Windsurfing in Atlanta?
GeorgeUSA39
sailing around there?
rath...@gmail.com
makes it sound like it's pretty windy. He was probably around 200lbs.
and his biggest sail something like a 6.5. Although he didn't say how
often he gets to sail.
I can give you his contact info if you want.
ran...@aol.com
Check out www.windsurfatlanta.org
We sail at Lake Lanier and Lake Allatoona. This is not a windy place,
but we have our moments.
Randy
GeorgeUSA39
speedy
flexable schedule (I mean being self-employed and can drop work at a moments
notice), you may get 20 short boardable days a year (7.0 and smaller). Half
of those are days will be in temps below 55 degrees. You can definitely
increase time with Formula gear -- the problem though is that winds are
rarely steady. So on light wind days it might be lulls of 4-5 mph for 10
minutes withs gusts to 12 for another 10 mintues. Its not like going to
beach with a steady 8-10kts where you could actually be planing most of the
time with the big gear. It truely is a terrible place for windsurfing!
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kev
The Dog
> hmmm, maybe the guy on the HIHO was lying :-(
Maybe he's just a golfer... Golfers always think it's too windy.
Dog
The Dog
> I have a job lead in Atlanta, does anybody know if there is any decent
> sailing around there?
I sell some big sails into Atlanta - never small ones. And the locals
who've gone to Atlanta have either come back or just bitch about the
lack of wind. Even my non-sailing sister who lives there says I'd hate
it.
Atlanta = great golfing, lousing windsurfing
Dog
Mike
> I have a job lead in Atlanta, does anybody know if there is any decent
> sailing around there?
>
We live in the Atlanta area but don't even bother trying to windsurf
here. About the only good wind is in the winter when the water and air
is cold. Both local lakes have hills around the edges and the wind that
does appear is poor and inconsistent/gusty. In the summer, if there is
some wind, there are also a bunch of boats around..
On the other hand, it does give us a good excuse to make more visits to
places like Aruba and Bonair ;-)
kurt
I'd be getting out of HotLanta & hammering down the highway to the
panhandle; somewhere around St. George's Island, maybe Dog Island if I
wanted to get offshore.
I've always had some good sailing in the panhandle in winter & spring;
everyone I've met down there always seems to be from Atlanta, so it
can't be too far.....
ran...@aol.com
shortboard last year and am sailing a lot more than that this year. If
a little cold air and water is enough to keep you from sailing, then
your a wimpsurfer, not a windsurfer.
dude
You must have an extremely flexable schedule. Anyone with a normal job
would be extremely lucky to sail 20 days a year there. Heck, I think 10
days would be optimistic. It is not a windy place at all. You might get
handul of sub 6.0 days a year, but the odds are it won't be on a weekend.
I would in no way whatsoever recommend Atlanta to any windsurfer.
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Mike
I grew up on the Florida gulf coast. Any water temperature less than
75 (F) is just too cold for me.. and I hate wetsuits...
Yeah, I'm a wimpsurfer....
Mike
Jerry McEwen
On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:56:02 -0400, "speedy" <sp...@junk.com> wrote:
>Atlanta is the place where the wind comes die. If you have an extremely
>flexable schedule (I mean being self-employed and can drop work at a moments
>notice), you may get 20 short boardable days a year (7.0 and smaller). Half
>of those are days will be in temps below 55 degrees. You can definitely
>increase time with Formula gear -- the problem though is that winds are
>rarely steady. So on light wind days it might be lulls of 4-5 mph for 10
>minutes withs gusts to 12 for another 10 mintues. Its not like going to
>beach with a steady 8-10kts where you could actually be planing most of the
>time with the big gear. It truely is a terrible place for windsurfing!
I haven't sailed much in Atlanta, but have known some fine sailors who
live there. Randy came up and sailed with me one day and had even
better lightwind gear than I do, was probably 10 lbs.lighter than me,
and just plain outsailed me. It was a blast!
Our club in Nashville had 250+ members in the early nineties, but we
could never get racing to the same level as did Atlanta. They have
about the same winds as Nashville, but always had a core group of
serious racers who kicked butt.
If your idea of a shortboardable day is 7.0 and smaller, I hope you
are not over 120 lbs. because that will certainly limit your TOW.
Your description of Atlanta's light wind days is also an accurate
description of *some* of Nashville's light wind days and those are the
days I don't sail. On the light days I sail, it might be 6-8 in the
holes, average winds 10-16, gusts to 20-ish. I can rig 10.5 and plane
most of the time or rig 7.5 and maximize fun in the gusts.
Is Atlanta truely is a terrible place for windsurfing? I would say
that depends on how spoiled you are (no offense, we are talking about
wind), but don't discount that Atlanta has a darned good club, some
serious racers, an annual learn to windsurf thing and a couple of
shops. There are much worse places to be.
Zephyr
GeorgeUSA39 wrote:
> I have a job lead in Atlanta, does anybody know if there is any decent
> sailing around there?
I lived in Nashville for a while and the weather is similar, The only
time the sailing was dependable was when a hurricane kicked thru, so,
thats maybe 4-5 days a year.
other than that it was total hit or miss. Winter was definitly the
most windy, but then water was cold, - no ice though! - I sailed a
10.5 90% of the time, Sometimes I managed to use my 7.5 and on only 1
occasion in 1.5 years did I ever use a 6.5.
- katrina -
others have posted the link to the local group, and there are other
sailers around, but I think most head to the east - hilton head - or
south to FL
Good luck!
Dave
oh,
I think this is linked to in the groups page, but, its a pretty active
local swap / used site
Jerry McEwen
wrote:
>I lived in Nashville for a while and the weather is similar, The only
>time the sailing was dependable was when a hurricane kicked thru, so,
>thats maybe 4-5 days a year.
>other than that it was total hit or miss. Winter was definitly the
>most windy, but then water was cold, - no ice though! - I sailed a
>10.5 90% of the time, Sometimes I managed to use my 7.5 and on only 1
>occasion in 1.5 years did I ever use a 6.5.
> - katrina -
OTOH, I've used 5.5 twice this year and wore a 3/2 only once; the rest
of the time I've been in swim trunks.
Weather in Nashville has changed a lot since the late 80's / early
90's, when you could sail 5.5 15 to 20 days in the middle of summer.
Things really dropped off in the late 90's, but it seems to me that
weather is becoming more like it was in the good old days. Isn't
everyone seeing more wind now that they did 5 years ago?
Alan
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>
> Weather in Nashville has changed a lot since the late 80's / early
> 90's, when you could sail 5.5 15 to 20 days in the middle of summer.
> Things really dropped off in the late 90's, but it seems to me that
> weather is becoming more like it was in the good old days. Isn't
> everyone seeing more wind now that they did 5 years ago?
Certainly not over here in Charlotte, nor the coast.
Alan
chris...@joimail.com
chris...@joimail.com
validity, but I'll share my perspective and experience. Atlanta is not
an especially windy place, but neither are most of the places where
people live in this country, including Florida, although coastal areas
tend to have better wind "quality" particularly in sea breezes. If you
don't have a very flexible work schedule, you're likely to experience
some frustration in this sport regardless of where you live. I've
sailed Atlanta for 21 years, and I average 60-80 sessions a year,
including 10 or 15 longboards sessions in our light summer winds. My
big sail is a 7.0 but I rarely use it outside of summer. I am 170#, my
two short boards are both about 100L and the main sail I use is a 5.8.
It's not for eveyone, but I really enjoy it.
Smokefree Jerry
<alannc44@{nospam}ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>Certainly not over here in Charlotte, nor the coast.
>
>Alan
Well that sucks. :(
mr.windsurfer
mr.windsurfer
yea there no good windsurfing in atlanta .....stay away!
tenA
whitewater canoeing -theres some of the prettiest whitewater streams
and rivers in the country within 1.5-4 hours of atlanta - but iyou
might want to look for ljob eads in SF if you wanna sail :-)