It was blowing from the south and forecasted to build…”North Fork here we come!” I thought. I called the Wolf.
“Scott and I are here at Mattituck, and it looks good” he said.
“Mattituck it is,” I replied.
Forty minutes later I arrived at Mattituck (we sail from the parking lot of the Mattituck Yacht Club). There was no sign of the crew. Where’d they go? Why didn’t they call me? Don’t I rate anymore? I called the guys but got no answer. Maybe they went to New Suffolk, I thought, but let’s check Mattituck “Veterans” first (it’s a one minute drive from “Mattituck”).
They were rigging in the parking lot.
“I’m glad I found you,” I said to the Wolf.
“Mattituck is for south-southeast, Mattituck Veterans is for south. You should know better.”
I should have a compass, too, I suppose. Actually I DO have a compass, but more importantly I know that these guys go nuts over 20 degrees of wind direction for a reason, so I rigged the 5.3 and went at it. It started out light (we were on our big boards) then it started to build (switch to midsized boards) and then it popped right up to 4.2-4.5 conditions, and out came the small boards. Some of the arriving guys had to rerig before they ever got out there, but soon enough we had Scott, the Wolf, Bill Barber, Christian, Jeff Schlecter (“the Ice Man”) and John Hulse (kiting) on the water, lapping up the area’s signature starboard ramps.
There was also a pair of guys who appeared to be having a good time sailing out of Mattituck, a few hundred yards down the beach from us. Poor bastards didn’t know better.
(Photo: The Wolf points his mast at True North to prevent us from being fooled by magnetic north. I had hoped he'd bring out his sextant but there were too many clouds. Meanwhile you can find Mattituck, Mattituck Veterans, Mattituck Inlet and loads of other Long Island launches on the Long Island Windsurfing Map. )
“Scott and I are here at Mattituck, and it looks good” he said.
“Mattituck it is,” I replied.
Forty minutes later I arrived at Mattituck (we sail from the parking lot of the Mattituck Yacht Club). There was no sign of the crew. Where’d they go? Why didn’t they call me? Don’t I rate anymore? I called the guys but got no answer. Maybe they went to New Suffolk, I thought, but let’s check Mattituck “Veterans” first (it’s a one minute drive from “Mattituck”).
They were rigging in the parking lot.
“Mattituck is for south-southeast, Mattituck Veterans is for south. You should know better.”
I should have a compass, too, I suppose. Actually I DO have a compass, but more importantly I know that these guys go nuts over 20 degrees of wind direction for a reason, so I rigged the 5.3 and went at it. It started out light (we were on our big boards) then it started to build (switch to midsized boards) and then it popped right up to 4.2-4.5 conditions, and out came the small boards. Some of the arriving guys had to rerig before they ever got out there, but soon enough we had Scott, the Wolf, Bill Barber, Christian, Jeff Schlecter (“the Ice Man”) and John Hulse (kiting) on the water, lapping up the area’s signature starboard ramps.
There was also a pair of guys who appeared to be having a good time sailing out of Mattituck, a few hundred yards down the beach from us. Poor bastards didn’t know better.
(Photo: The Wolf points his mast at True North to prevent us from being fooled by magnetic north. I had hoped he'd bring out his sextant but there were too many clouds. Meanwhile you can find Mattituck, Mattituck Veterans, Mattituck Inlet and loads of other Long Island launches on the Long Island Windsurfing Map. )
Actually, The Wolf has his mast pointed to the ENE......;-)
Posted by: Jon | October 28, 2009 at 08:05 AM
Hey watermen,
is "The Bowl" good at south winds (SSW) on the ocean side ?
I am desperately looking for a good wave spot this Weekend. saturday is suppoed to pick up a bit (5 Bft?)
thx
beechcrafter- an old soulsurfing stormrider
Posted by: Sebastian | October 30, 2009 at 04:07 PM
This side of the pond wind looking very good for Tuesday - so hope to manage a couple of hours before hopping on a plane for a short break in Italy.............if all that happens then I really will have a big smile on my face by the evening!!
Posted by: Bunty | October 30, 2009 at 04:19 PM
go to ditch on sat. winds too onshore for the bowl until it goes more sw.
Posted by: scott kielt | October 31, 2009 at 07:12 AM