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OT: Offshore Clatsop Spit SUPfoil/wing foil downwinder

 
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TravisBickleRex

Since 30 Jun 2005
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Taxi Driver



PostTue Jul 13, 21 10:33 am    OT: Offshore Clatsop Spit SUPfoil/wing foil downwinder Reply with quote

Fished the ocean this past weekend outa Illwaco, and while out in the salty waters, I couldn't help thinking about what an epic foil downwinder could do with boat support. Has anyone done that? I'm thinking the coasties who fish and know the area better than mere ditch dwellers. The logistics that I haven't thought-of...gotta be a long list, including I'm no where near skilled enough to attempt, but as a carrot in the future, maybe.

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Ho-Toe

Since 30 Apr 2014
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pissed-off science guy like Bill Nye
CO2 quantifier & upwelling specialist



PostTue Jul 13, 21 3:32 pm    Support? Pffft... Reply with quote

Not to pooh-pooh your dream, but...

There are a couple of stalwart watermen in Newport (they're not wind johnnies, though) who, back in the day, used to paddleboard from Depoe Bay to South Beach during windy summer conditions when the surf had achieved terminal boredom.

No support boat, no foils, no paddles even (they used prone paddleboards 'cuz they roll old-school)... These OGs generated lots of chatter on iFish and among the recreational salmon & rockfish fleet as they paddled south, the subject of many tales about folks spotting a "surfer lost at sea" from that era.

Water bottle, compass, and handheld radios were all of the support they had.

And yes, they do complain about "kids these days" and think everybody's a buncha kooks!

Cool

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TravisBickleRex

Since 30 Jun 2005
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PostWed Jul 14, 21 10:51 am    Re: Support? Pffft... Reply with quote

Ho-Toe wrote:
Not to pooh-pooh your dream, but...

Cool


In the words of Ali G "Respek" I'd like to hear more. Amazing.

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barfly

Since 31 Mar 2005
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Seaside
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PostWed Jul 21, 21 8:18 pm     Reply with quote

Just saying might be a good week for this. Small swell moderate winds!

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