FYI-Forecast for Sunday is now SW 15-20 G 30. Note: SW winds and forecasts can be flukey. However, as I have other plans, it will probably blow. For the Allatoona crowd, Old 41 and Sweet Water are closed, so I'm not sure were I'd go for SW anyway (Lanier?).
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Bill Herderich
thanks for the update windlord, I was throwing the towel
... where in Lanier for south west wind?
anybody going tomorrow?
Ray
Vann's Tavern or Old Federal are two possibilities. In my 13 years in Georgia, I've yet to see a decent South wind event on Lake Lanier. But, maybe this time will be different.
... Chuck.
Vann's Tavern or Old Federal are two possibilities. In my 13 years in Georgia, I've yet to see a decent South wind event on Lake Lanier. But, maybe this time will be different.
... Chuck.
I'm in, but where? If SW without too much South, Van Pugh or Old Fed? Straight South is tough, Vanns Tavern? I dont know, but I'm in.
Gene
Gene Mathis
SW "Places to Sail" under the "Knowledge" Link (left side of page):
VP South
Sunrise Cove
Two Mile Creek
Bill Herderich
IT's starting to blow some. Ray is already at VAN PUGhH, says there is not much wind shadow (and not much wind yet.) Marcel is heading to VAN PUGH. So, my plans are to head to VAN PUGH, but if it goes way south, I'll decide what to do then.
Gene
Gene Mathis
Victoria might work for S-SW at Allatoona.
Bill Herderich
Juliette...perfect on SW.
Hit 20.4 mph on the new/used hobie today. :shock:
Jon was on a 8.4 planing most of the time on one of those sailboard thingies.
Really nice day.
Alan
Yea Mr. Downhaul, are sure you didn't mean you hit 189 mph on your little itsy bitsy hobie catty thing.
A little birdie has told me that you can sail circles around me and Chris V. Yea and Gene also said that you claimed to him you could roost us like nobodys business.
What have you to say about these rumors.
For now I will just call you the Slow-man sailer from down south.
PeelSkid
Yeah that same little Gene birdie told me that your cat was so slow that the day you took him out on it that yall had Optimist passing you.
Alan
Talk is so cheap. Let's rumble homeboys.
Here are the Portsmouth Ratings:
H-14 Turbo (1 up): 83.1
H-16: 76.0
H-17 (1 up): 74
Windsurfer w/> 7m sail: 86.7
The lower the number, the faster the boat. This assumes a perfectly trimmed boat, sailed without mistakes. . The numbers change slightly with wind speed but the order of the Hobies is the same. (WSer numbers don't seem right since even in high winds the rating predicts slower than lots of dinghies).
So, mine should be fastest, MDH close behind & Peel's slowest... but there's only one way to really be sure!
This is how Portsmouth works:
"... It is a time-on-time handicapping system and is derived from actual records of classes of boats with thoroughly documented ratings. Portsmouth Numbers are defined as the length of time boats would take to sail a common but unspecified distance. The formula is easy to use:
CT (Corrected Time) = ET (Elapsed Time) X 100 / HC (Handicap)"
So how was the WINDSURFING on Sunday ?
Albert
Just so-so at Van Pugh. Ray and Jason were the wind dummies, with Ray doing OK on a pretty big sail and formula board and Jason being a little bit small. The wind did have alot of south in it, around 10 to 15 to maybe 20. David W sailed on the Bozo Island side, Larry N and I and William F sailed the main channel and did plane some. Larry was on a mid size short board, William on his Equipe and I was on the Kona.
I really only made one planing run all the way across and then broke my mast. I do mean WAY across. I was given a lift back by a nice family in a pontoon boat, all the way to launch. There are some really nice people around.
Anyway, just a so-so day for windsurfing. It would have been a great day for a Hobie Death Match No Holds Barred Race.
Gene
Gene Mathis
Who cares about Windsurfing on Sunday. It appears that the gauntlet has been thrown down with a lot of help from Gene Mathis.
Therefore, Why not race and find out for sure. Forget the stats. Lets race. VP to Browns Bridge and back. Pick a day. Any day. Wind or no wind.
Looser has to buy the other two sailors and Mr. Gene Mathis a Lobster Dinner plus he has to buy a bottle of expensive wine which GM will pick out. And, No GM does not stand for General Motors.
Looks like GM is the overall all winner of this so far.
PeelSkid
Looks like I'm the Vince MaMahon (WWE) of Hobie Cat Racing. It seems like the Loser should have to get his head shaved by the winners or wear a giant pair of pink panties or something.
Gene
Gene Mathis
VP to Browns Bridge and back actually sounds like fun but since Gene was the instigator in all this we need to let him enter the race in a Optimist Pram (portsmith rating of 123.6
) same rules apply...shaved head, pink granny panties?
Alan
And Mr. Mathis must wear those pink panites when on Slow-Man's boat and Mr. Mathis must be hiked out on the trapese during the entire race with a sign around his neck that says he will never again interfer with......
PeelSkid