Friday 8/28

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ediksail
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Friday 8/28

I'll try to go to Vann's Tavern tomorrow morning.
Ed

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Re: Friday 8/28

I should be there 9:30 or so. You can borrow a 490 if you need it until we get things sorted out. Should be sometime over the weekend.

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Re: Friday 8/28

The forecast doesn't look promising this morning.
I'll go to work.

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Re: Friday 8/28

It blew except for the half hour that Barrett was on the water. Randy and I made the early crew at Vanns.

Barrett's yellow hat (helmet) stopped the wind about 11:30 until he derigged. Oddly enough, the sun came out and kicked the breeze back up. Typically, that's the opposite of what happens.

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No question about it. Someone really killed the wind we he arrived. I was tracking my speed and distance with GPS and managed to produce this chart showing the speeds I racked up during the day. Its pretty conclusive - my speed dropped by almost 40% after minute 72 when the yellow hat guy showed up. He confessed that he had already been to Van Pugh and there was no wind there (or did he kill it?) So then he came along and ruined it for us too. Kind of a bummer - I think the lesson here is its not your board length or sail size that matters so much as who you sail with.....

What happens in a black hole stays in a black hole.

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