Maui July 4th: Kanaha Angel
tenA
its been a while since I've written, its been a while since I've
sailed - especially after a couple of less than graceful bay area
sesh's - one "taste of the bay" session had me dragging my defeated
mind/body/gear slowly out of waste deep Coyote bay muck. To help with
the healing process I saved my season opener this year for our July
4th Maui trip. Maui never disappoints, but this year's report reads
waaay to short due to some strange for July weather system. We only
had 3 out of 8 Kanaha sailing days - with one of those days presenting
nasty shorepound, much like the big panhandle storm stuff I've seen in
Florida. After 2 hours of unsuccessful attempts to get thru the inside
gusty shorepound I gave up, defeated and sad. I walked my sail to the
car and as I hung my harness on the tree to dry I thought, you know
maybe this sport just aint' for me, I gave it my best shot but I still
suck. Hmmm. I walked back to the beach to get my board, was watching
the sailors when a woman approached me and started talking. Her name
was Lori, she'd just arrived on the island from MI and was jonesing
bad for Maui's warm waters and Kanaha's "friendly waves" but had to
go pick up a delayed friend at the airport. Her stoke was so strong
that soon she had me forgetting about my bad day, and about all my bad
days last year in SF, she made me forget that I've been sailing 3.5
years now and still can't do this and that, and told me how long it
took her to do this and that, and how the 10 minutes of killer sailing
time you get in a session eventually turns into 20 minutes and then 60
minutes, etc. We laughed about thick ass wetsuits and we bonded over
our failures and successes on the water! Suddenly I was feeling very
good, I was thinking about getting back on the water and sailing- I
could not wait to get back out there again the next day---thanks to my
Kanaha Angel. Happy to say the next day turned out to be perfect-
winds averaging 25 with gusts to 30 mph and I felt great! I downsized
my board size, was nailing my water starts and staying upwind, made it
out to the deep blue water on the outside and worked with my BF on
posture / stance improvements. Thanks to my Kanaha Angel for sharing
the stoke and reminding that we've got a lifetime to learn and the
journey is the fun part!
jmcv...@yahoo.com
Stay on the positive vibe.
Jeff
Alan White
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Nice report. Thanks for sharing it.
Stay on the positive vibe.
Jeff
Jeff,
Sounds like you guys are getting it good this week. Watch out for Jarrett.
Alan
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20 ft. faces with very light wind on the inside. I got there late and
the wind was very off shore direction. I swam my gear out there but
was denied entry too many times and had to give it up. My buddy had
gotten out a few hours earlier and was killing it. Problem was when he
had to come in. He made it after getting thrashed about for a while.
So I went there again today and had a little more wind on the inside
but it was not worth the ding I put in my new fin on the reef going
out.
Tomorrow I'll make the drive to Florence. We are having a contest
there ASAP on a weekend hopefully this weekend. A bunch of us are
throwing down money and self judging so it could be fun. The pot is up
to $400 so far.
Jeff
On Jul 7, 10:19 am, "Alan White" <alannc44~nosp...@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:
> <jmcvan...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:a0f57b31-c818-470d...@d45g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
> Nice report. Thanks for sharing it.
> Stay on the positive vibe.
> Jeff
>
> Jeff,
>
> Sounds like you guys are getting it good this week. Watch out for Jarrett.
>
> Alan
>
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Alan White
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Yep the coast is going ballistic. Yesterday at Retz there were 15 to
20 ft. faces with very light wind on the inside. I got there late and
the wind was very off shore direction. I swam my gear out there but
was denied entry too many times and had to give it up. My buddy had
gotten out a few hours earlier and was killing it. Problem was when he
had to come in. He made it after getting thrashed about for a while.
So I went there again today and had a little more wind on the inside
but it was not worth the ding I put in my new fin on the reef going
out.
Tomorrow I'll make the drive to Florence. We are having a contest
there ASAP on a weekend hopefully this weekend. A bunch of us are
throwing down money and self judging so it could be fun. The pot is up
to $400 so far.
Jeff
Man, that sounds incredible. I see you guys have an out of control forecast
(for me anyway). That contest ought to draw some nice photo-ops. HINT, HINT.
.TODAY...N WIND 30 TO GALES 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 KT. WINDS
LOCALLY LIGHTER NEAR THE COAST. WIND WAVES 10 TO 13 FT. NW SWELL
4 TO 5 FT AT 10 SECONDS...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT AT 10 SECONDS IN
THE AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT...N GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 KT. WIND WAVES
11 TO 14 FT. NW SWELL 2 TO 3 FT AT 10 SECONDS.
.WED...N GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT. WIND WAVES 9 TO 12 FT.
NW SWELL 1 TO 2 FT AT 10 SECONDS.
.WED NIGHT...N GALES 35 KT. WIND WAVES 9 TO 10 FT...BUILDING TO
10 TO 13 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. NW SWELL 1 TO 2 FT.
.THU...N GALES 35 KT. WIND WAVES 9 TO 12 FT. NW SWELL 2 TO 3 FT.
PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING.
.THU NIGHT...N GALES 35 KT. WIND WAVES 10 TO 12 FT. NW SWELL 1 TO
2 FT.
.FRI...N GALES 35 KT. WIND WAVES 12 TO 13 FT. NW SWELL 2 FT.
.SAT...N WIND 30 KT. WIND WAVES 10 TO 11 FT. NW SWELL 2 FT.
On Jul 7, 10:19 am, "Alan White" <alannc44~nosp...@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:
> <jmcvan...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:a0f57b31-c818-470d...@d45g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
> Nice report. Thanks for sharing it.
> Stay on the positive vibe.
> Jeff
>
> Jeff,
>
> Sounds like you guys are getting it good this week. Watch out for Jarrett.
>
> Alan
>
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> news:a0f57b31-c818-470d...@d45g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
Yep Oregon coast is firing.
Wave contest coming soon.
Jeff
> Nice report. Thanks for sharing it.
> Stay on the positive vibe.
> Jeff
>
> Jeff,
>
> Sounds like you guys are getting it good this week. Watch out for Jarrett.
>
> Alan
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Josh S
good days at Newport. The wave was down from yesterday...
headed back into town tonight as it looks like the freestyle frenzy
will be going off tomorrow at the Hatch.
Pics on the blog soon...
tenA
coast surfin fun- would like to see
A
Josh S
I put up a buncha pics on the blog - did you find your way there?
http://uglyjiber.blogspot.com - see you guys in SF soon!