VANCOUVER ISLAND WINDTALK

maybe....limited....as usual now Flo only likely, if at all July 19-29 big maybe, then I'm screwed til mid August or even September...hope to do Flo area then

I'll go if KC7s goes Might be able to make that, I missed the first trip I had really wanted to go on.

more force 4 wrote:I'll go if KC7s goes Might be able to make that, I missed the first trip I had really wanted to go on.

Don't start that again! I teach a CA course from Jul 21 - Aug 3.

This week at Westport, next week on Hornby with the family. Funny how the summer gets so booked and no sailing. And losing one's harness can really kill sailing TOW.

We'll see what August brings.

KC

KC7777 wrote:We'll see what August brings.

August brings doldrums, no seeums, higher gas prices, deck repairs, warm beer and family BBQ's can't wait for Labor Day when everyone is back to school/work and outta my way in the meantime: enjoy July while you got it Lovin' it

PS: KC, never book anything for July Ding ding that's for August

Who needs a harness when you have PYTHONS!

I propose that the BWD community pre-books KC7777's holidays for July 2014! Otherwise, this guy is NEVER going to go to the Coast for a wave sailing initiation!
This is going to be such a big event ( if it ever happens) that we will be able to sell BWD fundraisng tickets!!
Keith you need to book off.. in advance...July 25- August 1, 2014.

Hey Jelly,

I wish I could book that week for July 2014. But I always teach the Uniform Final Exam (UFE ) prep course for CAs the last two weeks of July. For the last 12 years and for the forseeable future. That is how I pay for my toys. That is why I stay stuck at this level.

And I am trying to build enough anticipation for my Coast adventure so that I can sell some shirts.

K

more excuses...

We all make decisions...

Here's my OR "by the numbers" summary. What a great trip

346,798: number of grains of Florence jetty sand in various orifices of my car
5: days of wickedly fun wave sailing
1: number of days watching when it was too windy (35knots makes the waves too damn knarly)
1: number of days ending up at the wrong spot - hung out at Pistol only to have the wind go S, meanwhile Dana and TheBoss were sailing at the Gold beach jetty
3: years in a row of great wave sailing
4: number of OR coast crew that headed back and missed the hot Romanian server at the Seastar restaurant
42: total dollars spent on accomodation for 8 nights
2: number of days getting lucky with a sailing session - driving to Crescent City and scoring a day to remember forever, and N to Florence when Gold Beach was shutting down
1: number of manta rays stuffed into my booties - yah got me DWD !
3: times more canadians than americans sailing in S OR
358: days until OR 2014 trip
1: number of Gold Beach fudge shops turned into gun shops
2: years off my life by eating twice at Double D's in Gold Beach
3: number of new beers tried on trip (2 from a new brewery in Gold Beach called Arch Rock, ESB from Full Sail)
2,258: kms driven on OR trip
0.2: degrees increase in global temperature due to kms driven
1: number of new states I've windsurfed in - California
1: number of invented sailing site names i.e "en la linea" = "down the line" in Spanish => was actually the N end of Crescent City beach - what a session
0: number of pages I read in books brought on trip
600: mg in ibuprofen used to dull a back spasm after getting jolted by a Flo wave
68: age of oldest Pistol sailer we met -- "Oki Steve"

This thread and the logs from Oregon have helped keep me going through 2 weeks of couch, crutches and now endless physio, often with the wind ripping here and 10 minutes down the road at Gordon's. Thanks dudes. Can't wait till BWD Wavesailing Camp 2014. Start my training January, maybe sooner.
Waiting on photos. WD must have take a few rolls. They're probably still at the Fotomat.

morewind wrote: 1: number of manta rays stuffed into my booties - yah got me DWD !

ha ha!! daves got you!!

morewind wrote: 4: number of OR coast crew that headed back and missed the hot Romanian server at the Seastar restaurant

ponytail? he was Romanian!?

pretty sure that was a dude Mike

KC7777. Remember the Desiderata ...

"Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own windsurfing, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time ..."

shaggy wrote: Can't wait till BWD Wavesailing Camp 2014.

Yeah, we were missing you down there Shaggy. On the mast high pistol day, BWD commented that these were ideal Shaggy conditions

morewind wrote:68: age of oldest Pistol sailer we met -- "Oki Steve"

nice list....but Okie Steve is not 68, he is 568....he is actually a vampire with an eye condition and has assumed an old LaVentana windsurfer's body that got swept out to sea.....he roams Maui and the Rock for new victims to pass his abuse onto