Monday, August 3, 2009

8/2/09 Ego Beach

SW 20-25. Pete, Kim, Chad, Lisa, Uvee. Rigged and sailed at the Hole and sailed on the sound for about 30 minutes as the wind increased. When I was slightly overpowered on 6.2 I hit Ego. Underpowered for the first 2 runs, then it filled in nicely. Overpowered at times but 6.2/102 was the correct choice. It was 5.0 on the sound. The ocean was flat on the inside with some 3'-4' swells on the outside. Sailed with Pete and 2 others. Water was noticeably cooler than the sound which was refreshing. A nice ocean sesh which could have had more waves.

Saturday, August 1, 2009

7/31/09 Kiptopeke

Had a fun little session at Kiptopeke. 6.2/101. Had my gear with me from the Cape and it was blowing up and down the east coast. Kiptopeke was wound 6.0 almost straight onshore. I rigged and went out. Spent five minutes or so slogging in a lull then it ramped up to like about marginal 4.5. Instead of rigging down to 5.3 or 4.4/Acid, I flattened the 6.2 to within an inch of its life and had an excellent session. All port tack jumps with some 4' rollers breaking on sandbars. Good air, lots of fun. The session was a nice reminder that Kiptopeke is an underutilized launch. The fact that there is a great little bar literally at the launch should be an incentive to get more people to sail there. But at the end of the day nobody will.