S.F. bay area new wind report

S.F. bay area new wind report

Post by Bill Geising » Thu, 29 Jul 1993 19:13:31


It isn"t pink car Bob and it doesn"t compare to Bingen Bart but

Local Bay Area television station KTVU 2 has just started a morning
windsurf report aired between 7am and 8am monday through friday.
It gives anticipated wind speeds for Larkspur, Crissy, Candlestick,
Berkely, and Mountain View.

This should take some of the guess work out of the bay area for you
transient locals during the summer!

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S.F. bay area new wind report

Post by Kirk Lindstr » Fri, 06 Aug 1993 02:59:23

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>>Well, if Channel 2's Leslie Griffith were to read the daily windsurfing
>report, I would have no problem getting up at 7AM every day to watch
>the news.

In order to get to a sailing site and on the water by 4PM, I GET to work at
7AM.....Different strokes...

Quote:
>Obligatory Windsurfing Report:  Stupid question, but was there record
>heat in the South Bay as there was in San Francisco and Marin?  There

Yes, 105 at the SJ Airport.  High 90's in my back yard in Sunnyvale.

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>was actually enough wind to sail at Crissy on Saturday and Sunday.
>Saturday was filled in everywhere and I was powered on a 6.0 on my 9'-1".
>Sunday was very light on shore but solid 5.0 once you hit the wind.

I sailed my 6.1/9'3" Friday, Sat and Sunday at Coyote.  Wind was good
Sat and Sunday from 4 to 6PM with lighter people having fun well past
7PM.  Friday, I sailed up to Oyster Pt and it was blowing 5.1 below
Tigers between 5 and 6PM (sailed from 3 to 6:30 PM).

Quote:
>I was able to sail past 7PM both days which was nice because it was 95
>degrees at 8PM when I got back to San Rafael.  I saw Chip Wasson surf

Same in Sunnyvale.  Shortie was comfortable even in the Channel.  I bet ya
needed a full 4/3 at Crissy.....8-)

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>the wake of one of the boats from the Red & White Fleet halfway to Alcatraz.
>He was headed dead downwind of course and looked kind of awkward, but
>it must have been fun.  The worst part of all this hot weather is
>the people that head to Crissy Field in what they think are attractive
>bathing suits.  Some guy was wearing what looked like a lace-up leather
>jock strap.  I think I am scarred for life.

At Coyote we got loads of people that will have interesting "***crack"
stories to tell their kids.  Seems a large portion of the population
now runs around in "shorts" that are a bit shorter than "floods".  The fashion
trick is to see just how low one can wear their "shorts" and not get a
ticket (you get a ticket at Coyote if ya expose yer privates while
changing out of a wetsuit).  Seems that a tatoo is also highly desirable.
Does the music go "boom, boom, thump at Crissy on a sunny day?  8-)

Kirk out

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>-Jonathan "Going to Hawaii for 11 days in August" Hue
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S.F. bay area new wind report

Post by Ken Berg » Sun, 08 Aug 1993 00:22:28

Quote:

>ticket (you get a ticket at Coyote if ya expose yer privates while
>changing out of a wetsuit).  Seems that a tatoo is also highly desirable.

Bummer.  That takes all the fun out of changing. [8!  How much is
the fine?

Appropriate obGorge:   Sign outside of Sailboard Warehouse's new shop
                            NO SHOES
                            NO SHIRT
                            NO SHORTS
                            NO PROBLEM!

 
 
 

S.F. bay area new wind report

Post by Ken Poult » Sun, 29 Aug 1993 16:17:36

Quote:
> Local Bay Area television station KTVU 2 has just started a morning
> windsurf report aired between 7am and 8am monday through friday.
> It gives anticipated wind speeds for Larkspur, Crissy, Candlestick,
> Berkely, and Mountain View.

Has anyone been watching this?

Ken Poulton

"The most dangerous thing ... is to be ... without wind."
                                        -- Tristan Jones