Ron's Windsurfing Log

Covers the following years: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998. 1999. 2000.

1995

Date Location Sails Boards Notes
09/07 Kalmus 6.2 Priester
09/10 Chapin 4.8 Priester awesome air
09/14 Chappy 5.2 Priester
09/22 West Dennis 6.2 Priester
09/23 Chappy Nothing
09/28 Corporation Nothing
10/06 Kalmus Nothing missed Opal
10/15 Chappy 4.8, 5.2 Priester only 1/2 hour
10/16 Charles 6.2 Diamond 45 minutes, overpowered
10/29 Duxbury 3.9 Dill 1 hr, ovrpwrd, most wind ever
10/30 Mayflower 5.2, 5.0 Dill, Priester, Electron 5 hours, 1.5 hrs way ovrpwrd on 5.2
11/12 West Dennis 5.2, 5.0 Dill, Priester, Electron 60F, 5 minutes of 3.9, ripped 5.0

1996

Date Location Sails Boards Notes
04/02 Hookipa, Kanaha 4.6 8'9" Naish *** notice location ***
05/26 West Dennis 5.2, 6.2 Priester, Electron Long day, good consistent wind
06/26 Chappy 6.2 Priester Wind iterations: 5 min on, 30 off
06/29 Quanapowit N/A Competition Taught Kim and Davi how to windsurf on 3.9
07/05 Kalmus 5.2 Priester, Electron Good, solid day
07/13 Kalmus 3.9 Dill Hurricane Bertha, way overpowered for 3 hours, Awesome! See graph
08/18 West Dennis 6.2 Priester With Kim and both parents
09/02 Duxbury 3.9 Dill Hurricane Eduoard, way overpowered
09/17 Shipyard Lane 3.9 Priester Pretty gusty but good
09/28 Chappy 5.2, 5.0 Priester, Electron Alot of Fun. Amir Ripped 5.2
10/14 Chappy 6.2 Priester Only 5-10 minutes of sailing
10/19 Shipyard Lane 3.9 Priester, Electron Great wind!
11/08 Kalmus 4.4, 4.8 Priester, Electron Good consistent wind. 4 hrs. Warm.

1997

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05/01, Kalmus
South
4.4, 4.8
Electron, Priester
A little overpowered on the 4.8.  Water temp 52F. 
Dinged the Priester after the mast broke, then sailed
Electron. Not too much chop.
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05/04, Chappy
North-Northwest
6.2
Priester
Very gusty, on and off wind (usually off). 
Sunny day, not too cold.
Liana's car broke down on the way back.
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07/08, Kalmus
Southwest
5.8
Priester
2.5 hours. Slightly underpowered. Warm day.
Had to leave for Darpa meeting, and as I was leaving
it was picking up.
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07/19, Plum Island
Northwest
5.8
Priester
Arrived at 2pm, sailed for a couple of hours.
Underpowered. Unsailable at about 4pm, because of
low tide.
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07/25, Chapin
North
3.1, 3.9
Electron, Priester
T.S. Danny brought an amazing day. Overpowered
on the 3.1 (!) for most of the afternoon. Hotline
readings look too low (felt like 35-40 g45).
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08/09, Kalmus
Southwest
7.3
Explosion
Got about an hour of marginal sailing. Woody's
bachelors party weekend.
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08/17, Old Silver Beach
Southwest
7.3
Explosion
Again, got about an hour of marginal sailing. Went with
Kim and JBabb. Mostly a nice beach day.
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09/03, Chapin
North
--
--
Got there with Amir as the wind was dying. Rigged 6.2
with Priester and went out once in 2-3 foot waves.
Then surfed a little.
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09/20, Kalmus
Southwest
5.8
Priester
Nice solid day. Pretty warm. Some good jumps.
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09/23, Kalmus
West
5.2
Priester
Great day. Sailed overpowerd on my new 5.2.
Got some great jumps (10-12 feet). Still
used the long john. Sailed 10:30am-2pm.
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09/29, Kalmus
Southwest
3.9
Priester
Awesme day. Sailed way overpowerd on 3.9.
Awesome jumps. Used drysuit, then long john.
Jon used the 3.1 on the electron.
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10/28, Chappy
Northwest
4.7
Priester
Getting kind of chilly. Temps in the 40's.
Wind chill in the 20's. Overpowered on 4.7.
Alot of wind and waves.

1998

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06/03, Chappy
Northwest
5.2
Priester
First day of the season. Reasonably warm.
Good power in the afternoon on the 5.2.
Some good air. Arms got very tired.
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06/30, Kalmus
Southwest
4.8
Priester
NOAA:SW20-25,WHL:6am:SW21-24,9am:SW21-28
Way overpowered on 4.8 initially. Then
mostly underpowered for rest of day.
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07/13, Kalmus
Southwest
none
none
NOAA:SW20,WHL:9am:SW17-22,noon:SW17-22
Skunk city!
Nice beach day.
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07/15, Kalmus
Southwest
6.2
Priester
NOAA:SW20-25,WHL:9am:SW26-30,noon:SW26-30
Arrived at 2pm. About 1.5 hours of
sailable 6.2. Then died out.
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07/29, Kalmus
Southwest
5.2
Priester
NOAA:SW20-25,WHL:9am:SW26-30inc30-36
Great day! Warm, windy. Overpowered
5.2 all day long.
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09/16, Kalmus
Southwest
6.2
Priester
NOAA:SW20-25,WHL:noon:SW20-24(26-30?)
Got there at 2:30pm. Wind died! Then
picked up again for a 30 minute session.
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09/27, West Dennis
Southwest
6.2
Priester
NOAA:SW20-25,WHL:9am:SW20-24(26-30?)
Noon-3pm: nothing. 3pm: picked up to
powered up 6.2 for 3 hours. Fun. Warm.

1999

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05/25, Kalmus
Southwest
4.4
Priester, Electron
NOAA:SW20-30,WHL:9am:SW22-28(afternoon)
First day of season. Sunny, warm.
Used wetsuit. Underpowered 3.9,
powered up 4.4. Arms got very tired.
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06/25, Kalmus
Southwest
5.8
Priester, Electron
NOAA:?,WHL:?
Snapped the Priester in half from a
6 foot jump. Bummer! Switched on
Electron for the rest of the time.
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07/02, Kalmus
Southwest
3.9
Electron
NOAA:20-30,WHL:30's
Perfect day! Smooth duck jibes.
Good air. Warm. Did I mention
perfect day?
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07/22, Kalmus
Southwest
5.8
Electron
NOAA:?,WHL:?
First time with my electron.
5.8 slightly underpowered at
first, then good late in the day.
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08/01, Kalmus
Southwest
6.2
Electron
NOAA:20-25,WHL:?
Sailed between 1pm and 2:15pm.
Overpowered on the 6.2, but
a good (short) day.
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08/14, Kalmus
Southwest
6.2
Electron
NOAA:20-25,WHL:?
Showed up around noon, got
a few rides, but mostly
skunked.
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09/17, Chapin
Northwest
5.2, 4.4
Electron
NOAA:30-40,WHL:30's
Remnants of Huricanne Floyd.
Showed up at 4pm. Sailed 5.2,
rigged down to 4.4, overpowered.

2000

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06/25, West Dennis
Southwest
6.2
Electron
NOAA:15-25,WHL:22-27
King of the Cape 2000.
Marginal wind for electron.
Pros were looping all over.
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08/03, Kalmus
Southwest
9.5/6.2/5.8
Screamer/Explosion/Electron
NOAA:20-25,WHL:20-24
Arrived at noon. Sailed on 9.5 for a bit.
At 5pm and 6pm, 20 minute sessions on
Explosion and Electron. Weird but fun.
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09/05, Chapin
Northeast
7.5/5.8
Screamer/Explosion/Electron
NOAA:25-30,WHL:18-24
Sailed for most of the afternoon.
A few underpowered rides with the 5.8,
then some with 7.5. Still fun with jumps.
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09/17, Kalmus
W and SW
5.8/4.8
Electron
NOAA:20-25,WHL:24-29
Awesome day. Built up all afternoon.
Overpowered on 4.8, could have used 3.9.
Great jumps on incoming tide. Sunny, warm.
 
 
The wind graphs were taken from the
Wind HotLine.
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