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| ===== a bit airey Sunday ===== | ===== a bit airey Sunday ===== | ||
| **Reivers Dustin** \\ | **Reivers Dustin** \\ | ||
| - | Mar 13 #28796 | + | Mar 13 2021 #28796 |
| - | I'm thinking Noon Sunday. Some goodly air and nice ebb current. rd | + | I'm thinking Noon Sunday. Some goodly air and nice ebb current. rd |
| **Reivers Dustin** \\ | **Reivers Dustin** \\ | ||
| - | Mar 13 #28797 | + | Mar 13 #28797 |
| - | Having second thoughts. Might be too burly. Probably suit up and sit there at MP looking at it. \\ | + | Having second thoughts. Might be too burly. Probably suit up and sit there at MP looking at it.\\ |
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| **Reivers Dustin** \\ | **Reivers Dustin** \\ | ||
| - | Mar 14 #28798 | + | Mar 14 #28798 |
| - | ach. I was hoping it was someone else's turn to 'get it wrong'. Put in at 12:15 and got beat up by wind gusts. Lots of guys were out earlier and had good fun. Now I can see more paddlers out looking at the webcam at 2:30. It was too big for little reivers. | + | ach. I was hoping it was someone else's turn to 'get it wrong'. Put in at 12:15 and got beat up by wind gusts. Lots of guys were out earlier and had good fun. Now I can see more paddlers out looking at the webcam at 2:30. It was too big for little reivers. |
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| **Dennis Mowry** \\ | **Dennis Mowry** \\ | ||
| - | Mar 14 #28799 | + | Mar 14 #28799 |
| Plenty of fun for Eric G3, Hoop & :D'Mow @ 3:00. Still working when we got out. | Plenty of fun for Eric G3, Hoop & :D'Mow @ 3:00. Still working when we got out. | ||
| **David Hooper** \\ | **David Hooper** \\ | ||
| - | Mar 14 #28800 | + | Mar 14 #28800 |
| - | We definitely hit a good window - still lots of great waves 3-4.30, but dropping wind that stayed southerly. Was worried about the west coming in, but it held off. | + | We definitely hit a good window - still lots of great waves 3-4.30, but dropping wind that stayed southerly. Was worried about the west coming in, but it held off. |
| D Hoop | D Hoop | ||
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| **Denise Weeks** | **Denise Weeks** | ||
| - | Mar 14 #28801 | + | Mar 14 #28801 |
| We did a downwind starting at about noon. It was my biggest day, possibly, and not in the fat boat. I wonder if the Bluefin would have been picked up and blown away by the gusts. I did have one spill and a cautious remount, and then I had to argue with that east wind and those pesky gusts about going right so I’d end up on Squalicum beach and not somewhere north of there. Paul stayed to my left, acting as a bumper guard. Even so, I ended up on the far side of the beach where Wilson and Ana came to offer barefoot assistance. Given the slipperiness of the rocks, Wilson decided it would be easier to just paddle over to the parking lot, so he took the Nelo for a spin out through the shore break. In his underwear. But you’ll have to ask him about that. | We did a downwind starting at about noon. It was my biggest day, possibly, and not in the fat boat. I wonder if the Bluefin would have been picked up and blown away by the gusts. I did have one spill and a cautious remount, and then I had to argue with that east wind and those pesky gusts about going right so I’d end up on Squalicum beach and not somewhere north of there. Paul stayed to my left, acting as a bumper guard. Even so, I ended up on the far side of the beach where Wilson and Ana came to offer barefoot assistance. Given the slipperiness of the rocks, Wilson decided it would be easier to just paddle over to the parking lot, so he took the Nelo for a spin out through the shore break. In his underwear. But you’ll have to ask him about that. | ||
| - | Here’s some footage (not of Wilson, unfortunately): https://youtu.be/ypvL4XZiv0U | + | Here’s some footage (not of Wilson, unfortunately): [[https://youtu.be/ypvL4XZiv0U|https://youtu.be/ypvL4XZiv0U]] |
| **SimonB** | **SimonB** | ||
| - | Mar 14 #28802 | + | Mar 14 #28802 |
| - | Fantastic paddling Denise! It certainly wasn’t easy paddling out there in that wind!!! | + | Fantastic paddling Denise! It certainly wasn’t easy paddling out there in that wind!!! |
| **Reivers Dustin** \\ | **Reivers Dustin** \\ | ||
| - | Mar 14 #28803 | + | Mar 14 #28803 |
| - | wow, showing some skillz in that video. I can see the wind stippling the water on some of those waves where the gusts hit. | + | wow, showing some skillz in that video. I can see the wind stippling the water on some of those waves where the gusts hit. |
| - | Quite a few paddlers were coming off the water at MP when I showed up. They were all happy and excited. MW was raving about the wave-lengths. He said just go out from the point about 1/2 way to the red can and get some. I got a Mark W. sighting. He was down to get a vicarious thrill. Josh and Nick (thanks for helping haul my boat down to water) said they made the run from MP up to the tunnel. But when I got to the point no way to go further. Thom P and I did bunny-slope loops and the third time was not fun. Wind was pulling water by 12:30 and keeping upright was challenging. There were sets coming through that were huge. But they were super fast and with the other mixed chop made it so you had to fanatic your way onto the ride. | + | Quite a few paddlers were coming off the water at MP when I showed up. They were all happy and excited. MW was raving about the wave-lengths. He said just go out from the point about 1/2 way to the red can and get some. I got a Mark W. sighting. He was down to get a vicarious thrill. Josh and Nick (thanks for helping haul my boat down to water) said they made the run from MP up to the tunnel. But when I got to the point no way to go further. Thom P and I did bunny-slope loops and the third time was not fun. Wind was pulling water by 12:30 and keeping upright was challenging. There were sets coming through that were huge. But they were super fast and with the other mixed chop made it so you had to fanatic your way onto the ride. |
| - | That video is a clinic. You stay really solid over the center of the boat when it rolls/reacts and that is the zen of paddling. Also I can see that mixed direction stuff when it threatens your rotation and leg drive. But you stay with it and put leg drive in when it passes. It also seems to me to show the strength of that Nelo. My S1-R will weather-vane with some of those waves where the boat does a 90 degree change of direction due to a side wave. Very unsettling. Of course this all might be someone with crafty video editing skill. | + | That video is a clinic. You stay really solid over the center of the boat when it rolls/reacts and that is the zen of paddling. Also I can see that mixed direction stuff when it threatens your rotation and leg drive. But you stay with it and put leg drive in when it passes. It also seems to me to show the strength of that Nelo. My S1-R will weather-vane with some of those waves where the boat does a 90 degree change of direction due to a side wave. Very unsettling. Of course this all might be someone with crafty video editing skill. |
| - | One other thing. For those doing downwinders in conditions. Be cautious to get away from the "lee shore" there just off the boat launch at Larrabee. You do not want to get pushed by the wind and waves into the rocky shoreline around Whiskey Rock. I like to paddle from the boat launch tight near shore as far south as I can. Down near Larrabee park there is a point that gives some shelter and this way I have more room before getting into the wind and fighting my way further off shore. I guess this isn't as important if you have monster power and skill. For me, I look for the extra safety margin. | + | One other thing. For those doing downwinders in conditions. Be cautious to get away from the "lee shore" there just off the boat launch at Larrabee. You do not want to get pushed by the wind and waves into the rocky shoreline around Whiskey Rock. I like to paddle from the boat launch tight near shore as far south as I can. Down near Larrabee park there is a point that gives some shelter and this way I have more room before getting into the wind and fighting my way further off shore. I guess this isn't as important if you have monster power and skill. For me, I look for the extra safety margin. |
| **David Hooper** \\ | **David Hooper** \\ | ||
| - | Mar 14 #28804 | + | Mar 14 #28804 |
| Nice, Denise! Big waves and not easy ones. For me, it's that side chop plus gusts catching my paddle that makes those conditions a bit hectic. | Nice, Denise! Big waves and not easy ones. For me, it's that side chop plus gusts catching my paddle that makes those conditions a bit hectic. | ||
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| **Paul Reavley** | **Paul Reavley** | ||
| - | Mar 15 #28806 \\ | + | Mar 15 #28806\\ |
| Edited Mar 15 | Edited Mar 15 | ||
| Today the stretch from Wildcat to Governor's Pt. was probably the best it has ever been for me. Last Saturday it was a lot like Reiver's description - it was pushing hard to the right toward Whiskey Rock and we should have gone farther out before starting downwind. Today there was some push from the East that just increased during the run to Squalicum. We made our downwind turn at Wildcat farther out than we should have been today.\\ | Today the stretch from Wildcat to Governor's Pt. was probably the best it has ever been for me. Last Saturday it was a lot like Reiver's description - it was pushing hard to the right toward Whiskey Rock and we should have gone farther out before starting downwind. Today there was some push from the East that just increased during the run to Squalicum. We made our downwind turn at Wildcat farther out than we should have been today.\\ | ||
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| - | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeXTn8LibYI|Wildcat March 14, 2014]]\\ | + | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeXTn8LibYI|Wildcat March 14, 2014]] |
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| + | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO5ECQUEI1A|Wildcat Part 2]]\\ | ||
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| One other thing - if you're sitting around not paddling in waves like that it probably is a good idea to keep track of the waves headed your way. | One other thing - if you're sitting around not paddling in waves like that it probably is a good idea to keep track of the waves headed your way. | ||
| **Larry Bussinger** \\ | **Larry Bussinger** \\ | ||
| - | Mar 15 #28807 | + | Mar 15 #28807 |
| Wow, nice waves | Wow, nice waves | ||
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| **John Schwandt** | **John Schwandt** | ||
| - | Mar 15 #28809 | + | Mar 15 #28809 |
| Thanks for posting Paul! I was cheering for you on some of those waves. BTW, I've been meaning to ask what GPS/speedometer you use. It seems really responsive to every paddle stroke. I also like how you are able to post the gauge on your videos.\\ | Thanks for posting Paul! I was cheering for you on some of those waves. BTW, I've been meaning to ask what GPS/speedometer you use. It seems really responsive to every paddle stroke. I also like how you are able to post the gauge on your videos.\\ | ||
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| **beau whitehead** | **beau whitehead** | ||
| - | Mar 15 #28811 | + | Mar 15 #28811 |
| - | Great perspective Paul.... here’s my 1min edit from that stretch about 10am yesterday morning.....\\ | + | Great perspective Paul…. here’s my 1min edit from that stretch about 10am yesterday morning…..\\ |
| It was good all the way to Squalicum Beach. | It was good all the way to Squalicum Beach. | ||
| Cheers! | Cheers! | ||
| - | https://vimeo.com/524076352 | + | [[https://vimeo.com/524076352|https://vimeo.com/524076352]] |
| **Paul Reavley** | **Paul Reavley** | ||
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| Thanks John, | Thanks John, | ||
| - | See [[https://surfski.wiki/gopro_gauges|Comments on Adding GoPro Gauges 11/1/2020]] | + | See [[:gopro_gauges|Comments on Adding GoPro Gauges 11/1/2020]] |
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