WindDoll

Heidi, Raul, and Meredith are driving to San Carlos Baja Norte to wave sail. It takes a lot of prep because there is nothing there, not even fresh water, just an informal camp ground on the point. Hope they have fun!

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Isabella always says that iWindsurf over reports the lulls, that a lull of 12, say, is really more like 9. Here is proof! The detail graph shows the major lull that made me think It’s Over! I could have—should have—stayed out a little longer.

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The best thing about windsurfing in Berkeley is that you can rig anything you want! You’d think I’d have been underpowered on the 11th with the 5.1, but that Hansen sail has a great bottom end! It takes me upwind even on the wavy FSW board.
How powered you feel depends a lot on how windy [...]

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A week of funky schizophrenic windsurfing wind. It’s hot and you had to be there to get any, which underscores my number one rule for windsurfing: ALWAYS GO!

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Windsurfers beware: iWindsurf moderates the readings. Here’s the official version—the one that was transmitted, that is put out real-time on the web—and the uncensored version that you get to see in retrospect, after midnight. From the uncensored version, you can see why I was blown off the water! I sailed across the river (away from [...]

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