HOWZAWIND??? - Page 3

ricki · #1 04-26-2006, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by HIGHFLYN

I squeezed in a session @ Hammock park in Boynton, from 5:15 till 7pm. I was keeping a close eye on those storms to the NW and when I saw that first bolt of lighting~ I called it quits.

Turns out to have been a good call all around, about 15 minutes after I hit the beach and wrapped it up. The wind died and switch NW as I drove home northward in the rain.

Glad to have caught it while it was there. This work **it really gets in the way sometimes~ LOL

Hope you were able to get U some :wink:

Glad you got some time in. I took all the stuff to the beach just in time for it to shift side offshore and drop off in speed. It looks like it came back in a while though somewhat. Still there were some pretty nasty squalls coming through with NWS warnings. The radar suggested that they might move to the north and south of the launch in Delray. I bagged it and headed home to do some work. Next time!

HIGHFLYN · #2 04-28-2006, 02:14 PM

looking good outside as of 3:15pm 15-20 ENE and it looks as though it's going to hold all weekend 8)

ricki · #3 04-28-2006, 02:31 PM

Yes, the windomatic has it at 16 to 22 kts. average 18 kts. at 3:30 pm and it might be building. I feel what should be an excellent session coming on tonight! Have fun out there.

ricki · #4 04-29-2006, 03:50 AM

I was thinking about a roadtrip to Ft. Pierce today. Looks like the forecast is strongest along the SE coast right here ...

TODAY
NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KNOTS.
NEAR SHORE...SEAS 5 TO 7 FEET BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FEET IN THE
AFTERNOON. IN THE GULF STREAM...SEAS 9 TO 11 FEET. NORTHEAST SWELL
3 TO 5 FEET. INTRACOASTAL WATERS CHOPPY IN EXPOSED AREAS.

TONIGHT
NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 30
KNOTS. SEAS 6 TO 8 FEET NEAR SHORE AND UP TO 10 TO 12 FEET IN THE
GULF STREAM. NORTHEAST SWELL 3 TO 6 FEET. INTRACOASTAL WATERS
CHOPPY IN EXPOSED AREAS.

SUNDAY
NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KNOTS.
SEAS 6 TO 8 FEET NEAR SHORE AND UP TO 12 FEET IN THE GULF STREAM.
NORTHEAST SWELL 3 TO 6 FEET. INTRACOASTAL WATERS CHOPPY IN EXPOSED
AREAS.

Summer's not here yet!

HIGHFLYN · #5 05-30-2006, 03:27 PM

Seems to be a little NE puff out there ppl 14-17mph. Hope to squeeze a session in this afternoon. I'll be between Boynton and Lake Worth.
Perhaps someothers will take advantage of this late season NE

Good luck to all!!!

ricki · #6 05-30-2006, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HIGHFLYN

Seems to be a little NE puff out there ppl 14-17mph. Hope to squeeze a session in this afternoon. I'll be between Boynton and Lake Worth.
Perhaps someothers will take advantage of this late season NE

Good luck to all!!!

Thanks for the heads up. The Windomatic at Delray has it at 13 to 18 kts. average around 15 kts. right now. Also, no squalls on the radar, time to hit it!

Have a good session.

HIGHFLYN · #7 05-30-2006, 08:46 PM

Hope your able to get some time in Rick, I powered out a 2.5hr session.
Sargasum (seaweed) was THICK and I feel a few lice. But it was WELL worth it. I hadn't inflated a kite in weeks and was having some serious withdrawls :shock:

ricki · #8 05-30-2006, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by HIGHFLYN

Hope your able to get some time in Rick, I powered out a 2.5hr session.
Sargasum (seaweed) was THICK and I feel a few lice. But it was WELL worth it. I hadn't inflated a kite in weeks and was having some serious withdrawls :shock:

Glad it was a good session, it does seem like a while since the last wind. I saw some huge mats of sargassum offshore in the Straits yesterday flying back from Abaco. Well, it sure is here now!

It was a good day, not nuclear but worlds ahead of extended calms. It was good to get out for a while.

I saw a couple of other guys up and down the cost. How did folks do tonight?

HIGHFLYN · #9 07-20-2006, 10:57 AM

07-20 @ 11:50AM

I've checked the radar, I've watched the trees and I've looked at all the cams and wind graphs.

It's B-L-O-W-I-N-G and I can't take it anymore. I'm hitting the beach (Boynton Inlet/North side). looks to be 16m'able

Hope it doesn't peater out and I can enjoy the rest of the day on the water :lol:

HIGHFLYN · #10 07-20-2006, 02:33 PM

7-20 @ 1:34 (packed up and off the beach)

Like a parched man chasing a mirage in the dessert, the doldrums of July fooled me into bailing out of work to hit the beach. In search of the wind that I watched all morning.

Be it the EXTREME heat or just the way Mother Nature toys with ones mind. I did my best and was not rewarded. So here I sit back at work, trying to focus. But only dreaming of the days that I have to make a choice between my 10m or 8m :roll:

I'm just about ready to sacrifice....... a kite, a board, heck if I knew of any virgins. I know the wind gods would reward us all. Rather then to continue this torture. I just want to RIDE