WindDoll

It was a lovely day in Berkeley—a rare day I can ride my bike without a jacket, not even a shirt! The wind didn’t last long, so I went swimming!

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Did I want to get in my car and drive to Third to go windsurfing? NO. So what did I get? Trashy wind. Worse than my nightmares! (I shouldn’t say that. I did not have to swim.)

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One bad day and two good days at windsurfing Rod and Gun. One of our crew, Daniel, was way OP’d (over powered) June 5 on the same kit he was using May 21. His mast broke and he needed the Coast Guard to rescue him—this after two hours clinging to a piling as the current [...]

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The wind was looking good, then got majorly funky. Sailing, I could see the heat haze on the water spreading from the Golden Gate past the Headlands and across the Bay. (The heat haze is a thin fog that forms just above the water when it’s a hot day.)

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Funky wind in Berkeley, blowing stink on the peninsula, and looking good at Sherman Island.

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