Ship wreck to Sunset downwinder tomorrow!

forrest · Since 21 Jun 2005 4330 Posts Hood River Hick **CGKA Member**

Ship wreck to Sunset down-winder tomorrow! Who's with me? We can start with mile long tacks in the west wind and finish off with a down-winder as it starts to shift north!

SAT
W WIND 20 TO 25 KT...VEERING TO N IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND
WAVES 5 FT. W SWELL 7 FT AT 10 SECONDS. RAIN.

http://weather.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/fmtbltn.pl?file=forecasts/marine/coastal/pz/pzz250.txt

Kraemer · Since 24 Apr 2006 1736 Posts Sky Pilot Unicorn Captain

hmm.... could be good....

If you're the rain god.

Kraemer · Since 24 Apr 2006 1736 Posts Sky Pilot Unicorn Captain

Today looks more promising. Have fun guys!

scottnorby · Sat Mar 31, 07 5:08 pm

SO good!
My girlfriend and I did a downwinder from Sunset to Gearhart.
Definitely the first real north day of the season. Still blowing at 6.

jdk · Since 21 Dec 2005 333 Posts Obsessed

Yeah good times, little under on a 13, downwinder would have been great.

Reaper356 · Since 10 Dec 2006 781 Posts Salem / LC Oregon Opinionated

So how'd the downwinder turn out, Forrest, those pics don't look rainy!

Kraemer · Since 24 Apr 2006 1736 Posts Sky Pilot Unicorn Captain

looks pretty good

forrest · Sat Mar 31, 07 10:40 pm

Was pretty decent wind. Was a little light and hard to stay upwind due to the side shore currents but the downwinder worked out. We had a great time, kited about 4 hours. Weather was beautiful!

barfly · Since 31 Mar 2005 1216 Posts Portland BRACKISH

Good to see a few kites up yesterday. Very nice wind and fun waves for downwinders. Rallied a couple bros for a DW daily double at the jetty late in the day. Readings were nice all the way down to Seaside. That's a few N wind days now, hopefully we'll see lots more this spring Cool

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Clatsop 3/31:

31 Mar 6:15 pm NNW 16
31 Mar 5:45 pm 17
31 Mar 5:15 pm 15
31 Mar 4:45 pm NNW 16
31 Mar 3:15 pm
31 Mar 2:15 pm 16
31 Mar 12:45 pm NNW 15
31 Mar 12:15 pm NNW 15
31 Mar 11:45 am N 16
31 Mar 11:15 am NNW 16
31 Mar 10:45 am NNW 15
31 Mar 10:15 am NNW 16
31 Mar 9:15 am 14

tinyE · Since 21 Jan 2006 2004 Posts not really an XTreme Poster

I was further south and hit siletz... sun was out, i was hot in my wetsuit...but I still hit it for about 2 hours.

perfect NW wind for my waroo 12... i found a few wind holes up by mo's, but man... if you think siletz is good on a south.... hit it on a northwest. I hit it about 2 hours before low tide, plenty of beach to set up on, and I had the river + tide to give me that extra push to fill the kite with power... the unbelievable part was that I had it all to myself... wait...did I say siletz was good? man, it sucked out there...don't go there...you'll waste your time!

i got to try out my new lightwind board from the other post. Scalloped sides are the shiz... in one tack, i could make the same distance as a "there and back" on my normal board. The only problem is, that the widest part of the board is at the tips, which puts a little spray in your face every once in a while. Going to try a few things around the ends of the board. The board is superlight, and I got really lucky and hit the flex just right...it's like a cadillac.

Here's my score

lightwind: A
upwind: A+
spray: B-
flex/overall feel: A+!!!

forrest · Mon Apr 02, 07 7:48 am

Here are some pix from our trip out.

J.P. · Since 10 Mar 2005 638 Posts Addicted