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TS ERIKA INLAND 40 MILES SOUTH OF BROWNSVILLE BEFORE SUNRISE. HARDLY NOTICEABLE HERE EXCEPT A 20-30 FRESH BREEZE FROM MIDNIGHT TO NOON. MANAGED TO GET STARTED EARLY ENOUGH TO GET A COUPLE OF HOURS OF THE GOOD STUFF.
RAN FROM LAUNCH TO BOAT RAMP CHANNEL MARKER CLOSEST TO THE SPOIL ISLAND. DID CROSS IWC ONCE UPWIND OF THE NORTH CABINS TO DOWNWIND OF THE PINK HOUSEWENT 1/2 WAY TO KING RANCH, IT WAS BETTER TODAY THAN YESTERDAY. HAD SOME GOOD PLANING JIBES AT THE CHANNEL MARKER, A COUPLE OF JUMPS ACROSS THE IWC, AND ON THE INSIDE A PLANING DUCK JIBE AND A FEW FAST TACKS. TODAY AND YESTERDAY ON AN EAST WIND THERE WAS A DEFINITE, CONSISTENT GUST ZONE AND FLAT WATER, BETWEEN THE SPOIL ISLAND JUST OFF THE BEACH AND AT THE CHANNEL MARKER. HAD A SHORT SECOND SESSION WHICH WAS INITIALLY FINE BUT IT STARTED DROPPING TO 15-20 AND BECAME 50/50. COULD HAVE DOUBLED THE BEST SAILING TIME BY HAVING STARTED AT SUNRISE. STILL GOT ENOUGH OF THE BEST WIND TO MAKE IT A VERY WORTHWHILE SESSION.
RIGGED DOWN AND LEFT AND AFTER 4PM IT DROPPED TO 10-15 AND WILL LIKELY STAY AT THAT OR LESS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. ANOTHER HIGH PRESSURE IN GULF, BEST THING IS THE HIGHS HAVE STEERED A HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM AWAY FROM HERE IN THE LAST 30 DAYS.
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