Ross,
Why aren't you there? Seems the International competition would be of great help. The 23 entrants are still top shelf.
However, having sailed there, I will tell you it is a very pricey place.
mark
Fred: I'm still in favor of a TX Mids on South Padre Island or similar locale during spring break!
Seems most venues suffer from this problem whenever they hold a regatta.
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I think I misread this... shouldn't it say:
Seems most venues east of the Sierra Nevada/Cascades suffer from this problem whenever they hold a regatta.?
Almost. I have drifted in Seattle, The Gorge, Los Angeles and the air movement they call wind in San Diego would not be enough to be called a draft in some Yankee's house by a frail old grandmother.
When our water is 54 degrees like it is today...and four degrees warmer than "the Bay" ever gets....
I prefer 80 degree water
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Not true! Yes, the water is cold right now, around 52 F. But in the Summer it warms right up and can get as high as 58 F! Even the Southern Californians sail withtout spray tops in these balmy conditions... or hats...
Last summer in SF was the coldest winter I ever spent, as they say.
Hmm...maybe you don't have inevitable multiple capsizes, since you don't know what a windshift is on that bay.
Yet another urban legend... For example, just yesterday the wind was blowing out of the southwest while one of those pesky winter weather fronts approached. Today the wind is out of the west. So, we do have wind shifts!
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Way to imbed that refocus on the topic.
So who is going??