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Sunday, April 09, 2006

Weekend Report

Perhaps I got a little too optimistic about the forecast for this weekend. That might explain my disappointment with the sailing. I was eager to get to the beach early yesterday for the predicted swell, predicted sunny skies and strong trades. I got to Kanaha shortly after 11am to see sunny skies and mellow wind. I probably could have done 5.7/90L at that point, but there were no waves yet and I was confident the wind would build. Why rig my 5.7 when it will be 4.7 within an hour, I thought. Mistake. By 12:30 the first of several squalls began their assault on the north shore. In essence, this shut down the wind except for brief periods of 5 - 6.0 ish wind that would last for 20 minutes until the next squall ambled onshore. By 2:00, word was getting out that Kihei was windy and sunny and the full parking lot began to thin out as the hordes began their trek across the island. I held out hope that the skies would clear, the wind would build and the waves would appear. Visions of head-high waves all to myself on my 5.0 played through my head. Alas, it just wasn't going to happen. Turns out, if you wanted to sail sunny and windy conditions, you had to be in Kihei yesterday. I hear it was pretty strong and gusty, 4.2 - 4.5 for guys.

Today on the north shore started off where yesterday ended, light winds, clouds and rain showers on the radar map. By noon, it looked like this was going to be the pattern all day. So, tired of being a slave to the fickle wind, I decided to not even bother with it today. I think that may have been a mistake. I'll have to rely on comments from Norm or Speedy to hear how it was, but the graphs showed some pretty steady 4.5ish wind at Kanaha in the afternoon.

2 Comments:

  • Well, it could be worse. You could be in the Bay Area. We set a record -- I am not making this up -- for the most number of days of rain in March. I put up with that, figuring that April would howl. Ouch, got that wrong as we are getting pummeled by storms and crappy or no wind. And the forecast for the next week? Rain.

    Michael

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 1:34 PM  

  • Hey Michael. I think CA may be getting all the rain that we had here in Hawaii. I'm sure we set a record in March too. Hang in there.

    By Blogger Jeff, at 7:37 AM  

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