WindDoll

The Berkeley Bratz sailed out of Marina Bay, across the “bay” from Point Isabel. When the wind is WSW you sail between the two launches. When the wind is South, Point Isabel is upwind. When the wind is West, Marina Bay is upwind. The graph looks miserable, but the wind was good, especially in the [...]

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I piled my windsurfing kit into Jane’s van and we drove to Sherman Island. We had a great time. It was WARM! My second trip to the Delta this year. Last year I sailed on the river 22 days. Wow!
It was Sunday, so there were a lot of kiters. Some of them are dangerous! [...]

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Conditions for windsurfing in Berkeley were warm yesterday: 61 degrees Fahrenheit (16 Celsius) instead of our usual summer 57 (14). Woohoo!
This is snipped from NOAA area forecast discussion this morning. (NOAA is the U.S. National Weather Service.)
SEVERAL DAYS OF LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS…AND THE RESULTANT LACK OF UPWELLING…HAVE ALLOWED
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES [...]

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The air is so hazy it’s hard to read the water. Some of our gang got in a lot of sailing this week, but, after my tow-in last Thursday, I was suffering from Wind Death Paranoia and was overly cautious—which means I don’t want to sail far from the dock lest I get stuck a [...]

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My car, which hadn’t been driven since I went to Lopez Lake three weeks ago, needed to go for a drive, so I tossed in my gear and zoomed off to The River, also known as Sherman Island. The wind was capricious, but I got in a good two hours. Here’s my tip on wind [...]

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