by This is a monthly posting to make all rec.windsurf'ers aware of the files
available by anonymous ftp on bears.ece.ucsb.edu (128.111.56.56) in the
directory /pub/windsurf.
Gorge-info Common questions about sailing the Columbia River Gorge.
Corpus-Christi-info
More useful info from Wilton about sailing and vacationing
in the Corpus Christi TX area.
SF-info Windsurfing shops and launch sites in the San Francisco
wind-numbers Phone numbers for various wind reporting services
throughout the nation compiled from net postings. Please
contribute additions or deletions.
net-weather A FAQ on obtaining weather data over the Internet.
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pictures Subdirectory containing several windsurfing bitmaps in gif
and jpeg formats (crissy.gif is still my favorite).
threads Subdirectory containing interesting threads of
discussion. If you ask a question and get many replies
then most likely it was a good question that others will
want an answer to in the future. Send your digest to
Current threads avaiable :
contacts Contact lens experiences
hatteras Cape Hatteras sailing info
upwind Upwind techniques for shortboards
Please send *anything* you feel should be added to this archive to
I will try to handle e-mail requests from those without ftp access, as
long as the volume is not too high.
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Notes for June:
This post is a little later in the month because of a busy conference
and work schedule (and four days of 20kt+ wind :-).
Recently someone sent me a wind report number for the Boston area.
Unfortunately this was lost, please send it to me again.
The UM-WEATHER (telnet madlab.sprl.umich.edu 3000) online national
weather service report is down until at least June 19.
A quick glance at the ftp log shows that about 1100 files have been
downloaded from bears in the three months that windsurf stuff has been
available here. Here is a quick breakdown on the frequency:
FAQ's --
Gorge-info: 28
SF-info: 35
Corpus-Christi: 5
wind-numbers: 38
Threads --
contacts: 24
upwind: 17
hatteras: 13
Pictures -- (Top three)
crissy.gif: 105
jibe.gif: 93
Slalom1.jpb 55
As you can see the pictures are the most popular files, many folk just
grab them all (there is more than a meg there). If you haven't checked
out Juri's .jpeg pictures then I would encourage you to.
Also interesting (at least to me) is that there have been a number of
international logins including the following internet domains: .no .fr
.se .sg .ie .ca .au .nz .uk. The internet is wonderful.
I'd like to take this opportunity for a short comment on netiquette. If
you are commenting on a previous post please only quote the important
parts. There is little need to include a thirty line post only to make
a two line comment.
I hope you all are spending a lot of time on the water. See you out there!
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Jack Greenbaum | UC Santa Barbara
(805) 893-4461 | Santa Barbara, Ca. 93106, USA
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