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Friday is looking downright mean at this point!
I don't know if I can come out of hibernation yet. What do you guys think:
neoprene toque, 5/3, boots but no gloves, nearly 4 months since my last session
... will I survive?

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Tropical

Submitted by alton on Wed, 2010-03-10 01:24.

Friday is looking tropical as southerly winds hit 10C.
Norvin and I sailed comfortably in 4C to 7C Tuesday in 5/3 with boots, hood and gloves.
You'll survive. Bring some dish washing gloves in case.

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In February I was sailing

Submitted by PeterG on Wed, 2010-03-10 07:18.

In February I was sailing with regular sailing gloves and a helmet and left the hood and mitts in the car.

I guess Thursday is a bust now.

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Happiness is a little itty bitty hand-held sail

Submitted by Tony on Tue, 2010-03-09 20:18.

Um... A lot?

"Happiness is a hand-held sail" - Wayler Windsurfing circa 1980

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Thursday Shrinking

Submitted by alton on Wed, 2010-03-10 01:41.

Looks like Thursday's window of opportunity is "shrinking" into the dawn.
My excitement is going limp.

Maybe 6:30am at the boat launch or Ferry Terminal is the call.

Friday is looking shallow and S-SSW - maybe Ferry Terminal.

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Wind Alert

Submitted by http://twitter.com/windvan20 on Tue, 2010-03-09 12:50.

Jericho ENE 16(13-21) 12:48 pm

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OSR SE20 at BBay. Rigging

Submitted by altoning @ http://twitter.com/windvan on Tue, 2010-03-09 10:10.

OSR SE20 at BBay. Rigging 5.2.

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Good session?

Submitted by JayTurcot on Tue, 2010-03-09 22:50.

How was it in the end Alton?

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Great Session

Submitted by alton on Wed, 2010-03-10 01:09.

Over 2 hours non-stop of planing action on 5.2. Flat water without a weed fin. Left before 2pm when it was getting too shallow at Centennial.

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Wind Alert

Submitted by http://twitter.com/windvan20 on Tue, 2010-03-09 09:50.

Tsawwassen SE22 0940

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Wind Alert

Submitted by http://twitter.com/windvan20 on Tue, 2010-03-09 08:50.

Jericho ENE 15(12-20) 8:41 am

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yay wind...... the end of a

Submitted by brussell on Tue, 2010-03-09 08:46.

yay wind...... the end of a painfully long dry spell.

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Brad

Submitted by alton on Wed, 2010-03-10 01:07.

We didn't see you on Tuesday. Did you launch from White Rock or Centennial? If Centennial, after 2pm at the Boat Launch?

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Wind!

Submitted by Rob D on Tue, 2010-03-09 09:06.

Today's shaping up to be good. See everyone out there. I think thursday is going to really rock.

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Wind Alert

Submitted by http://twitter.com/windvan20 on Tue, 2010-03-09 08:20.

Boundary Bay SE 22(18-26) 8:17 am

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Wind Alert

Submitted by http://twitter.com/windvan20 on Tue, 2010-03-09 07:30.

Point Roberts SE 13g21 7:25 am

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ETA 12:30pm

Submitted by alton on Tue, 2010-03-09 07:41.

Busy this morning.
Centennial or Tsawwassen ETA 12:30pm.
Centennial tide too low at 2pm.

P.S. iWindsurf sensors are down

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brrr

Submitted by Norvin on Tue, 2010-03-09 08:05.

If it keeps blowing I'll probably hit Centennial around 11-11:30. I'm bringing the mittens for sure...

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Wind Alert

Submitted by http://twitter.com/windvan20 on Tue, 2010-03-09 06:20.

Boundary Bay SE 17(12-20) 5:04 am

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Baja wind

Submitted by PeterG on Mon, 2010-03-08 13:56.

to reply to a question I was slow to get to ...

we were down there 3 weeks and the first week was frustrating for me in particular. I was the heaviest guy around and the lightweights got out in the 15-18 we got for 4 days while I slogged or sat on the beach. Apparently this has been a very bad year for El Norte (except for November) since El Nino has been sending system after system to break the normal pattern.

It definitely got better and there were days where I was on 5.4m2 90l board but for the most part I was sailing 6.0 and 6.5 and 115l boared (I'm 103kg). Rhonda's go-to rig was the 5.4 90l and would get down to 4.2 70l on the two or three big days.

La Ventana gets a nice thermal and our best days were pure thermal with little Norte. The Norte kicked in hard the last few days we were there and it was much gustier than the straight thermal. All in all, I was fully powered-up about half of the days we were there. One local heavyweight was saying that he had sailed 2 in 7 days this year whereas he normally sails 5 in 7. Having said that, I looked at charts of Hawaii, Barbados and Cabarete and they all looked worse this year.

Peter

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