Recent Winds - did you have fun?

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Recent Winds - did you have fun?

Hi,

Did everybody have fun, Sat?  We had quite a crowd at Vann's Tavern on Sat. running around 6.0 give or take a meter.   Smile

How about the turnout at Galts and LLSC?  (Must have been a pretty wild Reggae Regatta).

Randy

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Re: Recent Winds - did you have fun?

I really wasn't intending to go - (third day in a row, 6 sessions in 9 days), but about 4:00 I found myself on I-75 headed to Gault's.  No other sailors, I rigged 5.6 and had a blast.  I was OP at times and it was still cranking when I left.  This has been some kind of crazy June wind.  

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Re: Recent Winds - did you have fun?

Certainly, it is unusual to have such strong winds in June.  We've already had at least 2 days this month when there was enough wind for sub 6.0 sailing.  And several other days when the wind was sufficient for planing with a big sail (say 7-8+). Dirol

It's interesting that we often are suprised by wind in June.  However, looking at the windrose, it looks like June is actually a better month on average than either September  or October, 2 months when it is more expected to find some wind.  (The bad news - July & Aug are pretty weak, by far the worst of the year.)  >:(

Windrose -

http://www.windsurfatlanta.org/weather/windrose.html

Randy

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