Last Friday set up big from the east, and The Wolf was at Ponquogue with CD while the rest of us were loading up to try and catch some pre-weekend wind. By the time I got there Ponquogue was done, and the guys were all moving to the Bowl, where it was full-on 4.0 sailing with big wind on the outside. Scott, Bill, Jeff and Jon Ford had joined the crew.
After awhile it died, though, and everyone was packing up and ready to go home when a phone rang. East Landing was nuking! Some of us who had not been satisfied by their Bowl session (ie me...couldn't get comfortable) couldn't wait to get a second chance. The Wolf had already had his second sesh, was "totally spent" but he was going to drive over just to look. When we got to East Landing it was honking. Bill suggested that the gusts were hitting 35. I expressed my doubt of 35, launched on a 4.0, and was summarily flattened by a 35 knot gust.
The Wolf sailed, of course. "My first three location day!" he said.
(Photo of The Bowl by Jeff.)
Nice. We hit it good at Heckscher on Friday. 3.7 and even a little too much for that at some points. Today we saild East Landing or at least tried to sail East Landing. We were getting a reading of 49.5 on the wind meter at one point where everyone got blown off the water. For the first time ever, I was sailing in the pond by East Landing. Boy that little pond can get crowded when there are a few other people sailing in there with you. I should also mention I was still overpowered on my 3.7 in the pond.
Posted by: mike burns | May 12, 2008 at 07:07 PM