Lake Tahoe - Sailing's Winter Break!

Sierra at Tahoe Powder Daze 1-26-10 from Jsealyons on Vimeo.

Saturday Nov. 7 Marysville Sun and Fun

A great sunny 70 degree day at Metro in the early morning for a 6.2 Alpha session where it was 15-18K past the pointe with a smooth 2-3 foot lapping swell. Lots of fun but we need more wind and its south so off to Marysville we go. Glad we made the trip because its was 5M-6M mostly throughout the day with a nice swell and glorious sun. Winds 190-210 degrees in the 15-30+ range go the small boards out and the waves slashed up. The 5M and the 85ltr. worked most of the time today although the 6.2 and the 107 were overpowered fun.

All who made the trip were happy - hoping this season got 1 or 2 more sessions left on the weekend - this was a nice one.

Thursday, Nov. 5 Blue Lagoon in 2 hours

A quick run out to Blue Lagoon today at noon for some 5.7 overpowered
fun on a very cold but sunny day. Started on the big 107 but quickly
moved to the 85 as the wind gusted into 30's for a short time at 2pm.
By 3:30 it was over... Gotta blame this one on Millard for rigging a
4.2m. Saturday looks good for more from the south.

Sat. Oct. 31, Hallowind at Metro Delivers Big

Saturday, Oct. 24, Metro was cold, flat and pretty darn solid

LSCM4 - NOAA

CAN Bouy

I had a great time making a 6.2 Alpha and the 107 FSW work in SSW winds going from 10 to 25 all day. The water looked flat but the winds were solid even though not consistently blowing. Had a great time throwing everything (even a couple of Duck Monkey Jibes) I could in case the 2009 season ends tomorrow. The final session on the water was about 2.5 hours and I'm paying for it now in regular Alleve dosing. I hope we get in 2-3 more fall days here as DST is next weekend-boo!

Tunes: Jonah33 - The Strangest Day

Eats: Tim Hortons!

Friday Aug. 23, a Quick Sesh from the East

Well I got a little bit of the tail end of these strong east winds that really blew through earlier in the day 30-40++. Got in about 1.5 hours in on the 5M search in pretty solid and steady 20-25 winds. Oh yeah, it was raining about 90% of the time on the water and it was about 50 degrees - great sport! More on tap for tomorrow though.

Sunday Oct. 18 Tree Farm and the sun!

A quick one hour ride at Lakeshore Park for 12 miles on a dry, hard,
fun trail. Loads of other riders out enjoying the sun and crisp 50
degree temps. Great fall ride while the leaves are still mostly on the
trees.

Wednesday, Oct. 7, off to Blue Lagoon

Storm winds brought a due west gusty day to the Blue Lagoon - winds starting at 8am winds 25-40 solid 4.5 conditions where Jeff B and I had a great start to an alright day. Unfortunately the day was predicted to slip in wind speeds and shift more to the NW. Well the winds shifted lower after noon but they maintained the west direction - very tough direction. Well the day was worth it - got a couple of duck monkey jibes wired.

Gear: JP 85 FSW and 4.5 Search - later 107 FSW and the 5.o Search

There for it: Silver Fox, MB, TJ, Brent, Mike G., Jeff, Dean, Walt

Tuesday, Sept. 29 Belle River not the place to be

Jeff saying "What? I gotta rig a 5.5 Retro?"

It looks good right now...

Belle River CAN, This place has had its chances but yesterday with near gales it was still too lite for me, even at 20WNW gusts to 30 all wavy and mostly onshore. Its a place you have to hike out to get going and make it past the breakwall - I had a 5.7 rigged with the JP 85FSW and it worked for awhile and had lots of potential but then it dropped off after an hour or two. When its not cranking your left with is mushy loud conditions where the wind has no guts... The chart says it all - pretty good up until 2pm. Should have been at KP.

There for it: MB, Jeff and the Silver Fox



Meanwhile the action was north of us....

Kettle Point 9-29-09 from Brent on Vimeo.

Monday, Sept. 29, Metro goes off!

Great 40+ day at Metro - lots of guys out and lots of big SW winds. Many sailing 4M-4.5M sails all day - cold and rainy but hanging on and having a great sesh. Thanks to Bob for the great video summary of the day with the Canon D90. More on tap today!