Where in the hell is Blunt Point?
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Re: Where in the hell is Blunt Point?
I was biking on Angel two years back and saw two guys kiting at Blunt (while i was smoking one).Loscocco wrote:It's called Point Blunt. And as Rick says its the southeast corner of angel island that's closest to treasure island. It's a very windy and exposed area in the middle of the bay.
Nonetheless the access was a private coast guard road, i could be wrong about this, but it looks gated. I would assume they wouldn't mind a few kiters poaching the spot but IDK...
Take a ferry with kite gear and bike, ride around the island, poach a coast guard road to an isolated beach... sounds like a checkmark in the books more than anything. The wind is "tits".. ill give it that... also: the day i was there Crissy was shut down from the fog but Blunt was smoking!
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Re: Where in the hell is Blunt Point?
It's not Blunt Point! It's called Point Blunt Angel Island. I've sailed on the bay since 1970. It is the windiest location in the bay in a west wind. Be carefull, not recommend for kiting. The current and chop are impossible at times. If it's not blowing anywhere it is probably blowing there. Plan on landing at Berkeley if you launch there. Extremely dangerous wind, current, and chop. Definetly wear a life jacket and carry a waterproof VHF radio. I sailed my 28 foot sailboat near ther and saw a overturned kayak with no person in sight. I tacked back and forth three times and notified the coast guard I was standing by. No body was ever found. Be careful !!
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Re: Where in the hell is Blunt Point?
We launch our downwinders from that beach all the time! Great spot but onshore flow with compression from the cliffs...so launch and get going quick! Great for boosting tho
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Re: Where in the hell is Blunt Point?
As Steve said its one of the strong winds, chop, currents and remotness of this place make it about the gnarliest place to be in the bay. Def becareful in that area.
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Re: Where in the hell is Blunt Point?
did someone say "downwinder" ;)rvv wrote:We launch our downwinders from that beach all the time! Great spot but onshore flow with compression from the cliffs...so launch and get going quick! Great for boosting tho
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Re: Where in the hell is Blunt Point?
Wow, that wasn't the first reply?? :mrgreen:Rob wrote:It's on the corner of marijuana avenue in Oakland.
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Re: Where in the hell is Blunt Point?
Here's one the beaches. Probably the friendliest to launch from.
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SICK PHOTO from Pt Blunt
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