BWD Oregon Coast Wavesailing Camp 2014

[Jfish]

Rika and I will leaving for the gorge Thurs afternoon.
See you all down there!

[Windsurfish]

Hmmmm. I wonder if I get to go too? ;)

[C36]

Great to see the flurry of posts and the excitement/numbers growing!

Morewind:
Thanks for the oracle refresher (you saved me looking through the 2012 thread)!
Sorry you won't be there next week.
I enjoyed sharing the experience in the past, always appreciated your encouraging words, and look forward to sharing again in the future!


TheLaw: Won't the Delica (and Windsurfish ) be disappointed at being left behind?

I really enjoyed sharing sessions at Flo on the way back on a couple of trips and would appreciate posts on what peoples 'next stop' is on the way down and on the way back.

[TheLaw]

Sold the Delica last year and the Explorer turned out to be pretty small last year. I am going for comfort this year! I hear these Uhaul vans really jump well in the sand dunes so that will be fun...obviously I have to put on the paddle tires first.

See you in HR on Friday. Hopefully the rain stops

[winddoctor]

Warming up a seat at Doppio in HR for y'all. Heading to Pistol Sat again for a few days .

[TheLaw]

Nice! I look forward to shredding a wave with you soon

[C36]

Morewind: Do you have a link for the 9-panel orical forecast. This 4-panel was the closest I could find:
http://weather.unisys.com/ecmwf/ecmwf.p ... v=hide_bar

Thanks

[firstonlastoff]

try this,
http://weather.unisys.com/gfs/index.php?r=us

click on the picture of the pressure gradient maps, and then click through the days in advance until you realize how much time has just been wasted...

[bwd]

Or even this
http://www.bigwavedave.ca/forecasts.php?page=5

[C36]

try this,
http://weather.unisys.com/gfs/index.php?r=us

click on the picture of the pressure gradient maps, and then click through the days in advance until you realize how much time has just been wasted...

Thanks, but I still get lost in there. [edit/ second try I got it - different colour scheme made me think I was looking at the wrong information at first]

Or even this
http://www.bigwavedave.ca/forecasts.php?page=5

I looked, honest (just couldn't find the sunglasses on top of my head). Thanks.

So if I understand Morewind's tutorial, things are still looking good (starting about Sunday - "4 days" out). This seems to validate the other 'weather-models-for-dummies"!

[morewind]

that's it One thing I forgot to mention. The dates on the panels are grenwich(sp?) time, which is ahead of us by 7 or 8 hrs, depending on time of year. So, a panel marked with 12Z SAT (noon grenwich), would actually be 5am on the west coast (noon minus 7 hours). To my eye, it looks good from Sun to at least Thurs. The gradient suggests a nukin' Pistol on Sun and Mon ! Pack yer small stuff

[KUS]

Flo is as far as I'm going mike, any thought on that? Fcastpage lower panels in the model are cut off :-

[redbaron]

Looks like Im going be able to do round two. Leaving vic Saturday. See you guys in GB Sunday!

[morewind]

Flo is as far as I'm going mike, any thought on that?

Well ... if it were me, I'd drive the extra 2 1/2 hrs to Pistol. The tight gradient lines have backed off over the last 2 days, and are concentrated over the OR/CA border. Plus, pistol and the cape have a way shorter walk the water, good for those of us with shaky hips If you've already been travelling for over 10 hrs from Vic what's another 2? Either way, have a great trip Kus

[Tsawwassen]

Reading this thread was killing me so I'm now going for a few days.
Driving tomorrow morning and will either stop in Hood River tomorrow or head straight to Florence/ Gold Beach to SUP. See you at the Cape Sunday or maybe on the way down!