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From: william@castle.ed.ac.uk (William Warburton)
Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing
Subject: Re: Great Lakes Folk Songs
Date: 15 Apr 92 09:12:43 GMT
Reply-To: W.Warburton@ed.ac.uk
Organization: Edinburgh University Computing Service

In article <1590085@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com>, alien@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (Tom von Alten) writes:
|> In rec.windsurfing, abbottad@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (Andrew D Abbott) writes:
|> 
|> > I beleive it is actually called the "Edmond Fitzgerald" that sank in the  
|> > icy depths of Lake Superior. But, I no nothing else about booms. I still  
|> 
|> Or was it Lake Michigan?

 Sounds like it's from "The wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald", I have a
recording by Gordon Lightfoot on a compilation alblum.

 It definitely talks about Lake Superior.

	W.

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From: damouth@wrc.xerox.com (David E. Damouth)
Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing
Subject: Re: Indoor Windsurfing - Paris / Bercy
Date: 13 Apr 92 18:11:55 GMT
Article-I.D.: spectrum.1992Apr13.181155.22115
Reply-To: damouth@wrc.xerox.com
Organization: Xerox Webster Research Center

> Even though the ramp didn't work quite as well as it should have ...

I missed the beginning of this thread: did anyone discuss artificial
waves instead of hard ramps?   the energy needed to create a sizable
standing wave, using shaped nozzles and low pressure high volume pumps
shouldn't be exorbitant, compared to the energy already being burned to
create the artificial wind.
---
/Dave
David E. Damouth
Xerox Webster Research Center
damouth@wrc.xerox.com
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From: carl@probitas.cs.utas.edu.au (Carl Lewis)
Subject: Re: Sunglasses, helmets
Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 04:34:21 GMT

westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) writes:

>> Also, does anyone want to recommend a good helmet, or tell me which
>> to avoid?  I guess confort and safety are the key issues, though
>> apparently they aren't rated like bike helmets.

>There is a really interesting helmet that I may order that puts a shaded
>visor rated for UVA and UVB out in front.  So you get full head and
>facial protection, but you also avoid the need for sunglasses while
>preserving a full field of view.  The helmet is called the Gath, and
>it's sold by Murray's Marine in Carpinteria, CA.  The phone is
>805-684-8393.  If anyone else has used the helmet I would appreciate
>comments.

>Thanks,
>Will Estes         Internet: westes@netcom.com

My sailing partner uses one and his only negative comments were 
about getting used to the slight distortion introduced when 
the visor is fully down and the change in wind noise .

They didn't take long to get used to and he now uses it even on
relatively calm days (as a sun-shade, after all he is blonde ;-)
(Hi Finchy)


They take quite a knock with-out seriously damaging the occupant
(as one would hope) I caught hime far on the helmet with the
mast of my board after I caught a rail during a gybe. Apart from
shaking his head a bit he seemed as normal as he ever has been.

Carl
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From: poulton@hpl-opus.hpl.hp.com (Ken Poulton)
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 07:49:49 GMT
Subject: Re: BIC ELECTRIC ROCK WANTED
Organization: HP Labs, High Speed Electronics Dept., Palo Alto, CA
Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing

>  Seriously, IMHO the electric rock has too much volume for a 260.

Nah, it just has too much volume for a sinker.  We use board lengths
because they're easy to measure, but you're right that at 107 liters,
the E-rock is no sinker.  This is generally not a problem, since most
shop folks I've talked to recognize that and class the E-rock with the
other ~100 liter boards. 

Besides, the original poster never said he wanted a sinker.


Ken Poulton
poulton@hpl-opus.hpl.hp.com
From: shef@cuervo.rtp.dg.com (Tom Sheffield)
Subject: Re: Looking for a PFD?
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 11:27:08 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Data General, Corporate Systems Support 

In article <1992Apr5.171244.15207@a.cs.okstate.edu>, hip@a.cs.okstate.edu (HUFFMAN BRADLEY SP) writes:
|> I'm looking for a good PFD to wear with my waist harness. However I seem
|> to be having a little trouble locating one.  All the PFD I seen so far
|> extend far below the ribs making it hard to use with a harness. 
|> Sailbroad Warehouse does sell one (Maui Magic Vest) that looks like what
|> I'm looking for, but it's not Coast Guard approved.  My state (Oklahoma) 
|> requires PFD (or pay a $75 fine), but I'm not sure if it has to be Coast 
|> Guard approved, so to be safe I'd like it to be. 
|> 
|> Anyone have any suggestions?

I wear a type of kayaking PFD called a "squirt vest". I don't know diddly about
kayaking, but I'm told there is a type of kayak called a "squirt".
 Anyway, I've found that it:
  1. is comfortable
  2. provides good floatation for waterstarting
  3. does not interfere with my harness (I wear a seat type harness)
  4. provides good padding for the ribs.

 I don't remember the manufacturer's name, but I know that the REI retail store
here in Raleigh carries them. I guess that means you could order one through
their catalog. I didn't get mine at REI, but the price was in the same range,
about $55-60.

Tom S. (Going back to the coast this weekend! :^)

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From: boris@athena.eng.hou.compaq.com (Boris Litinsky)
Subject: BIC Presto
Organization: Compaq Computer Corp.
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 17:15:29 GMT

I am wondering if anyone has yet tried the BIC Presto. So far, I have heard
from two really experienced sailors that its the fastest giant slalom/slalom
on the water. I have also heard that it beats the Mistral Screamer hands down.

The reason I ask is that I want a slalom board and I have a chance to buy
a 1990 Screamer for $650 (Brand new) or get a 1992 Presto for $999. 
Is the Presto worth the extra money? I haven't yet tried it, but I did
try the Astro Rock, which I really liked. I heard that Presto is much faster
then the Astro Rock. 

Thanks.


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From: kramer@hera.ics.uci.edu (David Kramer)
Subject: Re: Contact Lenses, lost items
Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing
Reply-To: kramer@ics.uci.edu (David Kramer)
Organization: UC Irvine Department of ICS
Date: 8 Apr 92 01:11:00 GMT


>  Speaking of losses, I lost my car keys ( complete key rig) at San Luis
>  this weekend. I had borrowed a friends TIGA Swift  and was blasting across
>  the lake when the fin box blew apart. I tried the old trusty harness thru the
>  back strap to get me home. ( It did work) For the past 4 years sailing, I
>  have
>  always kept my keys in my harness pouch however I have never needed to use
>  my harness as a fin. The good news was that I had my trusty AAA plastic key
>  card
>  in my wallet. IT is not recommended for ignition use but I decided to try
>  it anyway. Worked no problem and I got home safely.

>  Moral of the story for me, carry my AAA plastic key card when I sail.
>

>  PS: Where do other people keep their keys?

I got one of those AAA plastic thingies but it self-destructed when the
locksmith was cutting it. Actually he strongly recommended that I not
use it, and told me some nasty stories. Anyway I have a couple of
swimsuits that have velcro'ed back pockets. I put the car key in there
and it is doubly sealed shut by the harness. I also have a spare key
that I lock in the car. If I should somehow lose the first one I'll call the
AAA and cry for help.

David

David Kramer                        |
Dept of ICS                         |
Univ of California                  |      Why do we chop trees down
Irvine, CA 92717                    |      and then chop them up?
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From: lenb@sundog.Eng.Sun.COM (Leonard Brown)
Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing
Subject: SAILS FOR SALE
Date: 5 Apr 92 19:13:57 GMT
Distribution: ca
Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc., Mountain View, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: sundog


o 3.0 North Ezzy Wave Special Maui Edition Sail (1990)		$195
	mast 390cm; boom: 130cm

o 5.9 Waddell Surf Slalom Sail (1989)				$235
	single optional camber
	constant curve mast (red 460/25) recommended

o 6.4 Gaastra Speed Slalom Sail (1989)				$225
	Like New!	
 	2 internal cambers
	mast: 488cm (16'); boom: 210cm (6'11")

o 6.5 F2 Power Control Sail (1988)				$125
	R.A.F.
	mast: 490cm; boom: 200cm

o 8.3 Waddell Race Sail (1989)					$250
	2 internal cambers,  durable tri-gem.
	mast: 526cm (17'3"); boom: 245cm (8'0")
	flex-top mast (blue 480/30) recommended

o O'Brien Comp fiberglass/expoxy mast (1989)			 $35
	from Neil Pryde sail

email to Len.Brown@Eng.Sun.COM
or call work (415)336-1112, or home (408)245-6134
From: jackg@capella.ece.ucsb.edu (Jack Greenbaum)
Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing
Subject: Re: Keys and wetsuits
Date: 9 Apr 92 01:21:35 GMT
Article-I.D.: ucsbcsl.4080
Reply-To: jackg@ece.ucsb.edu (Jack Greenbaum)

In article <1992Apr8.131317.23525@spectrum.xerox.com>, damouth@wrc.xerox.com (David E. Damouth) writes:
|> Re:  "... have to remove the wetsuit to get the car door open"
|> 
|> Why, oh why, don't wetsuit manufacturers sew or glue a key pocket  somewhere on their products?  Even a tiny nylon mesh pocket on the inside near the top of a zipper?  Come to think of it, why don't I do this myself?

My Body Glove full has just exactly that type of key pocket. I do have to 
take one arm off to get it out.

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From: szweep@sobeco.com (Steve Zweep)
Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing
Subject: Re: Favorite piece of old gear that you still use
Date: 5 Apr 92 18:12:39 GMT
Organization: Sobeco Ernst & Young

Hmmm...  well I'm still pretty much just a windsurfer-wanna-be.  A friend
spent most of the weekends last summer teaching me to sail, and at the
end of the season I bought the last board that I was renting -- a 1991
Hi-Fly Bleriot 330 with 3-cam 6.4 & 2-cam 5.7 Speed-lite sails.  I have no
*old gear* .... in fact, I'm still accumulating necessary accessories ....

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From: sbk@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (stanley.b.king)
Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing
Subject: Re: Keys and wetsuits
Date: 13 Apr 92 14:10:59 GMT
Article-I.D.: cbnewsl.1992Apr13.141059.27745
Organization: AT&T

In article <29E5C5DA.3336@ics.uci.edu> kramer@ics.uci.edu (David Kramer) writes:
>
>>  My Body Glove full has just exactly that type of key pocket. I do have to
>>  take one arm off to get it out.
	 ^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>I've heard of inaccessible pockets but this is ridiculous! How do you put
>it back on?

It's amazing what modern surgery can do.

	...
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From: kirk@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Kirk Lindstrom)
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 11:24:10 GMT
Subject: Re: Re: Contact Lenses, lost items
Organization: Shredding the water of SF Bay, HP-OCD
Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing

>at a sailing area (my apartment is a different matter).  Do people
>really have a problem with stolen items while you are out sailing?
>what do you do about chairs, coolers, other equipment and such?
>
>Alex.
Not at Coyote Pt. but I wouldn't press my luck at Candlestick.  Wednesday
I returned from sailing to find I'd left the side door of my van wide open
and everything was still right where I left it.  Having to pay or buy a pass
to get in tends to keep the thief types at a minimum which is a nice positive
about sailing COyote Pt.

Kirk out
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From: johnmac@reg.triumf.ca (JOHNMAC*DOUGALL TRIUMF OPERATIONS)
Subject: Re: More question on board repair
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Keywords: Is it beyond repair?
Organization: TRIUMF: Tri-University Meson Facility
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 12:53:00 GMT

In article <1992Apr7.160621.21260@ecsvax.uncecs.edu>, tsai@ecsvax.uncecs.edu 
(Jeffrey C. Tsai) writes...
> 
>I have an old Sailboard Masterclass sitting below my deck
>for quite a while because seems to taking in water after a
>session.  I can hear the water moving beneath the skin of
>the board.
>How do you fix it?  Is it beyond repair?

I fixed an old Sailboard MC365 with epoxy and fiberglass tape.  The seam at the
nose split open so I taped and glued it closed (after drying it out).  This 
method could be used to tape the entire seam to prevent it from splitting.
Good luck, john.
From: harald@gnu.cs.ruu.nl (Harald Vogt)
Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing
Subject: Re: Indoor Windsurfing - Paris / Bercy
Date: 6 Apr 92 09:25:28 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Comp. Science, Utrecht Univ.


In article <1992Apr2.171830.15659@nntp.hut.fi>, jmunkki@hila.hut.fi (Juri Munkki) writes:
|> The ramp was also very close to the far edge of the pool, so really long
|> jumps were extremely dangerous and bailing out seemed like a wise thing
|> if it looked like you were going to hit the edge.

Last year Teritehau jumped out of the bassin and landed close
near the box-office of Bercy. The organizers urged him strongly to stay
in the bassin this year :-),

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From: mwp@ms9.mis.semi.harris.com (Mark W. Poole)
Subject: MAUI 4/24-4/27
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 18:52:57 GMT
Organization: Harris Semiconductor, Melbourne FL

I'll be in Maui the days of 4/24 thru 4/27, staying at the "Village
By the Sea" in KEHE, and was wondering if any netters would be there
at the same time.  It would be great to meet and sail with one/many
of you there.  There is room in the condo if you wanted to share the 
rent. 

Let me know,

Mark.
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From: CS.LRM@forsythe.stanford.edu (Luis Mejia)
Subject: NORTH SPEEDTCC PRICED TO GO!
Organization: Stanford University, California, USA
Distribution: ba
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 22:54:44 GMT

North Speed TCC 5.6 Camber For Sale  (REDUCED!!!)

3 - year old sail used less than a half dozen times is available for
only $195 .  GREAT SAIL, LIKE NEW CONDITION, GREAT PRICE!!!

Luis Mejia
Office of Technology Licensing
Stanford University
(415) 723-0651 wk
(408) 371-3158
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From: pjp@sloth.mlb.semi.harris.com (Pat J. Pinchera)
Subject: Re: Sunglass lens color
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 13:03:02 GMT
Organization: Interface & Control Systems, Inc., Melbourne FL

In article <4082@ucsbcsl.ucsb.edu> jackg@ece.ucsb.edu (Jack Greenbaum) writes:
>I will be buying new prescription sunglasses sometime in the next week. I've
>been wearing my normal glasses while sailing with Croakies and a float made 
>of thick wetsuit material, so experience has shown me that on the rare 
>occasion when they do fly off that they will float.
>
>My question is what color should the tint on the lenses be? The UV protection
>can be achieved with a coating on any lens. But I also want them polarized. I
>believe that polarized lenses come in at least two colors, gray and green. 
>Non-polarized lenses can be tinted whatever color you want.
>
>Clues, hints, experience? Is the polarization just a coating like UV
>protection? Intuition says not, but ...
>

I would opt for the gray, it is a more neutral color than the green.
Polarized lenses are actually a sandwich of two glass or plastics lenses
around a single film of polarizing filter material.  The manufacturing 
process of this composite is what makes the cost of polaroid sunglasses 
so much higher then the tinted variety.

How does it work? Without going into too much detail (besides, it's been
11 years since that optics section in physics class!):
Light comes in all different "angles".  When it is reflected off a 
flat surface, such as water, the road, other objects like car 
windshields, it gets 'plane polarized', or filtered so that some of 
these angles are reduced or completely removed.  If we use a polarizing 
filter on this reflected light such that we reduce what is reflected,
we can remove much of this reflected 'glare'. The filters in our
sunglasses are put in at a specifc orientation to perform this very
function.

I hope that was a decent explanation without too many errors (I know
Rolf will read this :-)  What Kirk said earlier about being able to see
the wind gust lines is very true.  You can spot them easier with
polaroid sunglasses.

Pat
 'P19'

Tudor/Mistral Southeast Regionals in Clearwater this weekend (4/11-12). 
Pray for wind!

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From: gboates@admin.acadiau.ca (GARY BOATES)
Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing
Subject: New High_wind Centre
Summary: Summer Winds
Keywords: Coming Soon
Date: 16 Apr 92 12:36:05 GMT
Distribution: Eastern Seaboard
Organization: Acadia University

Hey people, just heard that a new high-wind/demo site may be a go for Nova 
Scotia, Canada... somewhere for all the Florida/Hatteras sailors to go on 
their vacations (just to even things out a little).  the water is warm, at 
least relative to most of the colder Labrador currents found from Hatteras 
North.  It will develop slowly - keeping pace with interest and demand but 
the location is beautiful for intermediate/expert sailors.  The one thing 
lacking is the shallow beginner bottom for which Hatteras is famous.  I've 
sailed there once, it is on the Northwest coast of Nova Scotia, 
facing the province of Prince Edward Island.  Hugh grassy fields for rigging 
and seemingly steady winds ( I sailed 3.6 Infinity on an assy. for seven 
7777!!!  hours the day I happened to be there... and it is on the way to the 
Magdelaine Islands.
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From: damouth@wrc.xerox.com (David E. Damouth)
Subject: Re: Contact Lenses, lost items
Reply-To: damouth@wrc.xerox.com
Organization: Xerox Webster Research Center
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 19:11:24 GMT

 	Alex Colburn,   University of Iowa  writes - 
	Do people
	really have a problem with stolen items while you are out sailing?
	what do you do about chairs, coolers, other equipment and such?


It's the car I'm worried about, not the coolers!  And I expect that Iowa is a bit different than the sailing areas within reach of gangs of inner city folk desparate to support their drug addiction.  

At some sites where the only people present are sailors, I wouldn't worry much.  At city beaches where the windsurfers are a tiny minority, I worry.  And when I'm the only one around I worry a lot.  When the only car in sight obviously belongs to a sailor, and I'm visibly half a mile out on the water, the car is a pretty safe target.  As the car gets older and rattier, I worry less. 

/Dave
David E. Damouth
Xerox Webster Research Center
damouth@wrc.xerox.com
From: jmunkki@hila.hut.fi (Juri Munkki)
Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing
Subject: Re: More question on board repair
Keywords: Is it beyond repair?
Date: 9 Apr 92 09:49:14 GMT
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland

In article <1992Apr7.160621.21260@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> tsai@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Jeffrey C. Tsai) writes:
>I have an old Sailboard Masterclass sitting below my deck
>for quite a while because seems to taking in water after a
>session.  I can hear the water moving beneath the skin of
>the board.

It might not be broken. At least that was my diagnosis with the MC335
that I had a few years ago. It seems that there's a huge space near the
daggerboard well and it's quite hard to get the water out from there
quickly. It dried/dripped away after every session and the dry weight
of the board was pretty constant, so I wasn't really worried.

I strongly recommend against buying an MC335. It seemed nice in 1986,
but when you compare it to other boards on the market now, it's a very
boring board.

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From: kgo@comm.wang.com (Kirk Olsen)
Subject: Re: Looking for a PFD?
Organization: Wang Labs
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 17:16:55 GMT

When I feel a need to wear a pfd, I wear a Harishok Racer PFD.
It was designed for kayaking and doesn't restrict arm movement.
The hook on my waist harness is still reasonably accessable when
wearing the pfd.  I'm not sure which coast guard rating it has
but can check if anyone cares.

kirk
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(508)967-2076  in beautiful Lowell Massachusetts   uunet!comm.wang.com!kgo
From: kirk@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Kirk Lindstrom)
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 14:40:09 GMT
Subject: Re: Carbon Boom Recommendations
Organization: Shredding the water of SF Bay, HP-OCD
Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing

For booms, IMHO, nothing touches the Fiberspar carbon boom for us big guys.
They are ~$250.  At your weight, a less expensive boom would work OK as I've
heard that the Weichart booms are about the WORST so many of the others would
also work well.  I'm very happy with my '91 Fleetwood Composite which I paid
just under $200 for.

-Kirk out
From: gboates@admin.acadiau.ca (GARY BOATES)
Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing
Subject: Re: Blades
Date: 16 Apr 92 11:50:20 GMT
Organization: Acadia University

In article <1992Apr14.141958.7275@nntp.hut.fi> jmunkki@hila.hut.fi (Juri Munkki) writes:
>From: jmunkki@hila.hut.fi (Juri Munkki)
>Subject: Blades
>Date: 14 Apr 92 14:19:58 GMT

>The season finally started here. We've been waiting for a month now and
>we finally got a warm day with enough wind. I sailed about 90 minutes
>first fully powered with a 5.6 and with less wind later on.

>This was also the first time I had a chance to try out the Rainbow V2
>13.7" blade that I got in January. I'm quite excited. All the good
>things that I have heard about these fins seem to be true and  I can't
>really find anything bad to say about the fin (except that it cost
>me $140, but I guess you have to pay for the durability of G10 fins).

>The biggest bonus was that I could really push with my feet when
>jibing. This allows a very tight radius and makes me more confident,
>so I think my jibes will start improving really quickly.
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What kind of board did you use?  I just got a new VR '84 by Westwind with a 
Hyperform G-10 blade fin (tuttle box).  Easter weekend coming and I know 
that there will be wind/warmth enough to sail.  I paid $125 CDN. for my G-10 
fin - we have a great dealer here in Nova Scotia Canada (see add in back of 
Windsurf (or whatever its called this year) Brule Point Watersports is the 
name - I bought the '92 Westwind for $800 (taxes in) cdn.  Any netters who 
want a price, if only for comparison  feel free to e-mail me and I'd be 
happy to tout our economic advantage (in equip. prices only) Holland has 
good prices on North Sails after you get the taxes back when exported.
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