We were pretty excited at breakfast. The forecast for days had been that today would be the windiest day of the week. When Temira's forecast came up, it confirmed that it should be not epic, but a very good day - especially later in the day.
After coffee at Dog River and Breakfast at Bette's, and a quick stop at Safeway to pick up something for lunch, everyone except for Ross and Cam headed to the Hatchery to wait for the wind.
Ross and Cam went to White Salmon for a kiting session. Cam went out on his 9m kite and Ross on his 7m kite. They had a good session and came up to show off at the Hatchery - while we sat on the beach waiting - not enough wind to get out.
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| Cam - is afraid to come too close to the camera! |
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| Ross - having a good day! |
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| Ross - Showing Off! |
The wind picked up a bit and a few of the guy's got out. The wind was very gusty, so there was no such thing as the right rig. Harold wins the contest for most time on the water. With his 99l board, he has enough flotation that he doesn't have to worry about sinking when the wind is light, so he just sails slower.....
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| Harold - almost going as fast as the sail boat! |
Most of us sat and waited for the wind to get stronger as predicted. The wind gusts may have gotten a bit stronger, but the lulls didn't get any less. It was a bit of a frustrating day. The Wind would come up, the guys would go out, then the wind would drop again.
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| Brad - sailing a gust! |
Kent and Rene left for the event site to do some foiling.
Late in the day, after watching Blaine, Brad and Gerry get a few good reaches, I went and got my gear out of the van and brought it down to the beach. When I got to the beach, Harold had come off the water because the wind had dropped, and Blaine, Brad and Gerry were standing around in the middle of the river drifting downwind. It didn't look like fun, so I packed up and headed tot the Hatchery to take some photos of Kent foiling. Of course, after I left it picked up a bit. Still not great, and still a lot of standing around, but Brad said they still got quite a few good reaches.
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| Blaine - jibing his new Stubby Board. |
At the event site, Rene had been out on his 6.6 and had a good sail. Kent was out foiling and looking like a pro. He even made two jibes while keeping the board in the air. Wow!
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| Kent - going into a Jibe! |
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| Kent - completing his jibe! |
It was almost 7:00 by the time we left. I heard that most of the guys went to 'Everybody's" in White Salmon for supper. Kent, Rene and I went to 6th street.
Early to bed again. The forecast sounds like we will be sailing tomorrow, but possibly not on Thursday or Friday. Maybe we can get in a bike ride...
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Gerry, Cynthia, Brad, Kent, Harold, Rene, and Blaine
Waiting for Wind! |
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| Big Air Jim! |
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| Harold had a good day! |
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| Blaine was on his 5.7 Revo! |
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| Foil on the beach! |
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