting air<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkEFhrtHV4yoDTBqkNnfnCTbm8vjRdnClNfn57Akj0Bapx4d9gonRhVm89-XBx8RLdxPiUcfwOmvs1EAB6kEhwQ3J1QDM8irYmgOz-DfHxTiYqD7KYUHQs3zOFRLtZ7BgTcfhT_xJTHdM/s1600-h/IMG_6574.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414235044223493602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkEFhrtHV4yoDTBqkNnfnCTbm8vjRdnClNfn57Akj0Bapx4d9gonRhVm89-XBx8RLdxPiUcfwOmvs1EAB6kEhwQ3J1QDM8irYmgOz-DfHxTiYqD7KYUHQs3zOFRLtZ7BgTcfhT_xJTHdM/s400/IMG_6574.JPG" /></a><br />Rob lifting off<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF1t9ftrOV4ihyphenhyphen4Jc-uwkm-4o0Y_af9jwGwsULgV59Cj60WdoDnXuKobJwV4G27Z3c1JMGlka-nCSOOofU480Pr5BVIUTaVkul8ePZvfDderPv5_XkS-6IQjOyi7zjs-g7xUDu0wn1_UM/s1600-h/IMG_6627.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414235038148507090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF1t9ftrOV4ihyphenhyphen4Jc-uwkm-4o0Y_af9jwGwsULgV59Cj60WdoDnXuKobJwV4G27Z3c1JMGlka-nCSOOofU480Pr5BVIUTaVkul8ePZvfDderPv5_XkS-6IQjOyi7zjs-g7xUDu0wn1_UM/s400/IMG_6627.JPG" /></a><br />Carl<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9vPVNjTCTidMiFsZnrlpi0hNvvxyKFkdN2V4Tp7X8SxKQtDfsqQ5OVH7CP90FRz3D48Q1MUZX9gLcJLQ1w8fBKmjuxWS70c4udixAKJ_sRGGLukBuv_ZSJV70zLBcBq7p7Ip2W3k3n8c/s1600-h/IMG_6644.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414235029508256706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9vPVNjTCTidMiFsZnrlpi0hNvvxyKFkdN2V4Tp7X8SxKQtDfsqQ5OVH7CP90FRz3D48Q1MUZX9gLcJLQ1w8fBKmjuxWS70c4udixAKJ_sRGGLukBuv_ZSJV70zLBcBq7p7Ip2W3k3n8c/s400/IMG_6644.JPG" /></a><br />Bob<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-D9RgHQMdQIfiPBFJXy1_29tRc3_zphPdJkb-5wzH9YS8iYwpgdMrvvegcdpbSsZU-jlJFr3AhMJnkc-lQJv_lwK1QRpMHmnWJPCquuba07_nQV8fCNFiQyAG6CcA-pJ_NZoXebDPDSE/s1600-h/IMG_6666.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414235025733656610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-D9RgHQMdQIfiPBFJXy1_29tRc3_zphPdJkb-5wzH9YS8iYwpgdMrvvegcdpbSsZU-jlJFr3AhMJnkc-lQJv_lwK1QRpMHmnWJPCquuba07_nQV8fCNFiQyAG6CcA-pJ_NZoXebDPDSE/s400/IMG_6666.JPG" /></a><br />Wayne mid flight<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVH2D4UPectKyiefORb2XtH0cILoxsiQARZFp9yj2CiuzNAznqXSWy3hPbhIhA_J03Q0Aruyd7Mmei0gt-s8zxnbH9ymgAQqkO-SPiPXnd_ahEOT_PvxkVP8C4ozziaUNfmhyphenhyphenWkLhxvNA/s1600-h/IMG_6723.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414235014359146898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVH2D4UPectKyiefORb2XtH0cILoxsiQARZFp9yj2CiuzNAznqXSWy3hPbhIhA_J03Q0Aruyd7Mmei0gt-s8zxnbH9ymgAQqkO-SPiPXnd_ahEOT_PvxkVP8C4ozziaUNfmhyphenhyphenWkLhxvNA/s400/IMG_6723.JPG" /></a><br />Vito getting ready to join the fun<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT0XxyRZD2QI8N3MzLdrTCTJpBjJQsZOsiIceil55pBDBNjHFcmM7skuYbAJJ1-7bVndg5lknY-chZzek-BeHWtUvXJ86eyPL9EHjY-UDKGf3afHoWTN6WNvoD9nfmvzaP6r3DwABUAsI/s1600-h/IMG_6739.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414233678822610322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT0XxyRZD2QI8N3MzLdrTCTJpBjJQsZOsiIceil55pBDBNjHFcmM7skuYbAJJ1-7bVndg5lknY-chZzek-BeHWtUvXJ86eyPL9EHjY-UDKGf3afHoWTN6WNvoD9nfmvzaP6r3DwABUAsI/s400/IMG_6739.JPG" /></a><br />Vito<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPiPI9fLOTIVv7_iJK78wouoQ8YoWw68yLM0S-ugzYDkiLDJuHcN23ohyphenhyphenYcfY0Zicdnd3Zwa93xWtzSLkPoP6dyyyO5D_94FeNPGqahOBb0k2w8ERkD2dHys5GsQ4ktMVJPdw5lszCek/s1600-h/IMG_6761.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414233670173732178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPiPI9fLOTIVv7_iJK78wouoQ8YoWw68yLM0S-ugzYDkiLDJuHcN23ohyphenhyphenYcfY0Zicdnd3Zwa93xWtzSLkPoP6dyyyO5D_94FeNPGqahOBb0k2w8ERkD2dHys5GsQ4ktMVJPdw5lszCek/s400/IMG_6761.JPG" /></a><br />Bob preparing to touchdown<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5wAec81MHvhRCJ07dJ_Wl2Yy2OyLN27u3s1l03hMmW1WmNZYxf4-yhzrnaAXuZudgPbyM97DZBjlDjwvoZ7cmIKN4iD3ftA0TTwFzLBQtvS8oWKYgAnXQlOWyk45lwkgK-ozd0mdyTFU/s1600-h/IMG_6774.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414233664296353890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5wAec81MHvhRCJ07dJ_Wl2Yy2OyLN27u3s1l03hMmW1WmNZYxf4-yhzrnaAXuZudgPbyM97DZBjlDjwvoZ7cmIKN4iD3ftA0TTwFzLBQtvS8oWKYgAnXQlOWyk45lwkgK-ozd0mdyTFU/s400/IMG_6774.JPG" /></a><br />A couple rare shots of me (thanks Bob)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhME74YouqaokYs9RydCQqLkydGdZbQsTOvmZqKY1h9NBkIQCbQ3ZlGVya90ghfyrb1X7LmGBK9DnGTL5JGqFgalnrditd-VdFqCBqbtSMMkxo0CSSqccKBsYpK3d7dhSTW1kfOahUXbec/s1600-h/IMG_6793.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414233659359307794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhME74YouqaokYs9RydCQqLkydGdZbQsTOvmZqKY1h9NBkIQCbQ3ZlGVya90ghfyrb1X7LmGBK9DnGTL5JGqFgalnrditd-VdFqCBqbtSMMkxo0CSSqccKBsYpK3d7dhSTW1kfOahUXbec/s400/IMG_6793.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdNvtji5UMm4SRGpqdYaCJOZDo0ne3jh3Eov7O5IyIZjS-A3am6-TRXiQAiI_SOGKQjVV2WMGOpbR8IM-wVWkFrxZkJVBDweE2rv2i2yzp8itixtxUGLHKtVJthlRXDZ2AcamBsHtxCl0/s1600-h/IMG_6796.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414233650361546354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdNvtji5UMm4SRGpqdYaCJOZDo0ne3jh3Eov7O5IyIZjS-A3am6-TRXiQAiI_SOGKQjVV2WMGOpbR8IM-wVWkFrxZkJVBDweE2rv2i2yzp8itixtxUGLHKtVJthlRXDZ2AcamBsHtxCl0/s400/IMG_6796.JPG" /></a><br />Paul<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0HznNeCPDmUY1MYvSJgckfaLwflLkNFAPVjRBUvwfa2CdxQTmmSbZ2Ks3v4baNogJU_4OgBVhYbdHWh4C7FOifMYnxM9n7NHZXhgYXKvlKLlC1pEdtfxsqv60qFIOP1WymAJAANmKNqU/s1600-h/IMG_6812.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414232016062576178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0HznNeCPDmUY1MYvSJgckfaLwflLkNFAPVjRBUvwfa2CdxQTmmSbZ2Ks3v4baNogJU_4OgBVhYbdHWh4C7FOifMYnxM9n7NHZXhgYXKvlKLlC1pEdtfxsqv60qFIOP1WymAJAANmKNqU/s400/IMG_6812.JPG" /></a><br />Billy<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZ_TAn0KFu4rYjaM2MoPPebxLXDUmjGEuOpPcALwP4FnugD4Y5_prBVW84LIL5WzPclwVzMqz76bqGo1CVYAQRjuNVgDg2ohqZne0b4JtS2w9HD3M7EP6mqQZF6rzCZYRIitvbzKS030/s1600-h/IMG_6836.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414232009959114338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZ_TAn0KFu4rYjaM2MoPPebxLXDUmjGEuOpPcALwP4FnugD4Y5_prBVW84LIL5WzPclwVzMqz76bqGo1CVYAQRjuNVgDg2ohqZne0b4JtS2w9HD3M7EP6mqQZF6rzCZYRIitvbzKS030/s400/IMG_6836.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqbVaKmvdCmBCacCETjrQgryrFTvXGa1gLZ07hIoAPnvVRI-ary26ZeTtdaq1H_i37afv3oKdtHzX3hJ3_73fBmaC_sUFj9Ejqn0Fv-amy810DfGdjmHv8QOp-rmEl4NclpobWOAhJXqc/s1600-h/IMG_6839.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414232001281300642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqbVaKmvdCmBCacCETjrQgryrFTvXGa1gLZ07hIoAPnvVRI-ary26ZeTtdaq1H_i37afv3oKdtHzX3hJ3_73fBmaC_sUFj9Ejqn0Fv-amy810DfGdjmHv8QOp-rmEl4NclpobWOAhJXqc/s400/IMG_6839.JPG" /></a><br />Calling it a day<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU1fI4VZ3Rr9RueiCgJjhFgq8M9PCZxIm8miI7dSyRvVPswmUbGuSxD21gXyrPjXpnI6Maki4Cd8xGX9NAKgRPA2fq6YfEDaQZbofqWQQ8OwbP8GAoCWfR4BaUvgxfHlc31IcZQNbY9V4/s1600-h/IMG_6865.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414231993798364034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU1fI4VZ3Rr9RueiCgJjhFgq8M9PCZxIm8miI7dSyRvVPswmUbGuSxD21gXyrPjXpnI6Maki4Cd8xGX9NAKgRPA2fq6YfEDaQZbofqWQQ8OwbP8GAoCWfR4BaUvgxfHlc31IcZQNbY9V4/s400/IMG_6865.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGy-nZ3MB1mTmv5IVu-Qg6znBKRSfAUJzlRv3eejVieUzGc1yoMWdDvOpL23hcjRjd5XC4AGcGzhi9_26GBrFQyqFaBJqWaxDYo6rEDaAZINdJJ09BOYYf4jswc8MXPixqf11CvOyrTj4/s1600-h/IMG_6870.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414231988077541186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGy-nZ3MB1mTmv5IVu-Qg6znBKRSfAUJzlRv3eejVieUzGc1yoMWdDvOpL23hcjRjd5XC4AGcGzhi9_26GBrFQyqFaBJqWaxDYo6rEDaAZINdJJ09BOYYf4jswc8MXPixqf11CvOyrTj4/s400/IMG_6870.JPG" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Outdrsmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03540807323794572514noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709644058074284284.post-48045876699960473502009-11-28T22:14:00.004-05:002009-11-28T22:43:30.176-05:00Black Friday Sale oops… Sail<div><div><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">Sorry but my retail roots from what seems like another life made me do it. This post isn’t about shopping.</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">We had nice conditions anywhere from 4.5 to 5.5 depending on the chosen venue to burn off the calorie OD’s from the Thanksgiving feasts. The day started off chilly and sunny with winds pushing into the low 20’s. As the day progressed the clouds slowly gathered the wind increased slightly and temp hovered in the low 50’s. The sailing was done at two venues Willoughby and Factory Point. </span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">I hit Factory around 2:00 by then the clouds were darkening and the winds were fluctuating quite a bit. I checked on the guys already out on their 5.2’s and 5.3’s and it seemed like they were having on and off runs. I thought a 5.8 and 85l would do the trick, actually other than 140l that was my only choice as my good intermediate and small boards were damaged by a tree limb during <a href="http://outdrsmn.blogspot.com/2009/11/remnants-of-ida-bring-epic-conditions.html">Nor-Ida</a>. I put on my wetsuit and started rigging when the first of two heavy squalls came through. The wind speed in the squall jumped up well over 40 and blew everyone off the water. There was a guy kiting with us fortunately he kept it under control till it backed off enough to land and secure the kite. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Now we have been through squalls while out sailing but this one had a surprise for us in the form of sleet. The exposed skin took a painful pelting for a few minutes as the worst of it blew over. </span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">After the squall the wind died and slowly started to rebuild as it usually does. About the time it became sailable again the next squall started bearing down on us. This squall came through with similar results 40+ mph wind, 40 degree air and sleet. This time we all rode it out inside our vehicles. Once it passed the sun came back out, the sky cleared but the wind didn’t return. Everyone else de-rigged I ended up pulling out the 140l and putted around with the 5.8. for a half hour or so. Normally I would have re-rigged but it was already getting late and the wind was even marginal for my largest sail. </span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">When I returned home I read that the Willoughby crew battled the same sleet squall but also had to deal with a small waterspout. From the report it sounds like some of the guys were still out when it hit and had a close call with the spout.</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">I only took a couple photos because of the weather and desire to sail. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbUQW6gLZ93hIHjIjsHjnnT8s3CfIAA3Q_5V5119ozdh8IoWL-ZClWMGVMr4oOgVr0MglEYwtnCiR4fyKobzUbVQ7Z1WRQt25ayVMnAR3COZFoZ5C8Eve5jBpcEhVRYg-W-eUzLIt4oo4/s1600/IMG_6437.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409362243477008434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbUQW6gLZ93hIHjIjsHjnnT8s3CfIAA3Q_5V5119ozdh8IoWL-ZClWMGVMr4oOgVr0MglEYwtnCiR4fyKobzUbVQ7Z1WRQt25ayVMnAR3COZFoZ5C8Eve5jBpcEhVRYg-W-eUzLIt4oo4/s400/IMG_6437.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVyV265stzY0zR9YDUNABGEHl9g1NkMNLmEaszET1Cy76bCN1dtZ-4NPHSBy05BQHABHeSor8gMMJ5g_Twkhk_VybtkXZyuL-Hn6oVH6HfMQIQMaO-UumScN05sM_a0vHANqYqzIHI1qA/s1600/IMG_6441.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409362237214415298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVyV265stzY0zR9YDUNABGEHl9g1NkMNLmEaszET1Cy76bCN1dtZ-4NPHSBy05BQHABHeSor8gMMJ5g_Twkhk_VybtkXZyuL-Hn6oVH6HfMQIQMaO-UumScN05sM_a0vHANqYqzIHI1qA/s400/IMG_6441.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1FvdVtkb_aXOnLAuMuBiCJ5UsJe7MXEjMMcHtCReWWpoYEP8SsxHB-yJ2Z-5xSN0y1sCIWc_iRJ1PM3xtKIFzSX2Vmn9SZHJnfZN_l6SWh3Gh5P5kCxKAW0LSegQfsamwEgQ9Jb44m30/s1600/IMG_6445.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409362233621356450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1FvdVtkb_aXOnLAuMuBiCJ5UsJe7MXEjMMcHtCReWWpoYEP8SsxHB-yJ2Z-5xSN0y1sCIWc_iRJ1PM3xtKIFzSX2Vmn9SZHJnfZN_l6SWh3Gh5P5kCxKAW0LSegQfsamwEgQ9Jb44m30/s400/IMG_6445.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRtdKrXt2S0ZIRETBof6vqkL3chY075yynB1nHqSk8_3i8cJbDeFbbQVu7mwy-lvWaTgnzil5k5VposzsmlEYDZEoZ6BvFgUs0yC8aVWGsMBXL8RbKgjS6cRE-QtcDc_IOYgKo0BxZVs8/s1600/IMG_6457.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409362223886419346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRtdKrXt2S0ZIRETBof6vqkL3chY075yynB1nHqSk8_3i8cJbDeFbbQVu7mwy-lvWaTgnzil5k5VposzsmlEYDZEoZ6BvFgUs0yC8aVWGsMBXL8RbKgjS6cRE-QtcDc_IOYgKo0BxZVs8/s400/IMG_6457.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3kG04lFDqHOuPHUBR6ufCk3jD8qmPmvHLr7VrB0-p5OyXjAc5M33oC2716X88zN-HnAxSues1nzaQEpcXBBBooDfwvNQEYSl4ygj5ZNW45ZZP5txLNMcOmcdWwq5JwaUg19v7AHt8Vw/s1600/IMG_6461.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409362221805391810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3kG04lFDqHOuPHUBR6ufCk3jD8qmPmvHLr7VrB0-p5OyXjAc5M33oC2716X88zN-HnAxSues1nzaQEpcXBBBooDfwvNQEYSl4ygj5ZNW45ZZP5txLNMcOmcdWwq5JwaUg19v7AHt8Vw/s400/IMG_6461.JPG" /></a></div><div> </div><div>A little bit of carnage from <a href="http://outdrsmn.blogspot.com/2009/11/remnants-of-ida-bring-epic-conditions.html">Nor-Ida</a>. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9gLh5n3OfCdPAYcqf8XMHl2dlKjkCVbMzoaic35PD7_tadWshl9LONrC52WRhBMdfNX0cscKmJTIxt33pY6LVF2HbNV1aAoLBaDV5XTJWoN0On2NUULCUcOkRggtJ6GkFFop6gcid6-4/s1600/IMG_6477.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409364129457873010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9gLh5n3OfCdPAYcqf8XMHl2dlKjkCVbMzoaic35PD7_tadWshl9LONrC52WRhBMdfNX0cscKmJTIxt33pY6LVF2HbNV1aAoLBaDV5XTJWoN0On2NUULCUcOkRggtJ6GkFFop6gcid6-4/s400/IMG_6477.JPG" /></a> </div><div><br />Nice way to end the day</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Abfg9R49V-qkHnPGL7GPBFrSreCoOF_KjA6CSQGhSEDpkK3mYS4OqACpyyQo0CGiEf19awORZV8gnJ-pzBEuFuKVm5R-85MXAesU35avw1ogzL-SY2l_Z3rcNI2Y817sa6Q_IaSlfps/s1600/IMG_6478.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409364121426535330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Abfg9R49V-qkHnPGL7GPBFrSreCoOF_KjA6CSQGhSEDpkK3mYS4OqACpyyQo0CGiEf19awORZV8gnJ-pzBEuFuKVm5R-85MXAesU35avw1ogzL-SY2l_Z3rcNI2Y817sa6Q_IaSlfps/s400/IMG_6478.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1D8dB9RLE96xRg-hyQQxfJw_jSv6bK5b6MZbm-AMv7jkbEGrsSI0VTr4QBlUkIF-0JFeLITOXaEt-J4vqgO1qWLPzPwMkBNdIKqmkV6c0h7jqkGk8VPBMvCJOJI7w0HTOtBegXqnU-s8/s1600/IMG_6472.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409364115992196242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1D8dB9RLE96xRg-hyQQxfJw_jSv6bK5b6MZbm-AMv7jkbEGrsSI0VTr4QBlUkIF-0JFeLITOXaEt-J4vqgO1qWLPzPwMkBNdIKqmkV6c0h7jqkGk8VPBMvCJOJI7w0HTOtBegXqnU-s8/s400/IMG_6472.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Outdrsmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03540807323794572514noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709644058074284284.post-10968981468423164702009-11-12T12:03:00.008-05:002009-11-13T12:49:00.105-05:00Remnants of Ida bring epic conditions to Tidewater.Today in the tidewater of Virginia we saw Epic conditions from what was left over from Hurricane Ida. These conditions will continue through Friday and possibly into Saturday morning. The day started out dreary and rainy with a 20 mph wind blowing out of the NE. I loaded up the small stuff and headed out to Factory point hoping to catch the early portion of this storm. When I got there conditions were perfect for rigging 4.5 and and 85l board the water was low so there wasn't a whole lot of chop. The only problem was that no one else was there Everyone had committed to sailing York point or Buckroe. I didn't even rig, there is no way I would go out in high winds without a sailing partner.<br /><br /><br /><br />I rode over to Buckroe to find Glenn and Tom B. de-rigging they had been out on 3.7s and 80l boards and had already had enough Keith was still out so I snapped a couple shots then headed to York Point. When I arrived the wind was already up over 30 the tide was rolling in and the waves were in the 2 to 3 foot range surprisingly there wasn't much chop just smooth crumbly waves. I waited till a couple guys went out before deciding to rig. Everyone went out on 3.7 to 4.0 they all did well except for one guy who I will not mention by name so that he may save face. He had a hard time getting started and was rapidly drifting down wind and away from the launch. York point is just that a point and NE winds are side shore but they make you drift into deeper and more sheltered water. Once you are in there you are at the mercy of the current unless you can waterstart and get upwind. If you can't then you will eventually wash up on the other side about a mile away. The kicker is to get back to the launch you now have better than a 15 mile hike. I wasn't going to take that chance so my gear stayed on the truck. Eventually the guy previously not mentioned found his groove and was able to work back upwind of the launch.<br /><br /><br /><br />Since I wasn't sailing I took hundreds of photos. It turned out to be a regular jump fest. There were people flying everywhere there was even a loop attempt. I was hoping to get a loop sequence on the camera but shortly after Rob threw the only attempt of the day he came in and ended up with a huge gash in his foot requiring 15 stitches. The wind steadily ramped up and the crew pulled out their pristine looking 3.3 and 3.5' s. There were only a few runs made on those sizes the previous several hours of sailing and the 45 mph gusts were taking their toll.<br /><br /><br /><br />I've perused the photos and here are some of the shots. Some are good some are fuzzy but they depict the conditions quite well.<br /><br /><br /><div><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=40706&id=1135491101&l=656e947bd4">Link to Public facebook album where there are more photos</a></div><div> </div><div><br />This is the actual wind from a sensor upwind of York Point.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuK_6N9kbgE-8yNMKHhEjk7GykR5xesCBrH-8IHQSUEkfZa4MWiWbcjD6wWzz0d5ohfNm03aLZI8U3Hrhd20LqjeQJYxtJvJ4qCbH9Y6uPaawXUeay3Me-u605rdXB2krsbLt9LpnVrw4/s1600-h/YRERR+Nov+11+09+Ida.bmp"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403271684642902786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuK_6N9kbgE-8yNMKHhEjk7GykR5xesCBrH-8IHQSUEkfZa4MWiWbcjD6wWzz0d5ohfNm03aLZI8U3Hrhd20LqjeQJYxtJvJ4qCbH9Y6uPaawXUeay3Me-u605rdXB2krsbLt9LpnVrw4/s400/YRERR+Nov+11+09+Ida.bmp" /></a><br /><br />Keith Knight at Buckroe around 11:00am<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjuuzKTcOmWHRXDrjTtFJ02B0kpXdsxK02YdV4CpFz_sozrW90ZPjKkdlOXYcJ1Od7VJEBYCQdMyE7HCr629f4nI_SbZABEKAD41kYPWe9MlbJAqZPWvO1OEXxmqSRw8pWkLKp1GtrSZw/s1600-h/IMG_5776.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403271681488179698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjuuzKTcOmWHRXDrjTtFJ02B0kpXdsxK02YdV4CpFz_sozrW90ZPjKkdlOXYcJ1Od7VJEBYCQdMyE7HCr629f4nI_SbZABEKAD41kYPWe9MlbJAqZPWvO1OEXxmqSRw8pWkLKp1GtrSZw/s400/IMG_5776.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div><div><div><div><br />Dave Kashy and Rob Spurgeon<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxTTyKz6NW3NF_ff3Q28w79Eo9llmXrmwsSWgAo0FkaGJsooG4JDLTQ2OZ6cTRUh-NEXl4cwLTesVRz11yykCkStBqwwsPhk_XJpbsE87orK5EDv4loftun_8aRGAog2Kx7M6i8jhf1wM/s1600-h/IMG_5854.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403271673498537554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxTTyKz6NW3NF_ff3Q28w79Eo9llmXrmwsSWgAo0FkaGJsooG4JDLTQ2OZ6cTRUh-NEXl4cwLTesVRz11yykCkStBqwwsPhk_XJpbsE87orK5EDv4loftun_8aRGAog2Kx7M6i8jhf1wM/s400/IMG_5854.JPG" /></a><br /></div></div></div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRlqQeu8xLsDbZNevG6b6mUMv_hwUfFkH1Ktz8dUu3drTLXVZnEMIvvUe7eHDtVNvDMh-uFDpm-p386Yuf-7JMtrgkhqOR17edIrShra2LfJ2GSzOd-Zx2vvVud3VigjTyc__Fon7818s/s1600-h/IMG_5857.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403271667007692722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRlqQeu8xLsDbZNevG6b6mUMv_hwUfFkH1Ktz8dUu3drTLXVZnEMIvvUe7eHDtVNvDMh-uFDpm-p386Yuf-7JMtrgkhqOR17edIrShra2LfJ2GSzOd-Zx2vvVud3VigjTyc__Fon7818s/s400/IMG_5857.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNS2v5lBjS9eCf_zC8jYGHryil49bhqi5TV0FGqUZBvxSa8BSvn_LWjgG_ERxljapT2i36MXHo5LA4rn-fFVQicnB5tNrHs_of0puklMBc0KEzOcvd3GVF54EPnsY5maZpUjyXWGwo5qY/s1600-h/IMG_5892.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403271664880443890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNS2v5lBjS9eCf_zC8jYGHryil49bhqi5TV0FGqUZBvxSa8BSvn_LWjgG_ERxljapT2i36MXHo5LA4rn-fFVQicnB5tNrHs_of0puklMBc0KEzOcvd3GVF54EPnsY5maZpUjyXWGwo5qY/s400/IMG_5892.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Rob and Carl<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO9MfqEWyHIYTbtPN4UL4Awqq4VyT9ITmvpwQkeGUsT4jKyoAkQ_Yu-9Lefv7XGFXJgbt0OyfMYabkMQ5B4beQRm7o9oKnBnNOShG4mOo9uf6SPGYgDDKE0l0USXa7aPg-wGVBtSKbrqE/s1600-h/IMG_5937.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403269063145319618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO9MfqEWyHIYTbtPN4UL4Awqq4VyT9ITmvpwQkeGUsT4jKyoAkQ_Yu-9Lefv7XGFXJgbt0OyfMYabkMQ5B4beQRm7o9oKnBnNOShG4mOo9uf6SPGYgDDKE0l0USXa7aPg-wGVBtSKbrqE/s400/IMG_5937.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Carl<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcpTWN0M98GDWC_JPxCuT1pghULy8b1e-b9t7zi7kX81st3pOZ5a_w-RKRWGWJAUVBqwh27nsb0rAwNaPd_Tm41P5c_gATrtP3JCwRMwILpZ8H9aqZpXQbCH9SgrKpJtjUeuSGGDBxRmA/s1600-h/IMG_5939.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403269051573824226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcpTWN0M98GDWC_JPxCuT1pghULy8b1e-b9t7zi7kX81st3pOZ5a_w-RKRWGWJAUVBqwh27nsb0rAwNaPd_Tm41P5c_gATrtP3JCwRMwILpZ8H9aqZpXQbCH9SgrKpJtjUeuSGGDBxRmA/s400/IMG_5939.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb66PSSTTMbusVF283cRz6pj8aiNk1KeDIdRPeRtdW6BPgCFh5Fw8kOikM8cnjCX-sWkweSmRqjzinTX_HbCaVk5mJ2dvP9XgKM3xE0ZNdwpLh9qGmEBmi0ibai5BG_FJjOROqTbUmot4/s1600-h/IMG_5950.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403269050755837906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb66PSSTTMbusVF283cRz6pj8aiNk1KeDIdRPeRtdW6BPgCFh5Fw8kOikM8cnjCX-sWkweSmRqjzinTX_HbCaVk5mJ2dvP9XgKM3xE0ZNdwpLh9qGmEBmi0ibai5BG_FJjOROqTbUmot4/s400/IMG_5950.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Bob R.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXvhEHaNgwcqAGUMui9Hb3TeYL3PGCNLREbEvfS3tFabGzWDDDRwOm2TgL4tyj8b6th9pHLFaMfM43Hlll1jCbpzKsg7EXT7Y7EGKs0G5fmno-S79nEpdFv12A-1yauzTLgrGfRdg5zrI/s1600-h/IMG_5968.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403269044728682498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXvhEHaNgwcqAGUMui9Hb3TeYL3PGCNLREbEvfS3tFabGzWDDDRwOm2TgL4tyj8b6th9pHLFaMfM43Hlll1jCbpzKsg7EXT7Y7EGKs0G5fmno-S79nEpdFv12A-1yauzTLgrGfRdg5zrI/s400/IMG_5968.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Rob Solly launching huge air all day.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFOsbXog520j8AB5ziwcE8I9SZVxfp91tOOYPm0J4rjmskssyZS8qBlLCpxTkCT3RPhjw6mJlJB_GrSoIOIWHf7OMrlPiP3344YNQ4ftUpohlEu3_aQEzoMkFzMXPBO_KsTx7j-91dkMQ/s1600-h/IMG_6078.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403269041373338498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFOsbXog520j8AB5ziwcE8I9SZVxfp91tOOYPm0J4rjmskssyZS8qBlLCpxTkCT3RPhjw6mJlJB_GrSoIOIWHf7OMrlPiP3344YNQ4ftUpohlEu3_aQEzoMkFzMXPBO_KsTx7j-91dkMQ/s400/IMG_6078.JPG" /></a> </div><div></div><div>And the loop attempt.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbTfNkHORoOI8pZ5SdWzsL_VJ1_x3CVzxYO5KHNKDv2fo11HSasoBdojZOvOvFOCt0OMTC9XJRN9L47bfF0a3qwHW1-5jpBwhTlmuRWvmm5dXpNQhgKiLcv2K20c3n1z3XyFZwGYt7oGU/s1600-h/IMG_6071.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403278230705306546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbTfNkHORoOI8pZ5SdWzsL_VJ1_x3CVzxYO5KHNKDv2fo11HSasoBdojZOvOvFOCt0OMTC9XJRN9L47bfF0a3qwHW1-5jpBwhTlmuRWvmm5dXpNQhgKiLcv2K20c3n1z3XyFZwGYt7oGU/s400/IMG_6071.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbb_Ko1H7nuGsLXcl1EUO-y_-z4PR-VrjVAq64VEQKsl4IBW3-rRYxvarxwVlNDGaqBXHICTHMOW9-bxDrL3pKrs0uO-it83Iun7y2JSBS5Y99N8_Gj7nK6QWSDoNWxWBS-tT6Th8mPiE/s1600-h/IMG_6072.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403278241997204658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbb_Ko1H7nuGsLXcl1EUO-y_-z4PR-VrjVAq64VEQKsl4IBW3-rRYxvarxwVlNDGaqBXHICTHMOW9-bxDrL3pKrs0uO-it83Iun7y2JSBS5Y99N8_Gj7nK6QWSDoNWxWBS-tT6Th8mPiE/s400/IMG_6072.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfwrQCJiFD3CzB0IpjpuC-JJptgpggyCg7iW2kZbYoGGgGIB5IGYecnmDBp0r1x1TXQJ-gGhsPy5iVeKGN2h3ekEVt9gfRrHydLq8QfIUm4BPyvO1vfFYCH6VsEPYLi-hHNhooETdAgLo/s1600-h/IMG_6073.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403278245845614194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfwrQCJiFD3CzB0IpjpuC-JJptgpggyCg7iW2kZbYoGGgGIB5IGYecnmDBp0r1x1TXQJ-gGhsPy5iVeKGN2h3ekEVt9gfRrHydLq8QfIUm4BPyvO1vfFYCH6VsEPYLi-hHNhooETdAgLo/s400/IMG_6073.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMFhAeV9XjfnJY8P1GPHu9O6QGwuJ8CRXc99sfMKKe2ttGZZ7b-xxgvqtfHfm-pZgUxkR_xIrkZqGRiEZCHvCX_B1KLOQ3wzhCnQv4GZNrkqpgaJtyScPOL-i25qxH17M4HB_5Br8PSIk/s1600-h/IMG_5981.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403267879803743154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMFhAeV9XjfnJY8P1GPHu9O6QGwuJ8CRXc99sfMKKe2ttGZZ7b-xxgvqtfHfm-pZgUxkR_xIrkZqGRiEZCHvCX_B1KLOQ3wzhCnQv4GZNrkqpgaJtyScPOL-i25qxH17M4HB_5Br8PSIk/s400/IMG_5981.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Kashy<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZgf6RXR5Czc0hNzjn16KtXN2TohYZhk8fte7oi0ctku0sqxORLFT-jUNfzE6MQNBX1ft7jF7QtEJUg5N17H0sCB13sV0zC7RFOKhkOsFWQSIoVHgVd0TpamHzgyltLKtqhgo8cVnVyi4/s1600-h/IMG_5985.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403267877057561234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZgf6RXR5Czc0hNzjn16KtXN2TohYZhk8fte7oi0ctku0sqxORLFT-jUNfzE6MQNBX1ft7jF7QtEJUg5N17H0sCB13sV0zC7RFOKhkOsFWQSIoVHgVd0TpamHzgyltLKtqhgo8cVnVyi4/s400/IMG_5985.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXRv3Q2TZepY8lrr2fLwYDYDzIrFzsB54Xp2DpG1KWLa7yJJojSab2q2pWU08NmzWcwTk7fnl-t_WUUclZL84wWDG4IOZfgQWnvg0FDjJceWa2VY_c2ifs16qp7rmaMVuzgLYUIH44Po4/s1600-h/IMG_6021.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403267874052155842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXRv3Q2TZepY8lrr2fLwYDYDzIrFzsB54Xp2DpG1KWLa7yJJojSab2q2pWU08NmzWcwTk7fnl-t_WUUclZL84wWDG4IOZfgQWnvg0FDjJceWa2VY_c2ifs16qp7rmaMVuzgLYUIH44Po4/s400/IMG_6021.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj_kn4VmSZRQJTneMtsGI0XJ0Ij84bBKEWR-QoMNl0a7AGaAZX78xrJfW5z3sG5KEfOh-f-Q6pgYDFlzPHLahGXhPc3zCUYrRoyNcDXF3ZcMa-Lsq_Ey5WVZBSExgz3idt-WX6bkdmYA8/s1600-h/IMG_6022.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403267869877170914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj_kn4VmSZRQJTneMtsGI0XJ0Ij84bBKEWR-QoMNl0a7AGaAZX78xrJfW5z3sG5KEfOh-f-Q6pgYDFlzPHLahGXhPc3zCUYrRoyNcDXF3ZcMa-Lsq_Ey5WVZBSExgz3idt-WX6bkdmYA8/s400/IMG_6022.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtMiCHxz7A2o1z9MQVifTcw657QTSFrC9eRPMEEfmhQa0t0fT08kgQGSBuBlcPrxoWxWv7EoBH9kXfcjLH2_NzxPmQ_5_p6WsSEhM72f9zlcI_U0W8fxCzOICLZteKjGovpA6POIzAHZY/s1600-h/IMG_6028.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403267863145534866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtMiCHxz7A2o1z9MQVifTcw657QTSFrC9eRPMEEfmhQa0t0fT08kgQGSBuBlcPrxoWxWv7EoBH9kXfcjLH2_NzxPmQ_5_p6WsSEhM72f9zlcI_U0W8fxCzOICLZteKjGovpA6POIzAHZY/s400/IMG_6028.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div>This is one of my favorite shots</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxdSXHIMwX8Ewp670uX6zuUkt0a9hrVmzJB0LD68jRNZEVaAmg3nl4-YRND9bJUj4uD3LhKv1DH8645ln5cxRfX44pAP39nux6bcXRvdWArjdyWbi5PwODjGmHjYAsP84VBreo-6G1Nn4/s1600-h/IMG_6093.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403266335883689794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxdSXHIMwX8Ewp670uX6zuUkt0a9hrVmzJB0LD68jRNZEVaAmg3nl4-YRND9bJUj4uD3LhKv1DH8645ln5cxRfX44pAP39nux6bcXRvdWArjdyWbi5PwODjGmHjYAsP84VBreo-6G1Nn4/s400/IMG_6093.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Rob Solly<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipbA-mfEyB8Bmu-m9w9Za9-BPCd3pesDPHPM4hfyZ6e_ww30sfqGLBiuzdj7j_SqA51tUKD8VYj9zJUSNFMKjQxbRmBNHYCcN0jlRS_J-OLoOpXuPxWcX6_Tk6sratyPRPPyv5UVNiKok/s1600-h/IMG_6122.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403266328146381602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipbA-mfEyB8Bmu-m9w9Za9-BPCd3pesDPHPM4hfyZ6e_ww30sfqGLBiuzdj7j_SqA51tUKD8VYj9zJUSNFMKjQxbRmBNHYCcN0jlRS_J-OLoOpXuPxWcX6_Tk6sratyPRPPyv5UVNiKok/s400/IMG_6122.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Contos<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlWc3CTY7WZ_Q-N89_3c40e4P3SL7sNETSoN5lOVOM2Ob1HzzG3JnNDOIG9h6U3meNUBI7h4BxYquTF7UtYAy76SN7fBsnbGufXB4PsJM5mrSUZJ5LC-dC6mxuLfgkKO7j6DevupFNTvs/s1600-h/IMG_6129.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403266320054066994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlWc3CTY7WZ_Q-N89_3c40e4P3SL7sNETSoN5lOVOM2Ob1HzzG3JnNDOIG9h6U3meNUBI7h4BxYquTF7UtYAy76SN7fBsnbGufXB4PsJM5mrSUZJ5LC-dC6mxuLfgkKO7j6DevupFNTvs/s400/IMG_6129.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Spurgeon carving a wave. What a tiny sail.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggNgxTt_224n6MzqsOw5hOXmQoQJ_iQJ8vG4lquk7Kw_K_qZZwEl-kixdf9i0humfKBD_QbG6EY8psYYRPKF5ZKW4FDluV9pxvKEfKQrtpYNh7CqGqm81T4ZE-nZ7S01MOZEW9Kci-E1U/s1600-h/IMG_6219.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403266315212015426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggNgxTt_224n6MzqsOw5hOXmQoQJ_iQJ8vG4lquk7Kw_K_qZZwEl-kixdf9i0humfKBD_QbG6EY8psYYRPKF5ZKW4FDluV9pxvKEfKQrtpYNh7CqGqm81T4ZE-nZ7S01MOZEW9Kci-E1U/s400/IMG_6219.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Inspecting the pier.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzk2sRligL8rFeSf0haQcpRDxgc6uNwNdfmVXp5IpcIeXH1SETo-NYaFlDyaB4OkDNN005iXY6SlY-kwFhHizFAN1T6rA-GvMplDmG9RXJ64-_iqqnlBhMYZAAHZgd9v_aHGPTgTVRwVA/s1600-h/IMG_6237.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403266311185839186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzk2sRligL8rFeSf0haQcpRDxgc6uNwNdfmVXp5IpcIeXH1SETo-NYaFlDyaB4OkDNN005iXY6SlY-kwFhHizFAN1T6rA-GvMplDmG9RXJ64-_iqqnlBhMYZAAHZgd9v_aHGPTgTVRwVA/s400/IMG_6237.JPG" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Outdrsmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03540807323794572514noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709644058074284284.post-21665783174344886422009-10-25T23:17:00.004-04:002009-10-25T23:26:24.993-04:00What a sunset.<div>Sometimes being Outdrsmn isn't about doing something outdoors. Sometimes it's about doing nothing. Just sitting on the pier, having a beer and watching the sun set. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>What a sunset it was.</div><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwpurbzI3SOSp-_vA1BL3S6VvjgzSieYExmjPBssrDlPRnrZPb4BDKIUQJZbMH6rJnLLTXdkdz6jl9PewTDD6AW-J9acKJB7LFynb1OLGrcIef1voYROhIKy46GDsnZfvmpddTX8mgkX0/s1600-h/IMG_5686.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396743164736940050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwpurbzI3SOSp-_vA1BL3S6VvjgzSieYExmjPBssrDlPRnrZPb4BDKIUQJZbMH6rJnLLTXdkdz6jl9PewTDD6AW-J9acKJB7LFynb1OLGrcIef1voYROhIKy46GDsnZfvmpddTX8mgkX0/s400/IMG_5686.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6fFr9AkF0DfTPQ1NpnG-bPrCd77A_zpbgXHLXsy93oX4fY65Rjb6jLHMr3vFmbJvB4OpcZk8dNZRIxVHNtkPZBSfN8-I-zWgDeMGDDRB83vj9te03dOP3MAJ9uMXjYnAzijF2vWyXP38/s1600-h/IMG_5669.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396743156540977778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6fFr9AkF0DfTPQ1NpnG-bPrCd77A_zpbgXHLXsy93oX4fY65Rjb6jLHMr3vFmbJvB4OpcZk8dNZRIxVHNtkPZBSfN8-I-zWgDeMGDDRB83vj9te03dOP3MAJ9uMXjYnAzijF2vWyXP38/s400/IMG_5669.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>Outdrsmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03540807323794572514noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709644058074284284.post-69033485817013272362009-10-21T00:26:00.003-04:002009-10-21T01:07:03.202-04:00Update to "I've been a slacker lately"In my previous post <a href="http://outdrsmn.blogspot.com/2009/09/i-have-been-slacker-lately.html">I've been a slacker latley</a> I mentioned there might be a video floating around with some footage of me sailing. It turns out Javier made me the star of the little clip. I don't know why, there was far better sailing going on than what I was doing but here it is anyway. This will be a momento of the infancy stages of my sailing progression... One of my first chop hops, a terrible attempt at a shortboard tack and a dry jibe.<br /><br />Thanks Javier.<br /><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/user797527/videos">Click here to check out some of his other windsurfing videos on Vimeo. </a><br /><br /><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7172439&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7172439&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br /><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/7172439">Chris Coyne at Factory Point on a gray afternoon.</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user797527">Javier Garriz</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p>Outdrsmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03540807323794572514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709644058074284284.post-18391898141027914192009-10-18T22:04:00.003-04:002009-10-18T23:23:26.624-04:00Anyone for seconds???I was. Yesterday was just a warm up session. Today was the real deal.<br />I checked the wind meter that corresponds to the Factory point launch and it was reading a few miles per hour stronger than it was the day before. I knew it was going to be a good day.<br /><br />I rounded the corner at the launch and water was covering the road. The little creeks that fan out through that area had overflowed due to the high tide. I popped out of the pine grove and caught my first glimpse of one of the small creeks. It had white caps so I knew it was on. I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">immediately</span> called Billy to pass along the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">on site</span> conditions and rally the troops. I think "<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">honkin</span>" was the word used to describe the conditions.<br /><br />I was waffling on rigging a 4.1 or a 4.6. Finally I went with the 4.1, 85l combo. In hindsight I would have been happier on the 4.6 when it lulled but the 4.1 was more than sufficient in the gusts.<br /><br />The water was rough, or <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">chop-a-licous</span> depending on how you look at it. It took me a while to get in tune with the board. I haven't sailed it since August so just getting to the straps was a challenge. I had one massive catapult as a result. It must be a sight. Here I am getting pitched over the bars, legs flailing skyward then crashing head first into the water with a massive explosion of spray and the first sound anyone can hear as I surface is laughter. Anyway, once I remembered how to sail it I started to make good use of the terrain. A small jump here, a slashing turn there, blown jibe after blown jibe after blown jibe. There were times that it got rough enough that I wished it were 70 liters. Thank god the water is shallow I would have worn myself out just getting going again. <br /><br />A couple of the jumps I made felt pretty good. I was actually getting air measured in feet rather than the inches I typically feel like I'm getting when chop hopping the 102. I was starting to feel pretty good about them <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">until</span> I saw Billy clear what looked to be about 8 feet off the same little patch of chop I had been using. Amazing!!! How does he do it?<br /><br />The cold finally took its toll and I had to call it quits for the day after a good 4 hours on the water. At least the next 45 degree day won't be as much of a shock to the system. A shout out goes to Billy, Vito, Keith, John Q, Matt Yvette and Peter for sharing the day. Unfortunately Yvette and Peter didn't get wet. The conditions were a little more then they could handle with their gear. I'm sure they will be ready for the next time.<br /><br />Sorry no photos today.Outdrsmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03540807323794572514noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709644058074284284.post-69975049229416641182009-10-17T20:50:00.004-04:002009-10-17T21:32:27.307-04:00Got to love Coastal lows.We have been in a prolonged period of storm activity with coastal lows spinning up just off shore and heading out to sea. That means we have had bit of wind over the last week. I finally got out today and sailed Factory Point with a 5.8m2 sail and 102l board. NW is usually good at Factory and brings out the crew. With most of the <a href="http://www.sailwet.com/">W.E.T.</a> contingent sailing all week in Avon no one was there. I thought I was going to end up sailing alone but Matt the guy who runs the <a href="http://www.windsurfresource.com/">Windsurf Resource </a>website showed up as I was getting ready to rig.<br /><br />It wasn't epic just a good hone your skills day. The wind swell from today's NW and the leftover swell from all the NE wind the previous couple days combined to make it pretty rough. Not exactly what I would call psycho chop but pretty close. It made straight line runs interesting and every once in a while a nice peak would pop up in front of you for a little air. Jibing was most definitely a challenge but it helped me work on keeping my weight forward to smooth out the transition. I even managed to plane out of one or two. There were also quite a few that felt like rodeo rides so I blew my fair share.<br /><br />Matt went out on a 6.6 and 145l board so he experienced a bit of jostling. He did well though and was planning quite a bit.<br /><br />The wind is picking up as I type so I expect I'll be out on small gear tomorrow. Hopefully the sun will show itself and take some of the chill off. If not, Oh well. It wont be any worse than sailing in January or February. I do like sailing this time of year. The wind kicks in and the water is still relatively warm so the colder air isn't usually a problem.Outdrsmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03540807323794572514noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709644058074284284.post-64660042762018490222009-10-16T00:17:00.004-04:002009-10-16T00:55:30.426-04:004 days of solid wind on tap<div>Seems like we have gone from summer to winter in the last few days and skipped fall all together. Sunday it was in the mid 80's. Today we will be lucky if it gets over 50. I like the warm weather but I also like the consistent winds of the cooler months. I guess I'll have to break out the thick wetsuit a few weeks early this year. The water temp should be decent for little while longer. I guess it could be worse I could be on Long Island. Michael the <a href="http://www.peconicpuffin.com/the_peconic_puffin/">Peconic Puffin</a> is already talking about drysuits, hoods and fleece for this wind event. Yikes!!!<br /></div><br /><div>Here is the forecast graphic. Nice 5 to 6 meter sailing for the next 4 days. </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCpWzcsIl98nPCuh7RoYD7PF3v_X0peEfFBQVgQx0Bik1Ic19JJm_3fvTjnJ7mD98BhSzNmRjJtJbk0AVIyyqBiVqZ3IGi5toDe94RmIrpKCfb1m4NTOk2bbV__91cQm4TdWUfkLDk9Gs/s1600-h/forecast+oct+16.bmp"><img style="WIDTH: 464px; HEIGHT: 337px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393055092835888434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCpWzcsIl98nPCuh7RoYD7PF3v_X0peEfFBQVgQx0Bik1Ic19JJm_3fvTjnJ7mD98BhSzNmRjJtJbk0AVIyyqBiVqZ3IGi5toDe94RmIrpKCfb1m4NTOk2bbV__91cQm4TdWUfkLDk9Gs/s400/forecast+oct+16.bmp" /></a><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div></div>Outdrsmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03540807323794572514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709644058074284284.post-43695902970767026712009-09-23T20:42:00.002-04:002009-10-15T20:56:35.203-04:00I have been a SLACKER lately!Not really!!!<br /><br /><br />I can't believe it's been two months since I've posted anything. It's not that I haven't been sailing I have, I've been taking tons of photos too. It's just between work, a drastic change in my home life and recreational activities I'm too drained to post anything. Facebook hasn't helped any either. So for those of you who have been asking for some content and some picks here you go.<br /><br /><br />I don't know where to start. I've had so many sessions over the summer with significant things to blog about. If I did my normal thing and talked about each session in detail, I'd have to write a novel. I just can't bring myself to torture any of you with crappy writing and poor sentence structure for that long so I guess I'll just touch on the highlights.<br /><br /><br />Here we go.<br /><br /><br />I spent a good bit of the summer sailing weekends with few odd can't miss weekdays thrown in for good measure. I sailed quite a bit locally and made a couple trips down to NC to sail at Rodanthe, Avon and Aydlett. I was glad I have extra gear because most of the weekends I had an instant sailing buddy. She ( yes I said she ) is from Germany and had done some sailing. While here she progressed quite rapidly, She learned beachstarts in one day and the next session a highwind day in Rodanthe she started making some waterstarts.<br /><br /><br />My accomplishments over the summer included hitting about half my Jibes ( though the last couple sessions I seem to have regressed) low volume shortboard tacks, making jumps and I even ventured into the waves out on the bar at Factory Pt. Unfortunately I still struggle with the sail positioning while trying to waterstart. I also have to get the obligatory catapult out of the way the first 20 seconds of a session.<br /><br />The memorable moments consisted of.....<br /><br />A vacation in Avon with an old friend from high school where I took my first ride out to the reef 2 miles out behind Island creek. The wind direction wasn't ideal for waves out there but I now know what to expect getting there.<br /><br /><br />A session at Factory point where I managed to Jibe dry most of the day until Javier pulled out his video camera. I think I did make a couple that were caught on tape maybe even a couple small chop hops. It was strange because the last time Javier brought out a camera was the first time I ever made a Jibe, now he pulls it out and I regress???? When I get the link to the video I will put it up on here.<br /><br /><br />Another was my first small wave session with Pete out on the bar at Factory Pt. It was a 5.8-100l day with little waist high wind driven waves breaking in the shallows. I had a bit to much power with my sail so I wasn't able to stay on the waves but I did learn a little about how to get over them. Made a couple jumps while pinching upwind and I was able to catch a wave from behind, de-power the sail and use the wave to gain momentum. I even managed to catch 2 or 3 by using the wave face to jibe off of.<br /><br /><br />The Rodanthefest at Bob's was where Becky started hitting waterstarts. She impressed me so much with handling the higher winds and her progress. A true natural. To give an idea she started on a 4.6 and my big board in 18mph winds and ended with the same gear with it blowing steady around 28mph. That's significant because she can't be a pound over 100. It is amazing that a few tips here and there from someone as unskilled as myself and she is able to make it happen. I started out the day riding 5.8-102l and stayed on it all day. The last hour I was insanely overpowered. At the end of the day when Becky was done I took the 4.6 and went back out on the 85l board. Even then I was over powered. I still can't believe she was able to hold it down. She should have been on a 4.0 or 3.5.<br /><br />Now for the Present....<br /><br />The last couple weeks we have had a persistent NE flow. That's very unusual for this time of year, there was a 5 day stretch where it blew 20+ every single day. I was able to get out on the best of those days for an after work session. 4.1-85l in upper 20 to low 30 mph NE wind. Unfortunately I forgot my boom as I hurriedly loaded that morning. Glenn saved me from not being able to get wet by loaning me one of his. But the damage was already done. My head just wasn't in the game so I floundered in the swell trying to waterstart and get back to shore. It didn't help that I completely screwed up rigging my sail and over downhauled the crap out of it.<br /><br /><br />We also had a bit of a rescue take place that day Peter B. was sailing along on his 6.5 and 100l board when all the sudden he blew up on the water. It was taking entirely too long for him to get underway and we were starting to get a rescue party underway thinking something must have broke, that's when we heard the shouts. Apparently the mast base wasn't tight enough and had come loose from the board so Peter was stranded rig in hand and the board heading downwind. he decided to ditch the rig and swim for the board but he couldn't swim fast enough to catch the board. So he was out there with no board, no sail, no wetsuit. Normally that's not a problem at Factory because the water is shallow enough that you can pretty much walk in from near where he went down. But because of the 3 previous days of NE wind the tide was running around 5ft so everywhere was overhead.<br />Keith who was out on the water at the time also heard the shouts spotted the board and spotted Peter swimming. He sailed over and grabbed the board and kept it stationary by holding his own rig in the waterstart position. I didn't realize you could essentially hover in one place like that. About the time Peter made the swim to Keith and his board John had finish preparing his Kona for the rescue. Seeing that Peter was safe John set out to find the rig which we were all sure was now settled on the bottom of the boat channel he crashed in. Amazingly John sailed that beast of a board out in 30mph+ conditions. What was more amazing he spotted the 2 inches of Peters sail that stayed above the surface. He tied it onto his back footstrap and drug it back to shore. The whole thing turned out well.... Windsurfer safe, gear recovered and nothing broken.<br />While John was searching for the sail it was interesting that the experienced guys said Peter should have stayed with his rig and waited for help. Their reasoning was that with the wind direction, the enclosed space that the Back River is and knowing there is really no way to catch up to a free floating board in 30 mph wind, He was at more of a risk of losing the rig to the bottom than of losing the board. The lesson of this story is don't go out in heavy wind without making sure everything is tight. Plus it is a good idea to think about what you might do for any given problem you may have taking into account the location, wind direction, currents and speed of rescue. A secondary observation is a 2 bolt base would have prevented this.<br /><br /><br />I too had a rig separation at a little fun race we were having just three weeks prior but mine was due to a mast track failure on my long board. I immediately went after my board and caught it after a 20 yard hard sprint. I paddled back for the sail and secured everything well enough and sailed back in without any trouble.<br /><br />Current Week......<br /><br /><br />I was able to get in three sessions at 3 different venues. A nice after work NE 6.7 145l session at Dave Kashy's. Dave was on his formula gear with a 10.6 being that it was lighter winds. The water was 3ft above normal so I got plenty of waterstart practice even in the areas where it's typically waist deep. Because the water was so deep I also took some nice photos of Dave sailing near the dock.<br /><br /><br />The next was a short lived 5.8 102l session at Factory, again out on the sandbar playing in the waves. The wind went from nothing to to 18 to 20 and dropped back down to the low teens in about 2 hours time. IWS predicted it perfectly except for the timing, fortunately several of us kept an eye on the actuals and watched the wind band slide down the bay. We timed it just right and were able to catch the sweet spot. Once it lightened up I rigged a bigger sail 6.7, after about three runs it was even too light for that. Peter let me ride his kit, a 148 Techno and 8.5 retro which I was able to zip back and forth on. I did get a bunch of shots that day. It was great to have 16 of us sharing a great day at arguably one of the best multiple terrain launches in the area.<br /><br /><br />That's all for now I'll post up some photos I'm torn between posting the best ones. I've been getting better at using the camera so I'm starting to get some decent shots. Shots that might one day look good in print. Well they are as good as I can get with an inexpensive telephoto lens.<br /><br />Better photos require......<br />Better lens = more $$$$ or<br />Extra $$$$ + upgrade gear = more fun.<br />Life is full of trade offs.<br /><br />Here are the photos captured as video slide show.<br />The first one has shots from July and August. The second has shots from the beginning of September.<br /><br /><br />Very basic.<br /><p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzpifVyb8Ep1wNbJa_d8BnmT51jd4NZqZ4KRTmf9kuMohwy-lQUGIFOeWizsX2g6_mFdCNqX2ngJFEJuo7J-A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p>This one has music.</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy9kXPHV_O3ZXVeUoNddywqlgF-_4bT57OXKWtbA33Wj46wUJa4uiYrCOqfrPhUhdAKiP21TrIs9wQ5g8NUTg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p>Outdrsmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03540807323794572514noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709644058074284284.post-35636104380825992022009-07-15T21:21:00.004-04:002009-07-15T21:38:13.394-04:00Today is the kind of day you hate to miss.<div><div>Unfortunately that is exactly the way it turned out. Any other day of the week and I would have been all over it. </div><div> </div><div>It's not that a SE 20 knot day is rare around here it is just that they are rare this time of year. July and August only see maybe one or two days like this. To top it off this was at one of my favorite SE launches. York River Seafood and the tide was going out. When that happens you end up with a glassy smooth transition area behind one of the marsh islands, a semi flatwater transition in front of the launch and some nice rolling swell in between to play on or jump if you so desire. </div><div> </div><div>Here is the graph....</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8OvY_tPwjEawmHO9D_iXEC2nP1pdIQNPD3r3YabwZYX4xDtMvl1lphgwY9TNoFoSim-P9fR6GG54WTtFrIwEOmx2bXk7SURA3vw4qCOX1RI8NKKEthZUlH4ZtAjiPasIfDtXY0OEWaFQ/s1600-h/8637611.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358863936714224402" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8OvY_tPwjEawmHO9D_iXEC2nP1pdIQNPD3r3YabwZYX4xDtMvl1lphgwY9TNoFoSim-P9fR6GG54WTtFrIwEOmx2bXk7SURA3vw4qCOX1RI8NKKEthZUlH4ZtAjiPasIfDtXY0OEWaFQ/s400/8637611.png" border="0" /></a> </div><div> </div><div>To </div></div>Outdrsmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03540807323794572514noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709644058074284284.post-13971383487183681662009-07-11T21:39:00.004-04:002009-07-11T21:53:13.803-04:00Mini Gorge sessionNot really but I thought that would get some ones attention.<br /><br />Sailed at my parents place today (mini gorge). The wind never got above 14 but I did get my 145l/7.8 combo up on plane once. The timing couldn't have been better either. It was just as a Cigarette boat with some attractive ladies <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">onboard</span> went by. I was able to come across their stern and zip over their wake and give a little wave. Rather than bobbing like a cork and falling in. Hopefully I represented how cool windsurfing is.... <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">LOL</span>!!<br /><br />I pulled out the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">longboard</span> and continued the session. The tide was running in pretty strong so even with the light winds there was some small rolling swell coming down the river. 1 1/2 to 2 foot. The way it was working you could catch it and use it to get on plane when headed outbound. Coming back had there been more wind it would have made some nice ramps.<br /><br />It was nice to sail there today even though conditions were much better over at the York River Seafood launch. I didn't have to drive far or do battle with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">OBX</span> bound I-64 traffic plus I was able to watch the Eagles and their young flying around while I was sailing.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />ChrisOutdrsmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03540807323794572514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709644058074284284.post-49010866206012155012009-06-24T23:01:00.007-04:002009-06-27T09:08:13.354-04:00Fathers day session. Paying some dues.Well I spent a couple hours in the morning figuring out what had happened to my truck, Torque converter failure and lots of metal going through the internals. Going to have to pull it and get it overhauled.<br /><br />The wind was strong so I decided to take a trip down to Ft. Monroe to check out the Sunday sail. I had missed the field trip down to Avon on Saturday thanks to the mechanical issue. I was really looking forward to it but there isn't much you can do about Murphy. The beginners attending Sunday sail had been cautioned that the conditions weren't conducive to progressing their basic skills so there weren't too many expected to show up. 30 mph gusts and newbies really don't mix well.<br /><br />When I arrived around 3:00 there were only a hand full of sailors and most were experienced. The wind was holey now so I decided to hop over to Factory Pt. to find better wind and see who was there. Being that I was showing up late and it was Fathers day I didn't know what to expect in terms of who would still be sailing. Pete T. and Tom B. were just getting off the water with small 5's and saying it was backing off. I rigged 5.8 and got some nice planing runs on the 102l. The weeds would sneak up and get you every now and again. I almost got launched over the bars on two occasions thanks to some exceptionally thick floating mats. There never was a problem with water depth, even with the tide being at the lowest part of it's cycle there was plenty of water everywhere. Before Pete left I asked him to snap a couple photos of me. Thanks Pete.<br /><br /><br />The wind shifted NNE and faded a little so I pulled out the 145l big board and made a couple on and off runs with the 5.8. Peter and I were the last ones there we were talking about his gear and his need to get a weed fin for summer sailing around here. We were just about to pack it in when the wind picked back up so we went back out. I stayed on the big board expecting the wind to fall off again, it never did. The wind just continued to strengthen and shift back to N then NNW. It got to where I was way overpowered and the board was just too big. I really wanted to stop and get my smaller board back out but I was tired and I was only going to make a few more runs anyway.<br /><br /><br />The wind felt like it was blowing in the mid to upper 20's with higher gusts. I kept getting air off each wave peak I hit. I finally decided I'd had enough but I was out in the Long Creek channel heading toward the sandbar when the wind ramped up even more. I new if I tried to jibe or tack in those conditions, on that gear I would blow it and then be stuck in overhead water wrestling the board and rig into position then waiting for a lull to waterstart. Then I thought I could continue on out to the sandbar, I could give the sail some more outhaul and downhaul and sail back in relative comfort.<br /><br /><br />Lets just say I misjudged where the bar actually was. Too much sail, too big a board and rough water = a slow drift into Long creek a swim and a long walk around the point to get back to the launch. Don't get me wrong I tried to waterstart, did it twice only to end up crashing after about 30 feet. I tried to uphaul the sail. It might as well have been a tied down piece of plywood, the wind and the swell kept me from getting it upright and sheeted in. I did manage to get part of the way across the Creek by uphauling till the mast tip was about a foot and a half off the water and clew dragging in the water. That allowed the wind flow create a little forward motion.<br /><br /><br />It took me a little over a half an hour of walking and swimming to get back to the point so that I could sail back to the launch. I'll chalk it up to dues paid.<br /><br /><br />Here are a couple of the pics Pete took of me.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-ErtifYJsspCboZWRLQyu8l0rZ86Mw-XsFh2FvHLp9g3erKkHOJIkwCjKIoUH2gkvzAIGpYoOcDS1_d-5TMtECmGkN0wfqBvsAC-_2Y2LgK_QLJRC8KKDAUKpty53OU8y0UtSwiyDQw/s1600-h/IMG_3089.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351113290196697890" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-ErtifYJsspCboZWRLQyu8l0rZ86Mw-XsFh2FvHLp9g3erKkHOJIkwCjKIoUH2gkvzAIGpYoOcDS1_d-5TMtECmGkN0wfqBvsAC-_2Y2LgK_QLJRC8KKDAUKpty53OU8y0UtSwiyDQw/s320/IMG_3089.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmIvfN2zb1cdi8DeMC-lA7aqNpDJfXhFJv7avYZsfCnd9tQODj7kiZoXhC6hOHwNIrV772zMqbObS7uRQWueh3b-IVrEl8rT7d6QQd9FjQaj8qig3_cjFXaNQp6u2qHoNdlpF5mqYSwDc/s1600-h/IMG_3090.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351109755270975634" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmIvfN2zb1cdi8DeMC-lA7aqNpDJfXhFJv7avYZsfCnd9tQODj7kiZoXhC6hOHwNIrV772zMqbObS7uRQWueh3b-IVrEl8rT7d6QQd9FjQaj8qig3_cjFXaNQp6u2qHoNdlpF5mqYSwDc/s320/IMG_3090.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Not in focus but I was flying.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivr1g9fllJuGAbZEmWEyvqdHZ55yS677zhGOW6_pT0NfvRk-49iMF6QCNP2a1xPTh5t5oE9bKPGn1E8a_85hQvflOxbCGENiIDTmcc6ME5Vxe6UqblOQku4dI0cveVX6PRSMEflaFBIp4/s1600-h/IMG_3092.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351113286744142610" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivr1g9fllJuGAbZEmWEyvqdHZ55yS677zhGOW6_pT0NfvRk-49iMF6QCNP2a1xPTh5t5oE9bKPGn1E8a_85hQvflOxbCGENiIDTmcc6ME5Vxe6UqblOQku4dI0cveVX6PRSMEflaFBIp4/s320/IMG_3092.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Jibe sequence. Now I can see some of what I'm doing wrong.<br />In this case I'm not keeping my weight on the carving rail.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbzQl6HC_FqK-EqBNFrL6it7R2FrSByTW-9B0aC6eRIh1KRBG2a7PgZ6bplF9RbN4D3_L-LVvGZltLfqQgigppk2QFtW5r99lqjfPy55jGB9gJSW7NuBj3WEvaNW4tDZ55QmRt5bEMvzg/s1600-h/IMG_3093.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351109760289969122" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbzQl6HC_FqK-EqBNFrL6it7R2FrSByTW-9B0aC6eRIh1KRBG2a7PgZ6bplF9RbN4D3_L-LVvGZltLfqQgigppk2QFtW5r99lqjfPy55jGB9gJSW7NuBj3WEvaNW4tDZ55QmRt5bEMvzg/s320/IMG_3093.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxI-_ajE28R5ycUpTiN_rwNT7TiqNbUl1jAb1WVjnCfyFRcv7ZY1KgPnJTp0aqsbPvJX2xeWpMiqWoWMwHuh-uB3PFT2K9ETtYUoTIH4HvdOf59wyhwSmD1SnKstek5bHPe9pbm5ylAAA/s1600-h/IMG_3094.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351109769835341186" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxI-_ajE28R5ycUpTiN_rwNT7TiqNbUl1jAb1WVjnCfyFRcv7ZY1KgPnJTp0aqsbPvJX2xeWpMiqWoWMwHuh-uB3PFT2K9ETtYUoTIH4HvdOf59wyhwSmD1SnKstek5bHPe9pbm5ylAAA/s320/IMG_3094.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-rxlmfLDhTuU2CCGYBbwv4p1pucsE0gCHjR1UmXGns_ONclirRQix8oMpthnitlY5M01mcxWoud24DYrL-OU0MwXFPxbo_I2VVl42U4t1RgSGmfjIfne0PfbjcmdmK_IU4Ss9kGyeE4/s1600-h/IMG_3095.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351109772097712354" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-rxlmfLDhTuU2CCGYBbwv4p1pucsE0gCHjR1UmXGns_ONclirRQix8oMpthnitlY5M01mcxWoud24DYrL-OU0MwXFPxbo_I2VVl42U4t1RgSGmfjIfne0PfbjcmdmK_IU4Ss9kGyeE4/s320/IMG_3095.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm8QJrXeKB_1OH4ZkcLokZqieCZMnMYZXylHq52mSnmvOM0rsQoH3awsl4TRqYXsfoWK9m0wurC9ueZIEm_K4cMHmd0U7aMqEzMZn4FL3hxfjsjvIWmawigfvhia7fHrrRmiXLbn8kGl4/s1600-h/IMG_3096.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351109777521453202" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm8QJrXeKB_1OH4ZkcLokZqieCZMnMYZXylHq52mSnmvOM0rsQoH3awsl4TRqYXsfoWK9m0wurC9ueZIEm_K4cMHmd0U7aMqEzMZn4FL3hxfjsjvIWmawigfvhia7fHrrRmiXLbn8kGl4/s320/IMG_3096.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Setting up for a waterstart<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEFGiTlAzFg7Cf8GIBf8ZVOdhDYyHp5Bzkd7E8fvIRclelazxzrHo_YPttDHH6tss70Zdw-XVBeNeaOzVjon8tQfWqxavc4p8_hzvHfGGncdqaNXNLmt5vgMejTHO0zDi8ewPys9LdZ2g/s1600-h/IMG_3097.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351110322967193730" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEFGiTlAzFg7Cf8GIBf8ZVOdhDYyHp5Bzkd7E8fvIRclelazxzrHo_YPttDHH6tss70Zdw-XVBeNeaOzVjon8tQfWqxavc4p8_hzvHfGGncdqaNXNLmt5vgMejTHO0zDi8ewPys9LdZ2g/s320/IMG_3097.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3B7onLEl4d7WZg2Dl2_TbIZu4kaTH2xJ-tgOs73fN_9ZbZYFqYfxPVlRn6EfB8MypzPj0H4_zvsuDbVBFW-mmHz44TAzzzv5NearbKykQRGW-bmF311vHyw-EdZwQCC0fggGiucmr1F4/s1600-h/IMG_3098.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351110324491354946" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3B7onLEl4d7WZg2Dl2_TbIZu4kaTH2xJ-tgOs73fN_9ZbZYFqYfxPVlRn6EfB8MypzPj0H4_zvsuDbVBFW-mmHz44TAzzzv5NearbKykQRGW-bmF311vHyw-EdZwQCC0fggGiucmr1F4/s320/IMG_3098.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixTRgTecWpYgm4c33FsiGudPG2zNl7pSC-KfcyUkpw_p-i2yK80vW1SYkG-KE6R_dIKirSO-IRvcgyJi_os4Htmr6_2uyaVP7zOJQ4QirMqMiaLirfWzqllzMIX3tKUPnIVdcv187LHQs/s1600-h/IMG_3099.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351110329040102690" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixTRgTecWpYgm4c33FsiGudPG2zNl7pSC-KfcyUkpw_p-i2yK80vW1SYkG-KE6R_dIKirSO-IRvcgyJi_os4Htmr6_2uyaVP7zOJQ4QirMqMiaLirfWzqllzMIX3tKUPnIVdcv187LHQs/s320/IMG_3099.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div>This guy was fishing near the bar, He had a pretty tough paddle back in after the wind picked back up.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie4MmazZm4vEcUQBq7dTau0gH9g6a7zNnfyzfiBj79BcBKciOVLtLl4DmqWdxgXZ-ZoEOGnNXN7z3Ibrxk3uH9RJtlrZs0NwM-YOk1AaIkjv8KnDGhKg60oUQfa9LSt3YUF5uFMLhCLV0/s1600-h/IMG_3106.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351110338866619762" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie4MmazZm4vEcUQBq7dTau0gH9g6a7zNnfyzfiBj79BcBKciOVLtLl4DmqWdxgXZ-ZoEOGnNXN7z3Ibrxk3uH9RJtlrZs0NwM-YOk1AaIkjv8KnDGhKg60oUQfa9LSt3YUF5uFMLhCLV0/s320/IMG_3106.JPG" border="0" /></a>Outdrsmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03540807323794572514noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709644058074284284.post-42088012140507277602009-06-21T13:35:00.003-04:002009-06-21T13:38:24.047-04:00This can't be good.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMHkaNB2LsRUidNXU4151UmEzl6D26HMOCQIAAUOZKdkO_84pDDxntIFGnnYYfSINbY4BRp9G9l656UcgGIAgG2KbjL-MDquBvtXT0hyphenhyphentswsGgfYLCoIULS-BHkUqoptnRP7NYu_Q250w/s1600-h/IMG_3081.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349836324903474642" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMHkaNB2LsRUidNXU4151UmEzl6D26HMOCQIAAUOZKdkO_84pDDxntIFGnnYYfSINbY4BRp9G9l656UcgGIAgG2KbjL-MDquBvtXT0hyphenhyphentswsGgfYLCoIULS-BHkUqoptnRP7NYu_Q250w/s320/IMG_3081.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>That is what is inside the transmission pan on my truck. Doesn't look good!</div><div>I'll be turning wrenches the next couple days.</div>Outdrsmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03540807323794572514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709644058074284284.post-1063112743257436672009-06-17T01:03:00.008-04:002009-06-18T08:22:19.914-04:00Nature TherapyToday started out like any other day get up and get ready to do some work. That's not a bad thing I really enjoy what I do. I did my morning ritual of checking email then the weather and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Iwindsurf</span> for the forecast. There was a pretty good chance of wind so I loaded up a couple boards and sails thinking I would finish up @ 3 or 4 and spend the rest of the day sailing.<br /><br /><br />I started working and in between jobs I noticed I had a small hole in the lower radiator hose. Now I haven't had the best of luck lately, it seems Murphy has a real grudge against me. Anyway when I noticed the hole I restarted the truck hoping the pressure and the leak would subside as the coolant did it's job flowing through the system. That worked so I allowed it to cool for a few minutes then popped the cap relieving the pressure and wrapped the hole with one of the best inventions ever <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_tape">Duct tape</a>. There was enough coolant in the system to safely drive it to the auto parts store and buy the supplies I need. Unfortunately I wouldn't be able to make it back home or to the shop so I had to change it in the parking lot of the store.<br /><br />On the way to the store I remember thinking this detour would kill any chance of being able to windsurf. I went in and bought the supplies radiator hose, coolant a drip pan to catch any old coolant from the system ( can't have that coolant just pouring on the ground ). I figured I have to wait for the truck to cool down so I could fix it. Then I remembered I had start pulling the engine out of the race car for tech inspection within 10 minutes of bringing it off the track for a race. I could deal with the hot coolant get this done and go about my business. Well I got the hoses swapped and the truck ready to go in less than 15 minutes. With the hour and a half of downtime I could still get everything done, then spend a couple hours on the water and that just what I did.<br /><br /><br />There was a decision to be made about where to launch and talking to Glenn about <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Buckroe's</span> shore break made my mind up. I showed up a Factory Point around 5:20 several guys were on the water Billy, Dr Bob, Pete T. Javier and Larry. Glenn had arrived fresh from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Buckroe</span> to say hi and Marcy had just left with a most contented look on her face. Billy, Bob and Pete were all on the outside past the sandbar. They were all well powered on the sails they had, every now and again you would see somebody launch a nice jump off the breaking swell.<br /><br /><br />I went to set up my board and I saw that everybody was coming in. I walked back over to chat and see what they were on so I could select the proper rig. They were all dialed in on low to mid 6 meter sails and 100l boards. I figured I could get away with a 5.8 and 100l as I'm lighter than most of them. Once I rigged I headed out solo. The combo was perfect I made a bunch of runs out and back hitting little jumps off the swell breaking on the bar. I'm going to have to get some pointers on jumping it seems when I really try to pop the board and get air I just skim over the top of the ramp. It's when I don't really try that I can usually get a little bit of air. I just don't understand how it is done. It is nothing like trying to jump a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">wakeboard</span>. Though I did get some air on 2 jumps in quick succession. The first one my back foot came out of the strap but I still kept going the second one both feet came out, the board flipped and I came close to landing on my fin.<br /><br /><br />I had to come in for an adjustment on the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">mastbase</span> once to settle the nose down on the speed runs and I had to come in once again to tighten my fin screw. I could actually tell that it was slightly loose because of the way the board was feeling. Other than those two instances I spent 2 1/2 hours on the water. I worked on my jibes at each transition. I'm so close but I keep fumbling the foot switch and or the sail flip. I'm going to do a little dry land simulation to build some muscle memory so my feet land in the right spot when I make the switch. I was also able to figure out how to get some speed out of the board in the flat water and how to surf the swell breaking on the bar. Mind you these weren't even what most would call waves maybe 2 feet but I could feel the acceleration on the face, I could sail out ahead of it and cut back to it. I know it isn't much but I figure it will help me prepare for the real thing.<br /><br /><br />I sailed up until the sun started to set. I didn't have any of the stress left in me from earlier in the day just an nice dull burn from the days work and the windsurf session plus a permanent grin on my face from the fun I just had. One of the crew likened it to an orgasm and I can understand the analogy.<br /><br />It is not often you get a day this good so close to home, usually you have to go to Hatteras for these conditions. ( steady around 20 from SE ) The best part is there might be more on tap for tomorrow.<br /><br /><br />No action photos. But here is the sunset that ended the day. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhfio42WLqBBPrtTRZU1mztZfkojCrCnRg49BubNibkgoiA7VAfKlj4XTTejd1rRZI9kCB-pDDCywvURg02zssED-DRCJuhkD9i3EfsKGoCr3SoukKzmS0d7neQii8fJNjATa1iyyWH1A/s1600-h/IMG_3066.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348182174336982002" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhfio42WLqBBPrtTRZU1mztZfkojCrCnRg49BubNibkgoiA7VAfKlj4XTTejd1rRZI9kCB-pDDCywvURg02zssED-DRCJuhkD9i3EfsKGoCr3SoukKzmS0d7neQii8fJNjATa1iyyWH1A/s320/IMG_3066.JPG" border="0" /></a>Outdrsmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03540807323794572514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709644058074284284.post-56106008545493261842009-06-15T12:55:00.000-04:002009-06-16T00:42:00.758-04:00First Sunday sail of the summer at Mill creek and more....Wow it's been a long time since I have posted anything. It's not like I haven't been sailing it's just that I've been to busy to post. Since I last posted there was a great weekend trip to Billy <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Mckendree's</span> in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Aydlett</span>. A day trip to DR Bob's, a session at Dave <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Kashy's</span> place, a nice high wind day at Factory Point and finally today a nice rare June NE day at Mill Creek.<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><br /><div>Let's go in chronological order starting today. </div><br /><br /><div>6-14... Today was the first Sunday sail of the summer at Mill Creek. The Sunday sail is a planned sailing day sponsored by W.E.T. so the new sailors who have taken the Intro to Windsurfing Class can continue to practice the sport. It is set up so there is at least one instructor and a beginners board there for use by the students. Other Sailors are encouraged to show up and join in, give pointers and if they have extras, loan out gear. It is also helpful for the newbies to see experienced sailors out there doing their thing.<br /><br />The wind was great it started <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">NNE</span> and light, built to @ 18 mph and ever so slowly backed off into the low teens. This allowed the students to get a real taste of what it is all about. I came out to loan out my gear and give pointers. I rigged up a 7.8 for me to use and a 4.0 and 5.8 to loan out. I brought the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Hifly</span> and my new acquisition an old circa 1990<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">ish</span> Fanatic 370 long board. Becky, visiting from Germany for the summer had her sight set on using the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Hifly</span> so I set her up with the 4.0 first then the 5.8. She has some experience sailing in the Canaries so the 4.o was just too small for her. The 5.8 worked much better, I still think she could have used a half meter more.<br /><br />I sailed the 370 and 7.8 combo. I originally had a long board when I started sailing but I sold it to buy the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Hifly</span> because I thought it was limiting my progression. Turns out it was me limiting my progression. The 370 sailed quite nicely. I learned more about sailing a long board in those few hours than I had in the 6 years I owned the previous one. I had it flying across and down wind. Chugging upwind dagger board down and railed up I even tried to coax it through a few planing jibes. If it wasn't for the sail flip I would have nailed them. At the end of the session Bruce counted 5 students 4 instructors and a handful of experienced sailors.<br /><br />Once the windsurf gear was stored Javier, Bruce, Pete, Becky and myself did a little bit of Stand up. Bruce had his <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">RRD</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">longrider</span> and Javier had a Starboard SUP. I was able to ride both. the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">RRD</span> was good but the SUP was smooth and stable. We finally called it a day and headed over to Marker 20 for dinner. Nothing better than ending great day with a cold beer excellent food and good company.</div></div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Remember to click the photos to enlarge.</div><div><div></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqO9Hot1ovSzmB2J1l_SfzwEuC-jZOjDwzv61310DfaffLL3Y9vJeXar53MLF7VkiPwNqfUXBjVz7dzL30imunm2uSVB8Yn-mMRwNsaXn_o63WckdG5SlV3_8x2MD7QD6uU4cvhMGnOz8/s1600-h/IMG_3020.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347733698483643170" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqO9Hot1ovSzmB2J1l_SfzwEuC-jZOjDwzv61310DfaffLL3Y9vJeXar53MLF7VkiPwNqfUXBjVz7dzL30imunm2uSVB8Yn-mMRwNsaXn_o63WckdG5SlV3_8x2MD7QD6uU4cvhMGnOz8/s200/IMG_3020.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYABzsZAdP1AymTrsziqpk28s1O-9sex_mn6NaLeHR4FfxJEIk9PU8Kqq0d0B9Hkmo9GxPhh3NQ94UO4irtGX3Mc26bJodFQbFaod8og_4UbfikF_igqqJ_yGdDLprx3MyDC6ucuDmJvo/s1600-h/IMG_3029.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347741496129508194" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYABzsZAdP1AymTrsziqpk28s1O-9sex_mn6NaLeHR4FfxJEIk9PU8Kqq0d0B9Hkmo9GxPhh3NQ94UO4irtGX3Mc26bJodFQbFaod8og_4UbfikF_igqqJ_yGdDLprx3MyDC6ucuDmJvo/s200/IMG_3029.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">A few shots of the WET <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">hirarchy</span>.</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwJZLBj70qmo72stXU7c6zSfZ8OYZLK0NlYnknmSPHDbo6u3uaOKhyphenhyphenBpL-2URTaSO3X0Fouvzj826-8kaqUvDCdK_SOfM5F4Yj7hd5WLF9Oe8zjfDL7YE8OOIGYjiJ5YNDBtHliWjobxI/s1600-h/IMG_3026.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347735436457962594" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwJZLBj70qmo72stXU7c6zSfZ8OYZLK0NlYnknmSPHDbo6u3uaOKhyphenhyphenBpL-2URTaSO3X0Fouvzj826-8kaqUvDCdK_SOfM5F4Yj7hd5WLF9Oe8zjfDL7YE8OOIGYjiJ5YNDBtHliWjobxI/s200/IMG_3026.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8x_CnhHppw1mZ-eMajdSwxp9yWYRZfGTvaIGwhxAiH3ztZje7aOkHoIRDuY8kNuvWGfSSNwV_YNygXPDgtkaqQXq77EWLeP2qyr3dLwztNwRC8XQAm3qLROCP6TEPsEuG7mJRaqDHOp4/s1600-h/IMG_3024.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347735452576558082" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8x_CnhHppw1mZ-eMajdSwxp9yWYRZfGTvaIGwhxAiH3ztZje7aOkHoIRDuY8kNuvWGfSSNwV_YNygXPDgtkaqQXq77EWLeP2qyr3dLwztNwRC8XQAm3qLROCP6TEPsEuG7mJRaqDHOp4/s200/IMG_3024.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">Are we having fun yet???</span></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7vItwWUAPjtA2QL9Am-xRNKRk4K8MTVeuSYYVlpdlLGnKKqUeL26bE90Gk4cmaYQUGJ98jaI45PlZKy9pj2SFECtieDdgMOAlQCpmP1FsSUe71EeW1I0ds7GyZvaulRIRazBpgw4tCTU/s1600-h/IMG_3021.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347733702574936130" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7vItwWUAPjtA2QL9Am-xRNKRk4K8MTVeuSYYVlpdlLGnKKqUeL26bE90Gk4cmaYQUGJ98jaI45PlZKy9pj2SFECtieDdgMOAlQCpmP1FsSUe71EeW1I0ds7GyZvaulRIRazBpgw4tCTU/s200/IMG_3021.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Javier and Pete making it look easy.</span></div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjFp7-iLjTGJO8_BTHGQm9AnsXESQp5U-Ow1Fa6TDRtxl6XmdxVzyEI5y15C860FdtDYMyVdGWEmHmC86PGq_V2a6j4HYfI5syFusyJbqRIbdciBXY4BjFlkUg60eSLyd9NA2i2DaPtHY/s1600-h/IMG_3040.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347735441777927522" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjFp7-iLjTGJO8_BTHGQm9AnsXESQp5U-Ow1Fa6TDRtxl6XmdxVzyEI5y15C860FdtDYMyVdGWEmHmC86PGq_V2a6j4HYfI5syFusyJbqRIbdciBXY4BjFlkUg60eSLyd9NA2i2DaPtHY/s200/IMG_3040.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div><span style="font-size:85%;">Becky cruising along.</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxMecNxEh611EfimyE1mQXrdJTZtJEvMd-wYQu1RluhQe9FUmb-i2OGP-0ESHZSRX_O3LoshsOPn5gZS1HxiGqv1u60gRPUz9lqhrZcjr8o0wmNu4hCFHZ9MU_b4jvNQ1B9J-8uc-YBZk/s1600-h/IMG_3043.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347735444224511554" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxMecNxEh611EfimyE1mQXrdJTZtJEvMd-wYQu1RluhQe9FUmb-i2OGP-0ESHZSRX_O3LoshsOPn5gZS1HxiGqv1u60gRPUz9lqhrZcjr8o0wmNu4hCFHZ9MU_b4jvNQ1B9J-8uc-YBZk/s200/IMG_3043.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">What's this a rare photo of me!</span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">I don't want any comments on my form</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPbHcXReX6nXWML3jd8BOIg3O0Ix3zrn5oe7uTd2ClONwni-7dxgiFLkwHr2d-Hl5HKt_QI1o_Vhh66ER7yj3-AGlb9uUIksWYLJxRJwdHnwiVrxO57z0o2Ae5uzrre0iPWw3Yp05aPi4/s1600-h/IMG_3046.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347735447116257522" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPbHcXReX6nXWML3jd8BOIg3O0Ix3zrn5oe7uTd2ClONwni-7dxgiFLkwHr2d-Hl5HKt_QI1o_Vhh66ER7yj3-AGlb9uUIksWYLJxRJwdHnwiVrxO57z0o2Ae5uzrre0iPWw3Yp05aPi4/s200/IMG_3046.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><div>5-17... The Factory Point session was a strong north wind day in the 23 to 30mph range. It was supposed to be day 2 of the WET regatta but the high wind and frequent heavy rains canceled the competition. A group of about 9 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">diehards</span> did sail, figured what the heck we were going to get wet anyway. Among those were John Q, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Contos</span>, Jack, Tom B, Chris L, Keith, D-man, there were a couple new faces to me as well. I can't for the life of me remember their names. I rode the Cross 102 and the 85l Fanatic with a 4.6m sail. I got plenty of jibe and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">waterstart</span> practice the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">waterstarts</span> are getting to be fairly easy now especially on the smaller gear and I made 3 or 4 jibes. No photos due to rain.</div><div><br /></div><div>5-9.... The York point session at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Kashy's</span> was a late afternoon power hour session. I was on the 102 and a 5.8 and Dave rode his Formula to start with then then switched to his slalom gear, a 106l and 5.8. No photos. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>5-3... This was a Sunday day trip to Dr Bobs. It was a classic <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Rodanthe</span> type day just a nice steady SW wind that kept building throughout the day. I rigged 5.1 and 4.1. I made a couple runs on 5.1 and 102 liter, it was too much. Come to find out most were on 5.0 even the bigger guys. Bob was the only one on larger. Bob, you can hold down more sail than you think... Anyway, I went to the 4.1 and new to me 85l F2 style. I sailed that combo for about an hour till the wind got even stronger. My hand held anemometer was sustaining 29mph with gusts to upper 30's and lulls in the mid 20's. I decided I wanted to go again before I packed up. Most had pulled out their 3.7 and 4.0's, since I was already sailing my smallest combo I had to ride what I had. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I have sailed wind like this before but not in big water. The terrain is much different and the wind more steady so you really have to be on your game. There was no time to get comfortable and relax. Had to concentrate the whole time. Up wind was fine and I could stay in control. The off the wind runs were scary fast so I avoided it as much as possible. About every third or fourth reach you really didn't have a choice it was either a hair on fire down wind run or a reverse walk of shame. All in all I handled it pretty well got in a few small jumps and didn't hurt myself. Except for some non-skid burn on the shins. It was an incredible day, actually the wind blew like that for a better part of a week. </div><div></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:85%;">Look at everyone enjoying the 20 mph breeze.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">About an hour later all but the best <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">kiters</span> were blown off the water</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_sxu8ALoDRlcYo4Dq_Yzvj_73PYCdYT6_J-EDf3qKfd8y3b2BJJGKZfp6cvke8r5QkcJ-5vBVIxQMAFwBSu99jVrhZDWyuaD_qeQVWsYsdgfsAcV1d1zNPEL6ox_3D-PkCdt6r4OJHnc/s1600-h/IMG_2867.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347731666303277330" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_sxu8ALoDRlcYo4Dq_Yzvj_73PYCdYT6_J-EDf3qKfd8y3b2BJJGKZfp6cvke8r5QkcJ-5vBVIxQMAFwBSu99jVrhZDWyuaD_qeQVWsYsdgfsAcV1d1zNPEL6ox_3D-PkCdt6r4OJHnc/s200/IMG_2867.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyqyLNWlswVAidqkQW1Hp8U-UoZ9pAW8HG9EEQ73OhGqpHqpRCpqwLtrMcP5Jw5FcP4NpRdeIlRQLoSRhz97jCw3Fg9xOuUzLlDinyKpwTHGXW0Iy8iWIqFjl1E_FCeLbA0BsI71Qwo24/s1600-h/IMG_3007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347733691402503218" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyqyLNWlswVAidqkQW1Hp8U-UoZ9pAW8HG9EEQ73OhGqpHqpRCpqwLtrMcP5Jw5FcP4NpRdeIlRQLoSRhz97jCw3Fg9xOuUzLlDinyKpwTHGXW0Iy8iWIqFjl1E_FCeLbA0BsI71Qwo24/s200/IMG_3007.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaHgsMweCjgir30cSEYo22IJH1vkMHHGw54T_TfBTbE8PZOLentrTn9DxoeUqrsemIoQQiCHzrj14xUXPBTirRYO5N-LK6jFBkQTNfOxA4W_i2uMadFRqgtVvE5tfA2tYYwAri7gLR4nw/s1600-h/IMG_2972.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347733685502487586" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaHgsMweCjgir30cSEYo22IJH1vkMHHGw54T_TfBTbE8PZOLentrTn9DxoeUqrsemIoQQiCHzrj14xUXPBTirRYO5N-LK6jFBkQTNfOxA4W_i2uMadFRqgtVvE5tfA2tYYwAri7gLR4nw/s200/IMG_2972.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZm1vxIH5iGIK4tZQ-3Fs4PwfG9ggv2tLAUTwVx6wxz8_zQ1Wd1tyyZLIPqmnb-xf1IoN9bbd6ObyyuTWg-dl5g2gKQ35zXWCByL7bt1bDaQBV_cMwJb24BdW8fS2xkbiUtuNHj6FCvA/s1600-h/IMG_2933.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347731668868132658" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZm1vxIH5iGIK4tZQ-3Fs4PwfG9ggv2tLAUTwVx6wxz8_zQ1Wd1tyyZLIPqmnb-xf1IoN9bbd6ObyyuTWg-dl5g2gKQ35zXWCByL7bt1bDaQBV_cMwJb24BdW8fS2xkbiUtuNHj6FCvA/s200/IMG_2933.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXug7r35obcmv0NC5af0TIUEHab7SLGuRng-tmnTOwI-Tr2XfiAVdrWRxQtgDpEHmZ_H6WXLAnODwszLfuyYdXDuO-MA2MGGA-cjUf7cTOVnH7gDrpDzTr5dg5igb1FgoUHSJ4KCjS7VI/s1600-h/IMG_2946.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347733695636336290" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXug7r35obcmv0NC5af0TIUEHab7SLGuRng-tmnTOwI-Tr2XfiAVdrWRxQtgDpEHmZ_H6WXLAnODwszLfuyYdXDuO-MA2MGGA-cjUf7cTOVnH7gDrpDzTr5dg5igb1FgoUHSJ4KCjS7VI/s200/IMG_2946.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><div>4-25/4-26..... The Weekend trip to Billy's place in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Aydlett</span> was a W.E.T event consisting of Fun races, camping, horse shoes, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Foosball</span>, a board toss, an excellent BBQ dinner and good company.</div></div></div><br /><div></div><div>I arrived late on Saturday afternoon. The crew was out on the water running the fun race that was planned. I rigged up but by the time I finished the wind was all but gone. The social festivities commenced soon after the gear was stowed for the evening. John G, and I got spanked playing horse shoes. Food was ordered from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Currituck</span> BBQ and it was outstanding. The Mosquitoes starting getting pretty bad so the gathering moved inside it garage for more socializing and a game of darts the the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Foosball</span> tourney started. I thought I remembered being able to play a pretty mean game but I looked pitiful against everybody go I relegated myself to the gallery. The final event of the evening was the board toss. It was a heavy unbalanced old board but I held the mark for the longest throw through several rotations till John G. came out and managed to get it about a foot further.After a couple more attempts my shoulder let me know it was time to quit and John went down in the record books as the first <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Aydlett</span> fun race board toss champion. John C, John Q, John G his sister and myself all set up our camping gear and turned in for the evening. </div><br /><br /><div>The sun rising over the sound was a beautiful. We were treated to a pancake sausage and fruit breakfast by our gracious hosts. The wind was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">squirrely</span> and off shore most of the morning but it did finally get to where we could sail big floaty gear. I used my 7.8 sail and I took the opportunity to try out several different boards a Prodigy, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Kona</span> style and a Fanatic Ultra Cat. I spent most of the time of the prodigy and was able to get that thing moving at a pretty good clip I was even able to keep up with Mary on her S Cross. It certainly wasn't easy she is fast! The differences between the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">Kona</span> and the Cat were numerous but each board worked as it was designed the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">Kona</span> is more <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">surfy</span> and sticks to the water till it planes up. The Cat was light and stiff a bit harder to maneuver but much faster. Over all I think the Cat and the Prodigy were better for the conditions that day. John Q rode his formula and was flying all over the place Billy took us out on the boat and we followed behind John for a while and got a sense of just how fast he was moving. The day ended as the wind shifted and fell off. </div><div> </div><div>There wasn't a whole lot of wind but there was enough to make the trip fun. I look forward to the next one. Billy, Mary, Barry, Robin and Steve thanks for the hospitality. </div><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP9G7FmCOduXA4Cy4eMxte-vSvvzWR0RKidhdZ1Jt9hkhC7GI454tLRecHAjCJ_s00uRlaHDnlKT6EO9v6k6nCJN0TifJ2ZQc6SZFySQaCxxdIJR6_UQRX0w-Hyc97_sQs-yrGf9ZyiTE/s1600-h/IMG_2825.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347731652467291170" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP9G7FmCOduXA4Cy4eMxte-vSvvzWR0RKidhdZ1Jt9hkhC7GI454tLRecHAjCJ_s00uRlaHDnlKT6EO9v6k6nCJN0TifJ2ZQc6SZFySQaCxxdIJR6_UQRX0w-Hyc97_sQs-yrGf9ZyiTE/s200/IMG_2825.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj60x8wTPjg_65C3uF9buRvaGFa7ENu8qm7wkReYFGnRxppwpRS8lTfnxeK7ckvVLbnrxH6kuU9P71cSrHCsmXQRZcqdmfL4wIFjbeuwcmxFYsakCOcVZGkACDsLkWHpF3d0v2BsuruSc4/s1600-h/IMG_2836.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347728075110342402" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj60x8wTPjg_65C3uF9buRvaGFa7ENu8qm7wkReYFGnRxppwpRS8lTfnxeK7ckvVLbnrxH6kuU9P71cSrHCsmXQRZcqdmfL4wIFjbeuwcmxFYsakCOcVZGkACDsLkWHpF3d0v2BsuruSc4/s200/IMG_2836.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Hey Billy this is great<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ioL9HLvAtX9d-4KIrFh4Lz5w0u3mDVKMtdK-02zdKXY9FkJuGetZ12D2F-HYB3sjjl_zMsKsVMttaoQompyE2z8qAnssbOQvWhhr-aBKc2ub3X4zqeezWswGgiPTJXuQWn6fe_vRmyM/s1600-h/IMG_2839.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347748427479687762" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ioL9HLvAtX9d-4KIrFh4Lz5w0u3mDVKMtdK-02zdKXY9FkJuGetZ12D2F-HYB3sjjl_zMsKsVMttaoQompyE2z8qAnssbOQvWhhr-aBKc2ub3X4zqeezWswGgiPTJXuQWn6fe_vRmyM/s200/IMG_2839.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEWXvWm8zwbrZjF62DbHi_6Dp3Nc76uIBxgqI8R6R6rz0HPxiYQltoLhi6zqtgt7uYkn3foSwBkUBn9eV1r2_BZFR_fQ-DWVHKss9q6nKIFwvKyd1gcbhcop48pq6qhmpk8HqpWv0Abk0/s1600-h/IMG_2843.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347728061567700754" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEWXvWm8zwbrZjF62DbHi_6Dp3Nc76uIBxgqI8R6R6rz0HPxiYQltoLhi6zqtgt7uYkn3foSwBkUBn9eV1r2_BZFR_fQ-DWVHKss9q6nKIFwvKyd1gcbhcop48pq6qhmpk8HqpWv0Abk0/s200/IMG_2843.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Cheering section</span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghxANiX7tdZwQIizPQVs0B40PXfL_iPLtBObb5o672i3oVeSoP_4OB063d52KSHMYcrJQNOJZsgWszMdrclm-gWBOzWWLIXGr8g2_e8dtysNykpGKhq8wErxYpdApUl789uuOejgW5nhY/s1600-h/IMG_2845.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347728051143304946" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghxANiX7tdZwQIizPQVs0B40PXfL_iPLtBObb5o672i3oVeSoP_4OB063d52KSHMYcrJQNOJZsgWszMdrclm-gWBOzWWLIXGr8g2_e8dtysNykpGKhq8wErxYpdApUl789uuOejgW5nhY/s200/IMG_2845.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><span style="font-size:85%;">Robin giving it her all.</span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhML3ySTV_m4Xp0h6W8etuEYLyXHL7WqAlxi0JxqTuNGS7nZslm3h9im8IC5IUAunAaleaPTEoI_TxbePOXyityM716LJM3L5gtlWmSf7LvEQW_yWaOMMNprBve09hMTIlbXShnubJPmdo/s1600-h/IMG_2846.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347731654246779234" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhML3ySTV_m4Xp0h6W8etuEYLyXHL7WqAlxi0JxqTuNGS7nZslm3h9im8IC5IUAunAaleaPTEoI_TxbePOXyityM716LJM3L5gtlWmSf7LvEQW_yWaOMMNprBve09hMTIlbXShnubJPmdo/s200/IMG_2846.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><span style="font-size:85%;">John accepting his prize</span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDAtEzq-I_1EbI9tKvase3LeczTgB75HZwSjsBOzF3xFwwGvTeGX0WZue5eSPrsafOapvbaJRX1BM3BgD-H9FBv7TTtltvosbZIPu3cc6R1hbEAGmi1uX30rkXIIJh-MKXFCsIbZRLMy0/s1600-h/IMG_2849.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347728047319346530" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDAtEzq-I_1EbI9tKvase3LeczTgB75HZwSjsBOzF3xFwwGvTeGX0WZue5eSPrsafOapvbaJRX1BM3BgD-H9FBv7TTtltvosbZIPu3cc6R1hbEAGmi1uX30rkXIIJh-MKXFCsIbZRLMy0/s200/IMG_2849.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNqaM5Q_wxXJoyPqTxCBQQqp67mHOI5vbKoc-E-SDoLoeIv0Tm9jlWto7C4B-_tuhgqR_EB0vdr9w1fzeFAOUp29lbf03ozGqwRRiFR4yjpzZ9L_01SryEY0Bs4c4MEUQq3izEPCRfW5s/s1600-h/ayd.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347731661649720210" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 66px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNqaM5Q_wxXJoyPqTxCBQQqp67mHOI5vbKoc-E-SDoLoeIv0Tm9jlWto7C4B-_tuhgqR_EB0vdr9w1fzeFAOUp29lbf03ozGqwRRiFR4yjpzZ9L_01SryEY0Bs4c4MEUQq3izEPCRfW5s/s200/ayd.jpg" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Outdrsmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03540807323794572514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709644058074284284.post-10419074825349294372009-04-22T00:32:00.007-04:002009-04-22T01:13:45.323-04:00Green SkiesDave called Tuesday around quitting time to see if I was up for a session. Winds were blowing steady out of the SE 20 to 23 at the closest sensor to his house. I had to beg off due to sinus problems from all the pine pollen I inhaled working last Friday. I did warn him to keep a wary eye to the sky if he ventured out.<br /><br />An hour later my neighborhood was in the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">crosshairs</span> of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">tornadic</span> thunderstorm. Funnel clouds had been spotted, damage was reported, the radar was showing a classic hook echo and Doppler was indicating strong mid level rotation and no sign of weakening. You didn't have to have all that information to know something was up. One look outside and you could tell bad things could happen at any moment. The swirling clouds and green skies were all the indicators you would need. I've heard of the green sky phenomenon but I never actually experienced it until now. It was <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">certainly</span> eerie. We did get a really strong blast of wind and quiet a bit of dime to nickle sized hail. Thankfully we didn't have to go see the wizard.<br /><br />The curious person I am just had to go out and snap some photos and here they are.<br /><div><div><br /><div></div><div>No color enhancement. Too bad they don't do it justice.</div><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xOugfxquONA5C2CQDSRclAWYj2dCeTGfp-475MWIBru6fl7q4u0p7Jt1nB6jd1sUVri8txtOJ9b1vJ1szb55gcy-KpgMp9W5JYZ_71TAfRopgf49VbfxmC2Oc_R8EPamSwJ2ywFUfXI/s1600-h/IMG_2813.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327373518575916194" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xOugfxquONA5C2CQDSRclAWYj2dCeTGfp-475MWIBru6fl7q4u0p7Jt1nB6jd1sUVri8txtOJ9b1vJ1szb55gcy-KpgMp9W5JYZ_71TAfRopgf49VbfxmC2Oc_R8EPamSwJ2ywFUfXI/s400/IMG_2813.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAFJ6Gtwk9jnG594uSlp1OqgR8zUttdbszjoHwzshR_zbEE3bXW-RNtsKfFumTMBz8RWd3MYJcGcAzDMSqH8SaYP3K9NckFwBHfEyT5ngN_Cftzri5xJL22LfrKNTbHvoyV-A_tFGyVik/s1600-h/IMG_2812.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327373513390573938" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAFJ6Gtwk9jnG594uSlp1OqgR8zUttdbszjoHwzshR_zbEE3bXW-RNtsKfFumTMBz8RWd3MYJcGcAzDMSqH8SaYP3K9NckFwBHfEyT5ngN_Cftzri5xJL22LfrKNTbHvoyV-A_tFGyVik/s400/IMG_2812.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>This is a poor shot of what was either a dissipating or forming funnel</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ZSOQzFPouHi4gurJOwfqviyd9-ZE1GCwW9CKIdNd6jt3BwyrMQ9QNcqjZNmsTynHzyXGGSiHoH3ZqGSL5qtDqlJZVfF9s8XMVFwUlwXWW5Fe8RSD5jQrtaw0UKWtA3jgo6Mq27P4R0M/s1600-h/IMG_2814.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327375824574216962" style="WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ZSOQzFPouHi4gurJOwfqviyd9-ZE1GCwW9CKIdNd6jt3BwyrMQ9QNcqjZNmsTynHzyXGGSiHoH3ZqGSL5qtDqlJZVfF9s8XMVFwUlwXWW5Fe8RSD5jQrtaw0UKWtA3jgo6Mq27P4R0M/s400/IMG_2814.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbgjGJTITwlp8bAdSy_wlg1So0Qe9vvPXktN5lkcziYZHuw2ZeX_EAmS3nvJzdqi3ipM5Oeq3Y59N9h_0gOd_biKC2EHy10-nsZKWYhnRxuY94NIJ9UoB6nFJtlF297ApmutResonUdf0/s1600-h/IMG_2814r.jpg"></a></div></div></div>Outdrsmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03540807323794572514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709644058074284284.post-14588548106590999542009-04-15T12:27:00.006-04:002009-05-03T23:34:47.744-04:00Gear for sale....<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">EDIT: Some of this is on ebay now, high bidder gets it.</span></strong><br /><br /><br /><br />I need to sell off some of the extra gear I have so I can help finance a few new or at least new to me items.<br /><p>I wanted to offer them through here first before I post on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Ebay</span> & <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">IWS</span>. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Hopfully</span> someone local or someone passing through on their way to or from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Windfest</span> Hatteras will get themselves a good deal.</p><p>Contact me through <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">ccyne</span>2 at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">hotmail</span> dot com if interested</p><br /><br />Click to enlarge Photos<br /><br />The sails do come with their bags and are in<br />B+ or better condition<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_Why_FZ3gteycOVjX8opGLLLTExFjN0iyV71UkvvmrhCEffd1nsNON5_5eI_jWlj6WCjHAGMTe2EgpsCc60ysyqBnBFtLBgnzql9Y52SyBixw9z293jdTeUfMaXpMFdS4TwsPuM8xeQ/s1600-h/IMG_2801r.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324957264195702402" style="WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_Why_FZ3gteycOVjX8opGLLLTExFjN0iyV71UkvvmrhCEffd1nsNON5_5eI_jWlj6WCjHAGMTe2EgpsCc60ysyqBnBFtLBgnzql9Y52SyBixw9z293jdTeUfMaXpMFdS4TwsPuM8xeQ/s320/IMG_2801r.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />2005 Simmer Style 4.5 $125.00<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIGo6i0eytWTWcVYhCI0KXl2ouiB5zT3kFNEW7oq6dJugWOgs1Z2s_FKMUZ3I8H4DyAltfeo4YS6l6KOgox0oxBe5uc43tYLp-BYbgWTGxnyx5C6qBVDBxi0TE9ArPwfVahBUCIUY8GYY/s1600-h/IMG_2796r.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324957271036392546" style="WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIGo6i0eytWTWcVYhCI0KXl2ouiB5zT3kFNEW7oq6dJugWOgs1Z2s_FKMUZ3I8H4DyAltfeo4YS6l6KOgox0oxBe5uc43tYLp-BYbgWTGxnyx5C6qBVDBxi0TE9ArPwfVahBUCIUY8GYY/s320/IMG_2796r.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />99 Bic <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Saxo</span> 264 Free Wave 85l<br />Stickers are peeling off. No straps (They were junk) I will include the screws and anti twist plates. The board has some checking on the bottom outer layer of skin from the roof rack and a small ding in one rail. No leaks though. Structurally the board is sound.<br />$$ Make a reasonable offer....<br />Ideally the fin should sell with the board but I will sell it <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">separately</span> if there are no takers on the board.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnQd5Mmobl8BIi1FirtT_RasgR3m28GXds0F5MNTigxQP3YZYGsED9WE1WqeyXNCfJ24ByN2loMjjZOiWO9FG9c3hN2WYUmTA5D4idQH7d-MFVChOoH1gM3vcEezYjp9fmdqqnyuAG4wk/s1600-h/IMG_2811r.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324962767941925554" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnQd5Mmobl8BIi1FirtT_RasgR3m28GXds0F5MNTigxQP3YZYGsED9WE1WqeyXNCfJ24ByN2loMjjZOiWO9FG9c3hN2WYUmTA5D4idQH7d-MFVChOoH1gM3vcEezYjp9fmdqqnyuAG4wk/s320/IMG_2811r.JPG" border="0" /></a>Outdrsmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03540807323794572514noreply@blogger.com0