I think summer is starting, so lets do something
Wednesday August 11, 2010
I think summer is starting, so lets do something
At around 1 o'clock I texted a few buddy's that the wind was coming up early. This alert lets them start to make arrangements to get to Belmont. When Klaus got off work he came over, had one of his great Thai beers and headed for the beach. When we arrived it was blowing somewhere between 18 and 20 mph because the sand was kicking up.
Klaus walked ahead as I took a few pictures. Radko was getting his windsurfing gear ready as he anticipated Danny arriving at any time, and Mike had pumped up Big Mama. I thought it might be too windy for it but Mike proved me wrong.
As I got to the end of the ramp I noticed that Mitch Lyons was on duty today and he had a buddy there checking out the scene. The American flag also gives you an indication of the strength of the wind. You will also notice the ships we visited two days ago were still there.
Once rigged Klaus said he wanted to do something. He said, "Let's go past the pier and into the bay." Naturally I said "Sure."
We were on a good tack but the wind fell off and we couldn't get past the pier so we were not able to get inside this area of the bay. We went to plan B.
Since there was not very much wind at the pier we decided to go to the back (windward) side of Chaffee Island. We discovered the wind was really good and we also met up with a friend, Todd Case. He was out tooling around on his surf directional board.
When we got to the end of the breakwater I pointed to Klaus to head for the ships again but today the open ocean was a little rougher that it was two days ago. For us is was a little slow going but we got there. Ready to put on a show for the crew members we are sorry to report that there was no one on the railings today. Boo Hoo!! We changed direction and that about when we saw Gabor and a friend coming back from their open ocean jaunt.
When you double click to make the picture bigger you might be able to notice that there were two ships in the shot. Actually today there were quite a few ships out there maybe seven.
After we started heading toward the breakwater we noticed Gabor and friend had come down the back of the breakwater and joined us. We all then headed for White Island, again hoping to kite deep into the bay and approach Grissom Island. We got close but again the wind was very weak and we didn't want to drop our kites and do another self rescue thing. After that we played in the bay and eventually headed back to the beach. Gabor (the red arrow) headed back to Seal and we all had a great time. Another little adventure with Klaus.
I think summer is starting, so lets do something
At around 1 o'clock I texted a few buddy's that the wind was coming up early. This alert lets them start to make arrangements to get to Belmont. When Klaus got off work he came over, had one of his great Thai beers and headed for the beach. When we arrived it was blowing somewhere between 18 and 20 mph because the sand was kicking up.
Klaus walked ahead as I took a few pictures. Radko was getting his windsurfing gear ready as he anticipated Danny arriving at any time, and Mike had pumped up Big Mama. I thought it might be too windy for it but Mike proved me wrong.
As I got to the end of the ramp I noticed that Mitch Lyons was on duty today and he had a buddy there checking out the scene. The American flag also gives you an indication of the strength of the wind. You will also notice the ships we visited two days ago were still there.
Once rigged Klaus said he wanted to do something. He said, "Let's go past the pier and into the bay." Naturally I said "Sure."
We were on a good tack but the wind fell off and we couldn't get past the pier so we were not able to get inside this area of the bay. We went to plan B.
Since there was not very much wind at the pier we decided to go to the back (windward) side of Chaffee Island. We discovered the wind was really good and we also met up with a friend, Todd Case. He was out tooling around on his surf directional board.
When we got to the end of the breakwater I pointed to Klaus to head for the ships again but today the open ocean was a little rougher that it was two days ago. For us is was a little slow going but we got there. Ready to put on a show for the crew members we are sorry to report that there was no one on the railings today. Boo Hoo!! We changed direction and that about when we saw Gabor and a friend coming back from their open ocean jaunt.
When you double click to make the picture bigger you might be able to notice that there were two ships in the shot. Actually today there were quite a few ships out there maybe seven.
After we started heading toward the breakwater we noticed Gabor and friend had come down the back of the breakwater and joined us. We all then headed for White Island, again hoping to kite deep into the bay and approach Grissom Island. We got close but again the wind was very weak and we didn't want to drop our kites and do another self rescue thing. After that we played in the bay and eventually headed back to the beach. Gabor (the red arrow) headed back to Seal and we all had a great time. Another little adventure with Klaus.
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