Downwinder - Sunday, August 14 ñ Crissy to Berkeley

marin · Post by **marin** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 10:25 am

A great adventure. Thanks to everyone that organized and ran the event. It was first class all the way.

PS: Did anyone hear from the kiter that hooked his kite over the ferry?

feixaq · Post by **feixaq** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 12:12 pm

Yep, I had a blast too. Although my right footstrap broke when I was just past TI, so I had to kite half-strapless for the remainder of the journey :|

Yeah, I heard about a guy on a Cabrinha kite who managed to snag his gear on the Red & White. What was that all about?

GWVT2 · Post by **GWVT2** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 1:45 pm

It was great! ... and only one jackass needed to be pulled off the other beach (Me). I swear! I kite there all the time and thought I was being slick by hitting the other shore for better breeze for the ride in.... [-X

The tourist that finds my waterproof camera will end up with some great shots of all of us rounding Alcatraz... I lost it in a nasty wipeout near TI :shock:

Se ya on the next one

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 7:08 pm

Oh that was good. :mrgreen:

Thanks to all who joined the fun and took the recommended routing such as not boasting err I mean boosting, upwind of sailboats and ferries! I hope the pilot of that yellow nitro kicks in with the tale of getting a five point ringer on the stack of a red and white ferry, complete with a free ferry ride/body drag... There has got to be a lesson learned for all of us there.

Yeah GWVTZ - Good day for lessons learned on that reach angle from His Lordships... my kite stayed dry only because I dropped into the water early and body dragged the last section. That and Sonny sprinting to catch my kite when it dropped like a stone. (Thank You Sonny!)

For those of you who are only getting to read about the KWS downwinder...bide your time
Word is: Next Spring We Get To Do It Again! =D>

DavidNguyen · Post by **DavidNguyen** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 7:28 pm

The downwinder was AMAZING! I had no idea that three hours passed so quickly!

So a non-bay-area-native question: why didn't we kite from Crissy to Alameda? Where would we have gotten into trouble?

David

OliverG · Post by **OliverG** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 7:56 pm

GWVT2 wrote:It was great! ... and only one jackass needed to be pulled off the other beach (Me). I swear! I kite there all the time and thought I was being slick by hitting the other shore for better breeze for the ride in.... [-X

The tourist that finds my waterproof camera will end up with some great shots of all of us rounding Alcatraz... I lost it in a nasty wipeout near TI :shock:

Se ya on the next one

Glad to hear only one came in on the frontage road beach. As one who has spent a lot of time there, it's always disconcerting to see anyone come in on that beach as it's avoidable if you play your cards right and always my fear that the wrong set of circumstances will occur involving the public or traffic, but hey, I'm just being protective, proactive and paranoid.

Would like to hear more about the ferry, though. ;)

OliverG · Post by **OliverG** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 8:04 pm

DavidNguyen wrote: So a non-bay-area-native question: why didn't we kite from Crissy to Alameda? Where would we have gotten into trouble?

David

As soon as you went around the leeward side of Treasure Island or just past the TI_SF span of the Bay Bridge.

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 9:26 pm

Glad to hear only one came in on the frontage road beach

AND
"Their kite was in hand before they hit the sand!"
=D>
Proud of you GWVTZ!
I'm certain putting the kite in the water was by choice because of the safety briefing on the bus regarding frontage road...unhh right?
:?

GWVT2 · Post by **GWVT2** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 10:14 pm

I feel bad about the whole thing, especially since I kite there at least once a week. I like to think I am a responsible kiter who knows his limitations, how to stay out of trouble, and when to pack it in.

I dropped my kite at least 3 line lengths away and wound my lines. As Ollie said that area is a risky bitch. Berkeley is my primary spot and that was the first time I have ever ended up there. It really was a total accident and I was desperately trying to get back into the wind since it shut off on me in the middle. I tried dragging back up-wind but there was barely enough to keep the kite in the air.

Ollie is right, that beach needs to be avoided at all costs. But it is a better alternative to the rocks!

Jeff Ruoss · Post by **Jeff Ruoss** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 8:44 am

Here is some great pictures from the event. Somehow I managed to not get the camera wet.

OK the flash code is not working in the PHP site so you will need to go to our site.

Kite Wind Surf Events Page

Click on the link below the Downwinder event.

Nice sailing by all invololved. Mr. Keagy's loop broke resulting in a altercation with the Red & White ferry.

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