Columbia Beach Thursday

[C36]

Richi: Careful what you wish for (I'm on the 6:30 sailing ) - tell Chris that I can bring the board back for you (I'll take the 'car waxing for life' option ). If I'm not on the beach when he arrives/leaves he can tie it to my roof racks (I trust you know what my can looks like).

Merry Christmas

Wish I could join you guys but cant make it tomorrow, will probably be sailing your scraps at BBay in the morning. My friend Chris may be sailing at Columbia tomorrow and he has a 70l board and bag of mine. If any of you guys can bring it back I would buy you a case of your favourite beverages and wax your car for the rest of your life.

[Alton]

At Columbia Beach right now..............solid 6 knots Looks darker to the south. I'm keeping my fingers crossed something happens. I see Sisters and Entrance are cranking. Have fun at a Ebey Landing Chris!

Cheers,

Alton

[Chris Klohn]

At Columbia Beach right now..............solid 6 knots Looks darker to the south. I'm keeping my fingers crossed something happens. I see Sisters and Entrance are cranking. Have fun at a Ebey Landing Chris!

Cheers,

Alton

West Vancouver Island right now...............


12 December 2013
8:00 SSE 47 gust 55 N/A N/A 100.5 6 96 6
7:00 SSE 53 gust 58 N/A N/A 100.5 6 96 5
6:00 SSE 48 gust 56 N/A N/A 100.5 6 95 5
5:00 SSE 54 gust 61 N/A N/A 100.5 6 95 5
4:00 SSE 57 gust 67 N/A N/A 100.5 6 95 5
3:00 SSE 61 gust 70 N/A N/A 100.5 6 95 5
2:00 SSE 61 gust 67 N/A N/A 100.5 6 96 5
1:00 SSE 56 gust 66 N/A N/A 100.6 6 96 5
0:00 SSE 58 gust 69 N/A N/A 100.7 6 96 5
11 December 2013
23:00 SSE 57 gust 66 N/A N/A 100.8 6 96 5
22:00 SSE 52 gust 64 N/A N/A 100.9 6 96 5
21:00 SSE 54 gust 65 N/A N/A 101.0 6 95 5
20:00 SSE 57 gust 67 N/A N/A 101.0 6 96 5
19:00 SSE 49 gust 58 N/A N/A 101.2 6 97 5
18:00 SSE 51 gust 62 N/A N/A 101.2 6 97 5
17:00 SSE 55 gust 64 N/A N/A 101.3 6 97 5
16:00 SSE 48 gust 59 N/A N/A 101.3 6 98 6
15:00 SSE 46 gust 53 N/A N/A 101.5 6 98 6
14:00 SSE 41 gust 49 N/A N/A 101.6 6 98 6
13:00 SSE 40 gust 45 N/A N/A 101.6 7 98 6
12:00 SSE 40 gust 45 N/A N/A 101.7 7 98 7
11:00 SSE 40 N/A N/A 101.8 7 98 7
10:00 SSE 36 gust 43 N/A N/A 101.8 7 97 6
9:00 S 31 gust 37 N/A N/A 101.9 7 97 6
8:00 S 30 gust 39 N/A N/A 102.0 7 98 6

[Alton]

At Columbia Beach right now..............solid 6 knots Looks darker to the south. I'm keeping my fingers crossed something happens. I see Sisters and Entrance are cranking. Have fun at a Ebey Landing Chris!

Cheers,

Alton

Seriously???

Does a bear shit in the woods?

[Chris Klohn]

At Columbia Beach right now..............solid 6 knots Looks darker to the south. I'm keeping my fingers crossed something happens. I see Sisters and Entrance are cranking. Have fun at a Ebey Landing Chris!

Cheers,

Alton

Seriously???

Does a bear shit in the woods?

Ouch!!

It's still a shorter trip than Whidbey probably. The Metar/Taf shows crazy strong SE for Whidbey this afternoon. I've got my laptop with me so I'm here until dark either way. Good luck up there

Cheers,

Chris

[Richi]

Thanks guys, hope your getting some decent action over there. I think Chris ( windsurfish on BWD) is driving a beat up old Subaru station wagon so if one of you hooks up with the board, awesome! He probably won't be there till noon, I think he's teaching in the morning.
Hope the temps rise and the wind fills in for you guys!

[Richi]

ZERO degrees in Nanaimo! you guys are hardcore or insane

I just went through the windsurfer galleries looking for pics of your van David but couldn't find any. I can't seem to remember what kind of van you drive, I'm guessing Chrysler mid 2000's, burgundy, with no stickers on it? Any distinguishing marks?

Just talked to Chris, he drives a red Subaru with a white pop up tent, he will be there at 1:30 if the wind holds up. If the stars align and you can pick it up great, if not I appreciate it as well.

I'm a little teary eyed after looking through all those galleries, so many good times.

[Alton]

18-20 knots. Rigging 5.2/93L with 9 other windsurfers.

[Alton]

Scored a morning and afternoon session for 2.5 hours TOW at Columbia Beach.

ESE 18-25 with waist high swell reasonably organized outside and knee high waves nicely organized inside. Lull at noon perfect for lunch. Dialed in on 5.2/93L at times overpowered. Relatively warm for December.

Saw a pod of killer whales today but had to runaway from a group of territorial sea lions following me.

Michael, Dave/C36 and I enjoyed meeting up with our island buddies DavidM, Kus, Eastside, Adrian, Chris, Ozzy ... about a dozen windsurfers and 2 kiters today.

Jen - I'm bringing back the Ezzy
Richi - Dave/C36 is bringing back your 70L board from Chris

[Richi]

That's great, you guys rolled the dice and scored a nice session. I was afraid the skunk-o-meter was going to keep ticking. There was absolutely no wind here today, hopefully something pans out this weekend.

Thanks for picking up the board David, hopefully I can pass on the favour to someone else down the road. I will pm you with my phone number so I can pick it up and drop off some golden beverages. Oh and that OSR goes down as one of the best, nice creativity and enthusiasm!