Good morning sailors!
Thanks to those of you who wrote to iWindsurf asking them to reinstate my onsite reporting abilities. I'm up and running again! If you check your iwindsurf and see a semi-silly, but accurate onsite report, it's probably me! Cookies to those of you who wrote (Travis and Kris are in for sure - let me know what kind!).
Now, on to yesterday. Oh man. Best day ever on the Oregon Coast. Laura and I pulled in, and our eyes grew to saucer size. It was downright huge - sets over mast high. No wind on the inside. Guys rigging 5.5 and 5.8. So we rigged, 5.3 for me and 4.7 for Laura, and fought our way outside. Once out, it was perfect. No chop, huge rollers. 5+ bottom turns on every wave. Sometimes the conditions are perfect, and yesterday was that day. And guess what? The water isn't cold at the coast right now. No booties, no hood, no gloves, in the water all the time, and I was warm! Or maybe that's my awesome Ion 5/4 wetsuit, right Travis?
Back to today's reality... It's kiteable in Stevenson with a .10 gradient, and should stay that way all day long. We're not getting the nuker we hoped for today, but tomorrow should be a bit stronger. A thermal low is pushing up the coast (if you can surf, tomorrow's the day - warm temps and offshore winds) and high pressure is building over the PNW. High pressure to the east and low pressure to the west means east winds in the Gorge. Check your iWindsurf or windonthewater.com tomorrow morning, because it will be stronger than today (but not a nuker, I think).
It looks like the sunshine and east winds will continue through the predictible (is that a word?) future, so orient yourself to carry your gear the other way, and head to Stevenson and Rooster Rock!
Have fun!
Temira
Print | posted @ Friday, October 26, 2007 9:03 AM