Geoff

You might need to back off on some of that coffee, Doug…

With the Fx as it was, I have no doubt about 10 foot swells. It’s been ages, but I’ve been in that and Erie definitely dishes up that kind of stuff.

Sadly, it worked out to be too cold for the amount of wind we had here (my judgment). Sailable, but when it’s in the 30’s my enthusiasm wanes unless it’s 5.0 or better. For 7.5? Nuh-uh.

When I left, my little hand-held anemometer (down at water’s edge) was reading 28-30, lulls 20-25 and gusts 35. No wonder my 4.7 felt powered-up!

But I’d have to say that “30” at Seneca is nothing like Erie. Can’t say about Hamburg, but when Presque Isle went to 30 the swells were logo high (see Joe in the pic above). Seneca swells/waves are more…[Read more]

What an afternoon! I sailed like cr*p, all in all, terrible on jibes, but had some nice airs and fair to good wave rides. The whole RWS gang was there well ahead of me, as I got there at about 2:15.

Started off and was underpowered-to-powered on 4.7 Freak and *Board Kombat. I generally suck until I’m fully powered-up, and today was no exception.…[Read more]

Cool!

Yes, that’s Suan (blue sail), Peter (yellow sail), and I don’t know the name of the third rider. I got there later (based on the clouds) and had a good 7.5 session before it got flukey. Scott showed up after it was over, and never launched but did he go help a kiter (haven’t heard the details).

Nice jump!

Kevin and Jeff drove up from Ithaca to Sodus, and kited there. Jeff said 45 minutes was enough for him, but Kevin did well on his 7.0.  I had a previous commitment with Deb to go for a hike to see fall colors, and we were running out of weekends. So on Saturday we went to Letchworth and hiked on both sides of the canyon. Amazing…[Read more]

Suan (Yong) is the correct spelling. Very good rider from Ithaca, but (my editorial) he suffers from Ithaca-ism. Since I first met Suan, he’s gotten quite good despite riding most of the time in the flukey winds of East Shore at Cayuga Lake. Hopefully, we’ll get Suan and others up to Seneca more often.

When I lived up there, I’ve sailed Oneida Shores many times, and was told that the best non-live index is the Syracuse Airport wind. Needs to be b/w 80º and 120º (i.e., cannot be much north of due E and only a little S of due E), and needs to be 10 mph or higher. That produces 15+ on the water due to a venturi effect from the narrowing width of t…[Read more]

This board was taken to Hatteras to be put on consignment, and is no longer in the area.

Little bit far from Ithaca, but it sounds like an offer some of the Rochester gang might want to take you up on!

See map of Hamlin Beach S.P., which indicates the eastern-most end of the beach is the “car top boat launch site”. If the beaches are closed for swimming, likely can use any of them but they clearly allow windsurfing (and, by extension, very very likely kiting). Only 1 NY State Park I’ve ever been to told me I couldn’t launch (Verona Beach, Oneida…[Read more]

See map of Hamlin Beach S.P., which indicates the eastern-most end of the beach is the “car top boat launch site”. If the beaches are closed for swimming, likely can use any of them but they clearly allow windsurfing (and, by extension, very very likely kiting). Only 1 NY State Park I’ve ever been to told me I couldn’t launch (Verona Beach, Oneida…[Read more]

Hope the injection helps, Doug.