Wind Journal for Mike Murphy -- Wednesday September 04, 2002 , 3:00p-6:00p -- See All

105th session in 2002
Sailed at TAMU
Wind from the NE (mph)
        lulls: 19
        average: 22
        gusts: 27
Rated a 7 of 10

Board: 8'11" SEATREND ATV
Sail: 4.7 EZZY SE WAVE
Fin: 11.5" WAVE BLADE
Suit: NONE

SAILED WITH JOHN (5.0). FIRST TIME HERE ON NE WAS INTERESTING. BIG SWELLS BUT WITH CHOP IN BETWEEN MADE IT PRETTY DIFFICULT TO FIND A SMOOTH PATH IN OR OUT. THE TACK WAS PRIMARILY OUT THE 2ND GAP AND TOWARD THE HARBOR BRIDGE AND WE RAN OUT TO ABOUT POENISH AND SWANTNER PARKS SEVERAL TIMES. THE TACK IN WAS THROUGH THE 2ND AND 3RD GAPS AND A FEW UPWIND OF THE ROCKS. THERE WERE SOME MORE WAVE LIKE SWELLS AND WHITEWATER IN CLOSE TO SHORE NORTH OF THE ROCKS WHICH WERE SIMILAR TO SMALL GULF WAVES. FIRST TIME ON 4.7 EZZY SE WAVE, A BIT UNDERPOWERED AT TIMES BUT DID MANAGED TO FIND A PRETTY GOOD GROOVE IN AND OUT, BEARING OFF THE LARGER SWELLS BOTH WAYS, MADE MOST JIBES. DID HIT SOME WEEDS HERE AND THERE BUT NOTHING REQUIRING A WEED FIN. FOR THE AMOUNT OF WIND, IT WAS PRETTY ROUGH GOING, THE SWELLS SEEMED BIGGER AND THE ANGLE MORE DIFFICULT WITH THE NE WIND DIRECTION.


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