Glad you had fun up there! I sailed outside the gate for awihle, and
it was firing big time! One of the best Crissy sessions I've ever
had... I posted a blog entry about it here:
http://www.teamdawg.org/blog/show/122
still buzzing about it two days later!!
On Apr 7, 11:09=A0am, Dan Weiss <dwus...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Apr 7, 1:50=A0pm, Cliff Frost <cl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I got out Saturday for my 2nd session after missing two seasons. =A0At
C=
rissy
> > Field again, this time I saw some old friends (Royce, Vlad, Kevin Kan
an=
d some
> > others) but only on shore. =A0There must have been at least 50 ws'ers
an=
d a bunch
> > of kites.
>
> > The wind was quite a bit stronger than the week before and too strong
fo=
r my
> > combination of a 5.2 Ezzy and Exocet Cross 117. =A0But I wanted to
visit=
the
> > GG Bridge as that's one of my favorite things.
>
> > So I was way overpowered but made great headway upwind (that was the
poi=
nt after
> > all) and soon there were only about 3 of us out there. =A0Voodoo chop
an=
d birds and
> > that wonderful view of the bridge towering above. =A0Cold water too,
my =
hands were
> > freezing.
>
> > But what I hadn't counted on was how hard the downwind was going to
be! =
=A0
>
> > After two seasons off I found I wasn't quite ready for being massively
o=
verpowered
> > downwind in bay chop.
>
> > So I got schooled for most of the way and did a lot of swimming.
=A0Fran=
kly, I felt
> > lucky I didn't hurt myself being hurled across the boom. =A0Finally I
sa=
t in the water
> > flying the sail and thought about how the situation. =A0Slowly I
remembe=
red things
> > about up- vs down- wind, like body-forward of the mast upwind and body
w=
ay back
> > going down. =A0Then it took almost no time to make it back to Anita
Rock=
exhausted.
>
> > That's the thing about windsurfing. =A0You actually have to think
about =
what you're
> > doing. =A0Or you do if you're me and have no natural coordination...
=A0=
;-)
>
> > Another great day. =A0I love this s****t!
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 -Cliff
>
> Glad you rekindled your enthusiasm for attending school, Cliff ;o)
>
> =A0A few other friends in SF also let me know about the windy weekend!
> Sore bodies, happy minds!
>
> -Dan
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