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Wind Alert
Submitted by http://twitter.com/windvan20 on Wed, 2010-03-10 14:50.
Boundary Bay SE 18(14-21) 2:49 pm
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Wind Alert
Submitted by http://twitter.com/windvan20 on Wed, 2010-03-10 08:10.
Jericho ENE 18(12-23) 8:02 am
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Boundary Bay SE 23(17-28) at
Submitted by alton on Wed, 2010-03-10 07:54.
Boundary Bay SE 23(17-28) at 7:45 am
Where did this come from?
Darn! Got a meeting at 9am.
Where did this come from?
Darn! Got a meeting at 9am.
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Wind Alert
Submitted by http://twitter.com/windvan20 on Wed, 2010-03-10 07:00.
Point Roberts SE 14g21 7:00 am
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Wind Alert
Submitted by http://twitter.com/windvan20 on Wed, 2010-03-10 06:10.
Jericho ENE 14(9-21) 6:01 am
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Wind Alert
Submitted by http://twitter.com/windvan20 on Wed, 2010-03-10 06:00.
Boundary Bay ESE 18(15-23) 5:48 am
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More Wind To Come
Submitted by alton on Tue, 2010-03-09 18:01.
SE Thursday AM (dawn patrol)
S Friday
Big days, small gear ... How orgasmic is that?
S Friday
Big days, small gear ... How orgasmic is that?
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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.
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
"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.
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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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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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
Centennial or Tsawwassen ETA 12:30pm.
Centennial tide too low at 2pm.
P.S. iWindsurf sensors are down
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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
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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Wind Alert
Submitted by http://twitter.com/windvan20 on Mon, 2010-03-08 10:00.
Jericho ENE 16(12-21) 9:51 am
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Wind Alert
Submitted by http://twitter.com/windvan20 on Mon, 2010-03-08 06:50.
Tsawwassen NW25 0640
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