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Reply | Forward Message #22145 of 28507 |
Re: Des Moines Thursday

by the way, as I was crossing 520 bridge this morning around 9:15, I saw
10-12MPH on the water already. It's happenning!

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From: "David R." <darsailon@...>
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Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 9:49 AM
Subject: Re: Des Moines Thursday


> Rick, you may have to re-write that part about "as good as it ever gets
> at Des Moines." I see there is a Small Craft Advisory (!!!) in effect
> for the Sound today. Today, I plan on getting there quite a bit before
> 5:00 p.m., (like noon maybe?) to hopefully find a little better wind
> than I did last night.
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Fri Sep 1, 2006 5:08 pm

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Wow. Hottest day in 4 years. Nice winds, too. Des Moines, since the windline at Saltwater was way too far out. 8.5/FW/70. John E. on 7.5/big slalom. Glenn... 		Rick Martin
segler1@...
Send Email 		Jun 14, 2002
1:30 pm

I shuda went to Des Moines. Started sailing late in the afternoon at Saltwater with the 9.7m/Go170/54cm. Long easy schlog out to the wind line then started...
glenngjr
Offline Send Email 		Jun 14, 2002
7:38 pm

I shuda went to Des Moines. Started sailing late in the afternoon at Saltwater with the 9.7m/Go170/54cm. Long easy schlog out to the wind line then started...
glenngjr
Offline Send Email 		Jun 14, 2002
7:40 pm

I couldn't sail, but I went by Des Moines on the way south. It was sailable today for big FW gear. About 11-13 at 3:30pm. Quite nice, it looked. --Rick...
Rick
segler@...
Send Email 		Jun 27, 2003
1:46 am

Pretty danged nice at Des Moines after work today. Glenn: 11.2/FW/70 Me: 11.0/FW/70 2:20 of planing joy on the Sound. Some sticks and logs and flotsam and ...
Rick
segler@...
Send Email 		Sep 26, 2003
3:43 am

I have a question regarding the board and sail size you used. It just seems odd to me to go up to an 11.2 sail when using only a 70 liter board, or am I not...
hueffed
Offline Send Email 		Sep 26, 2003
11:27 pm

My gear designation of 11.0/FW/70 means 11.0 sail, formula board, 70 cm fin. Sail/board/fin....
Rick
segler@...
Send Email 		Sep 27, 2003
3:46 am

It was perfect 9.7m/FW/70cm sunny conditions from 4pm to 6pm. Planing close to 100% of the time. Several times I was wishing for a few more mph to make the...
Glenn
glenn_us5144
Offline Send Email 		Apr 2, 2004
8:58 am

Sunny warm 5.8/105L conditions at Des Moines this afternoon. A little light on the inside for the first 30 minutes but then the wind turned a little more ...
gmartin1121
Offline Send Email 		Feb 18, 2005
2:12 am

I would have liked to make it 3 days in a row at Des Moines/SWSP but I have a social activity that starts in a few minutes. It looks from the sensor that the...
Glenn
glenn_us5144
Offline Send Email 		Feb 18, 2005
2:59 am

Gary, By way of reference, at about 4:00 I left and had a look at Saltwater. The windline there was indeed closer inshore. --Rick ... light on...
Rick
segler@...
Send Email 		Feb 18, 2005
4:11 am

It was good 9.8m/FW/70cm conditions from 5pm to 8pm. Since the tide was now starting to come back in it was a good day for a round trip up to 3 Tree Point and...
Glenn
glenn_us5144
Offline Send Email 		Jul 15, 2005
8:40 pm

It was filled in pretty good when I got there at 3pm but the wind line slowly moved out as I was rigging and while I was sailing. When I first hit the wind...
Glenn
glenn_us5144
Offline Send Email 		Feb 17, 2006
6:39 pm

Very smooth conditions - would have been perfect for a formula board and race sail. I rigged a 6.8 because when I first got there, it seemed like 6.8 + 104...
bbarry6186@...
bbarry6186
Offline Send Email 		May 5, 2006
2:40 am

Today was about as good as Des Moines ever gets. Wow. I arrived after work at about 3:30. Glenn (9.8/FW/66) was just coming off the water, on his way back to...
Rick
segler@...
Send Email 		Sep 1, 2006
4:49 am

Rick, you may have to re-write that part about "as good as it ever gets at Des Moines." I see there is a Small Craft Advisory (!!!) in effect for the Sound...
David R.
darsailon
Offline Send Email 		Sep 1, 2006
4:52 pm

by the way, as I was crossing 520 bridge this morning around 9:15, I saw 10-12MPH on the water already. It's happenning! ... From: "David R."...
alex z
alexzotov
Offline Send Email 		Sep 1, 2006
5:16 pm

No, I'm sticking with my story. When I can go out with my 9.2/FW/66, cover 31 miles in 2 hours, have filled-in upper-teens wind all the way across and up and...
segler@...
Send Email 		Sep 1, 2006
5:54 pm

Winds on the Des Moines side were 12-15 mph from about 3:30pm until 6:00pm. Over in front of Pt. Robinson the winds were blowing the tops off the whitecaps at...
segler@...
segler999
Offline Send Email 		May 16, 2008
5:11 pm
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