I wasn't even going to sail today...family and friends required that I be elsewhere.
But driving the van I stopped by Bayview Oaks (in North Sea, on the Little Peconic) to say hi to some friends, and when whitecaps appeared and Slo pulled a board out of his garage, I thought "why not?" and rigged the 7.0.
After a few runs I needed to rig down to 6.2.
Three runs on the 6.2 and I knew I needed the 5.5.
Stupidly I had left the 5.5 home, and so rigged a 5.0 thinking "I'll take it out on the big board."
I was on the little board with it soon enough. Overpowered.
The wind just kept coming up. When I left I was pretty sure 4.0 was the call.
(Graphic from iWindsurf: the wind was building fast.)
But driving the van I stopped by Bayview Oaks (in North Sea, on the Little Peconic) to say hi to some friends, and when whitecaps appeared and Slo pulled a board out of his garage, I thought "why not?" and rigged the 7.0.
After a few runs I needed to rig down to 6.2.
Three runs on the 6.2 and I knew I needed the 5.5.
Stupidly I had left the 5.5 home, and so rigged a 5.0 thinking "I'll take it out on the big board."
I was on the little board with it soon enough. Overpowered.
The wind just kept coming up. When I left I was pretty sure 4.0 was the call.
(Graphic from iWindsurf: the wind was building fast.)
Quint & I were out in the afternoon. Best waves I think I've seen in Jamaica Bay - great surfing heading for home!
Figured there must have been some ripping-it-up done by Puffins - of course!
Posted by: bonnie | May 27, 2008 at 01:34 PM
nice day to be at the Fire Island Inlet! 5.xs were the call, which is definitely smaller than avg for there. sweet speed runs just inside the inlet when the day was over too, directly offshore there, in ssw ,and totally powered, sweet!
Posted by: K dog | June 04, 2008 at 10:46 AM