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Post by Windydoug on Mar 28, 2010 11:18:04 GMT -5
Hey all,
The responsible thing for me today, as it is blowing in the upper 20's straight South on Canandaigua is to.....stay home and watch the wind graph get warmed up for the season. It is a tough yet easy, "responsible thing" to do since my wife is due with our second child in two days. I am spending this re familiarizing myself with all the wind meters....remembering how to triangulate the forecasts and hit it right on the head (40% of the time).
I've scanned the weather bug camera on Canandaigua/daigua/the club but haven't seen a sail or kite yet, but I'm sure you guys are out.
The other cool thing I found is that on Iwind/Ikite, the Rochester meter is now correctly labeled as The Greater Rochester Airport, AND it updates frequently during the hour. This is great for deciding on Long Pond.
As for Seneca, I hear the Kel still checks in on this forum even though he has moved to Syracuse. He's our guy for fixing the Seneca meter issues.
Stay in touch, take care, be good to each other, see ya soon.
Doug
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Post by gwind on Mar 29, 2010 11:41:23 GMT -5
That's some impressive maturity Doug and the new baby stuff is pretty exciting too! I'm glad to know that I wasn't alone in doing the right thing and not trying out what looked like a rare steady Spring wind on Canandaigua. I kept telling myself "there will be more and warmer too."
If someone sees it coming please post here or call in to the Hotline.
See ya out there soon!
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Post by Buoy on Mar 29, 2010 12:25:10 GMT -5
Thank goodness I outgrew that maturity thing years ago. Greg and I went out to Seneca yesterday because "the winds are so much cleaner there." The first thing to report is that when you head out the first time in the spring you might want to double check "all" of your packed equipment before driving all the way to Seneca, rigging your sail and board, putting on the drysuit and booties, only to realize your harness is still back in Bushnells Basin. (hint, I do not live in Bushnells Basin)
I did get to meet Pat from Sodus who was out killing it on his 12 meter kite wondering where the heck everyone was.
I sailed 5.5 for an hour and then a few rides on the 6.5 while Greg sailed his 5.4 and was way out in the middle of the lake jibing one after another.
I can report that not only was the air cold but the water was cold as well and the winds were as gusty as I have ever seen on Seneca. Perhaps the club was the call yesterday especially with the waist deep water for the few of us who actually take the time to test the water.
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Post by flashpipe on Mar 31, 2010 19:59:22 GMT -5
Glad to see that not everyone was being as "responsible" as the rest of us. I stayed in with the family as well. I did manage to make it out yesterday to inflate all the kites in my quiver, hook them back up, inspect the lines, fly each one a little to make sure everything is ready for the temperatures to warm up!! Planning a trip to OBX at the end of May, which I'm looking forward to. Planning to take a lesson from one of the shops down there. Anyone have a suggestion?? I was looking at Real. I'll probably only get out for one lesson, but will be doing lots of playing. Will be interesting to learn what I've been doing wrong so far. Patience, patience...  |
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Post by flashpipe on Mar 31, 2010 20:38:13 GMT -5
...and even better, my wife wants to try kiting this season!! |
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Post by Windydoug on Apr 2, 2010 15:03:49 GMT -5
Thanks for the reports on the insane and more sane kite and sail holders out there. Erica Claire Willard arrivedat 8:04 on Tuesday morning. She and my son may one day be my ticket back out to the Gorge for a family vacation with "Hey Buddy" Joe (Herbert). My son calls him that because "Hey Buddy" is Joe's standard greeting when visiting the house. It appears that my daughter may be a windsports kid one day...how do I know?  She gives a shaka (hangloose) when feeding. Seriously. I've forgotten my harness before too. I was bailed out by Windkid who loaned me a Type T that I liked mre than my Thermoform. Ontario Buoy Ken commented to me that Pat was grabbing more air than most of the big guns on Erie. Must be something in the water up in Sodus. After not being online in a while it was nice to be able to catch up thanks to all of your posts here on the forum. See ya out there......sometime. WD |
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She gives a shaka (hangloose) when feeding. Seriously.