Winds Lighten Up
Trade winds on the Maui's north shore have lightened up significantly over the past 3 days. Friday, Saturday and today brought light, barely sailable conditions on the north shore. Sails bigger the 6m and boards bigger than 100 liters were probably required by most guys to have any hope of planing.
Looks like Kihei was the place to be today, according to the iwindsurf charts. Readings look like they yo-yo'd between the low- to mid-20s to near 30, which in Kihei terms for me, means anywhere from 5.0 to 5.7 most likely. I just couldn't get too excited about driving over to Kihei for the typically gusty winds there. With gas prices here on Maui at $3.52/gallon this week, you start having to question whether the sailing will be worth the price of the trip. With the mileage I get, that's a $12 - $14 admission ticket to sail Kihei.
So far in April we've been pretty lucky with only a couple of non-sailable days. Looks like that may be changing this week. Winds tomorrow and Tuesday are supposed to be about like today then get even lighter for the rest of this week into the weekend.
Looks like Kihei was the place to be today, according to the iwindsurf charts. Readings look like they yo-yo'd between the low- to mid-20s to near 30, which in Kihei terms for me, means anywhere from 5.0 to 5.7 most likely. I just couldn't get too excited about driving over to Kihei for the typically gusty winds there. With gas prices here on Maui at $3.52/gallon this week, you start having to question whether the sailing will be worth the price of the trip. With the mileage I get, that's a $12 - $14 admission ticket to sail Kihei.
So far in April we've been pretty lucky with only a couple of non-sailable days. Looks like that may be changing this week. Winds tomorrow and Tuesday are supposed to be about like today then get even lighter for the rest of this week into the weekend.
posted by Jeff at
4:31 PM
4 Comments:
Jeff, Don't feel bad about the "$12 - $14 admission ticket to sail Kihei". For me in Tacoma, with a Ford F250 Econiline Van, it's a $70 to $100 admission ticket to Swell City!
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Anonymous, at 7:43 AM
Hey Kip! Ouch! Yeah, I've wondered how the Gorge will do this year with gas prices so high. Makes the weekend trips for the Seattle sailors and Canadians a bit tougher. You coming out to Maui to visit again this year?
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Jeff, at 8:00 AM
Nope... I tried. But my daugher is getting married this summer and we're paying out a bunch of $$ for that. I'm bummed. Maui at this time of year is so deeply inside my blood. I'm like a migrating species trapped in a cage. Keep up the posts so I can at least live vicariously (sp). ~Kip
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Anonymous, at 12:22 PM
Hey Kip! Nice to see you're still around. We in Seattle have seen gas shoot up .20 to .30 cents a gallon in just about 10 - 14 days time. It doesn't look to slow down soon, either. Well over $3.00 7 counting. Pretty soon we'll catch up to the islands. :( Hope to see you this summer. Jim Lester
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