Can anyone point me to useful resources (web sites or books for example) that explain weather forecasting for the purposes of forecasting wind? I read a lot of...
... Couldn't agree with ya more, Mike. Problem with the modern twistie top sails is that they don't give you the opportunity to decide for yourself how much...
... Grimmer.. ya young whiper-snaper kid, you!! What's with that younger generation of yours anyhew.... ya don't know how to handle that there RAW power......
It looks like WB is going off again today for some mild 4.7m action in the sunshine. Low tide is at 3pm so grab your gear and go? I have to work today but I...
How does an "auto batten" work? Or is this just a new name for the old RAF batten design that lets the sail go rather flat when you luff? Jeff ... From: Pete...
It is a time tested improvement. Check out the link: http://northwavesails.com/about_us/autobatten.html ... From: Jeff Haley jeff@... Date: Fri, 1 Apr...
Regatteers (is that a real word?), Today's 9:00am Puget Sound forecast: ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY... (always good news for us windjunkies) TONIGHT AND SAT...SW...
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Apr 1, 2005 6:49 pm
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It's just a means (a Kevlar strip from head to toe through the battens) of never having to adjust the battens after that first ride or two. You buy the sail,...
It is more than a kevlar strip. It is a line that feeds up from the foot of the sail around a portion of each batten and then attaches to the top. This removes...
But then, it also does not allow you to fine-tune each batten so that the bottom battens are tighter than the top battens. (Again the automatic transmission...
I'm game for Saturday. Looking forward to any kind of sailing. I'm going to bring a 125 liter freeride and a Prodigy....... John Fernstrom itsnukin@... ...
OK, as often happens they subtracted 5 mph from Saturday's forecast. Today's 3:00pm forecast for the Puget Sound weekend: ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT......
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Apr 2, 2005 12:36 am
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In a message dated 3/30/05 8:40:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, kim.lane@... ... Kim - Should of mentioned that you had your 115 L board when I met you at...
Oops ! Boo Boo My apologies to all for not responding privately. So sorry, Ken In a message dated 4/1/05 5:31:54 PM Pacific Standard Time, KDW0515@... ...
For the first time in two years, my sailing days are even to my surfing days for the year. 11 days surfing and 11 days sailing. With the forecast for this...
Mark, Yeah that was me, and I was indeed givin' ya space on purpose. I needed room to practice my forwards off the lip and then land em on the wave face....
Dontcha think Blake designed the sail around that? It was admittedly a decade ago, but for five years our testers, from dweebs to ranked pros, fought over the...
Yeah . . . "a Kevlar strip from head to toe through the battens". ;-) Mike \m/ ... From: <goiner@...> To: <NW-WINDTALK@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday,...
Hi Mark, I'm new to the area and planning to participate this year, if you have a City League. Having been involved in running races myself, I feel your pain!...
The Mayor, Senator, Congressman & Judge were flying 5.8m-7.2m today! Kept fillin' then fadin' then fillin' then clockin'. What a great day! All smiles, MS/TLT...
Put in a short but sweet session at Magnuson on Friday morning before having to go to work. On the water before 8 a.m. with a downhauled 5.4 and an 82L board...
I live near Idlewood and sailed there 3 or 4 times in the last 20 years. I'm still waiting on a decent session. However for the truly deperate it is likely to...
Well, As expected, it moderated. Blowing SSE7 at Pt. Robinson right now. The bridges are showing 10 and 11. Not bad for big gear, but still iffy. I will be...
Rick
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Apr 2, 2005 5:27 pm
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Sailed on RR last Thursday 3-31 from about 2pm till 4.30ish. Had fun on 4.7 (could have used 5.2) and was wondering why I was the only one out there. Vasko ......
A LOT depends on whether you're chasing synoptic wind (caused by big weather systems, i.e., Highs, Lows, and jet stream) in flat land like Puget Sound, or...
The extreme winds that rip through the Tri-Cities (southeastern Washington ) in the winter and spring stir up not only dust, shingles, and garbage cans, but...
Seven of us showed up at Des Moines to pray for wind. Didn't happen. John rigged big and went out with his Prodigy into the ~5 mph winds. The forecast for...
Rick
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Apr 2, 2005 11:12 pm
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Mark, Thanks for the encouragement and interest. Always happy to see new folks join us! ... IMO, the best chance to get a race off is if everyone brings a...
