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Wednesday, October3, 2007 |
Marc and
I braved the cold and were rewarded with one good hour of 100%
planing. I was on my 5.2 and Marc was on his 4.7.
The water is even lower than it was in Marc's pictures from
September 16. |
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Marc NOT to fall!
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September 16, 2007 |
Magic on
the LOW down - Marc took some beautiful pictures of Magic on
September 16: |
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Wed,
Sept. 12, 2007 |
Report
from Chris G.:
wind report for Wed. 9/12
Wind was filled in nicely
at 13 - 15 with an occasional gust into the low 20's.
Perfect day for Doug Webb or two goofy kiters. Doug was a no
show but Erin and Chris hit the water. Erin was first out on
a 9 meter a little under powered but still got good rides
and a few good dunks too. Next was Chris on a 14 meter he
got good rides and some totally out of control down wind
runs, Major achievement was he got back to the truck were he
started.A word of caution, stay up wind of these tea baggers
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Friday, Sept. 7, 2007 |
Report
from Marc D: Flat water or open water take your
pick. I launched from the West Side and sailed mostly inside one
of the offshore blowing coves while Mark W. and BT came from
East Side and were doing long shore to shore reaches- the NW
wind direction was perfect for that. It blew in the 20-30 mph
range with some lulls-perfect 5.5 to 6.1 conditions.
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Labor Day weekend in the Gorge |
We went to the Gorge for the weekend. Saturday there
was absolutely no wind, so Jim, Kathy, Ray, Sheila and Kirk went
on a bike ride. Sunday it blew. Monday morning not
windy so we went on another bike ride up the Klickitat River
before driving home. |
Wayne, Jim and John - Breakfast at the Hatchery |
John and Kirk |
No wind activity - bike ride along Klickitat River and over the
pass to Appleton |
Mt. Hood from the ridge |
| #20 |
Tuesday, August 21, 2007 |
Outrageous afternoon, I was overpowered on my 5.2. I was
the only sailor until Chris, a new sailor to Magic, showed up.
He was still sailing when I left. Sunny, wind blowing from
24-38 mph. It was more west/southwest than it was Sunday
and filled in solid. It made for really smooth conditions.
A few of the gusts were strong enough to blow the crusties off
of a blow flies ass. The first hour I was in survival
mode. The last 1 3/4 were lit with a flattened out 5.2. |
| #19 |
Sunday, August 19, 2007 |
Quite a
few sailors showed up at Magic today. It was good to see
John M., Wayne and Ray at the lake today along with the regulars
(about 7 guys in all). We arrived as a front was pushing
through and were sailing 4.7's and 5.2's.
After the front passed the sun came out and the wind backed off.
It came back as everyone was leaving. Marc was the only
one rigged up so he went back out. |
click here to see more photos
from Sunday (including pics of Mark W, John M, Jim and Ray
(which includes a sequence of Ray's jibe)) |
| #18 |
Friday, August 10, 2007 |
I got
down to Magic about 3:00 and rigged my 5.7. I slogged
about 200 yds. and thought, "Ahh shit!" I looked upwind
and saw a dust storm coming, "Oh, shit!" The wind came on
strong and instead of adjusting my sail size I adjusted where I
sailed - I hid out in the West Magic hole and eventually worked
my way up past Lava Point into Camas Creek Cove and hid under
the bluff. I had a great time sailing right under the wind
meter. I was the only one on the water, no boats or
fishermen. When I left at 5:30 Wade was going out on a
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August 4,
2007 Gorge Trip |
Jim, Chris & Jorn at Mosier |
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Rufus launch with Mt. Hood in background |
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July
7-13, 2007 |
I sailed 4 days in Prasonisi on the island of Rhodes in Greece.
Click here to see
pictures from Prasonisi. |
| #17 |
July
1, 2007 |
Report of Chris sailing today. |
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#16 |
June 29, 2007 |
Sailable day at Magic, report of sailor spotted on water. |
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Monday, June 25, 2007 |
BT and
Gammon were first on the water, on 5.7-6.0 sails. I went
out on my 5.7 and started out good then the wind backed off.
Marc was on his 5.5. We hung out on the beach for a while
then the wind came back and Marc and I went back out.
About 10-15 minutes after Chris left the wind kicked in.
Scott G. and Wayne showed up and by the time they rigged up the
wind was blowing well. Wayne was on a 5.2, 90 litre board.
Check out the guys doing 360's.
Click here for
photo enlargement page (photos from 24th and 25th). |
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Wayne by Marc D. |
Jim, Chris, BT by Marc D. |
Chris & Jim by Marc D. |
Chris G. by Marc D. |
| #14 |
Sunday, June 24, 2007 |
Marc and
I sailed in less-than-perfect conditions. I was on my 6.5
and planing about 35% of the time. We counted 14 boats on
the water at one time. The water in the reservoir is going
down. Photos from Marc D.
Click to see photos from the
24th and 25th enlarged. |
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| #13 |
Monday, June 18, 2007 |
Here's a
report for Monday June 18; Wind was a lot stronger than Jim
and I thought it would be. It even lulled Jim into not bringing
his 5.2. I was way overpowered on a 5.5.
Rigged a 4.7 and had a great time. Jim hung onto a 5.7 and
made it look easy even though he said he was sheeted out half
the time. As windy as Sunday if not more so and nicely filled
in.
Marc
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| #12 |
Sunday, June 17, 1007 |
Big day
at Magic - about 12 sailors including two I didn't know.
When I got there it was holey and by 4:00 or 4:30 it started
filling in. By 5:00 it filled in really good. Too
bad I was too tired to stay any longer. It was cooler
today but sunny, no clouds. What great days we had this
weekend. Makes you glad you live in the WR Valley, huh?
Sail range from 4.7 to 5.8, mainly 5.0's.
Jim S. sent two photos from yesterday.
Click here to
see them enlarged. |
Winkler on glass while Chris (
the new guy ) looks on. |
Winkler chasing Webb while Gammon
looks on. |
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Saturday, June 16, 2007 |
It was a
good day for the young guns to tear up the lake. Mark W.
sent these pictures of Keara and Chris enjoying Father's Day
weekend.
Click here to see enlargments. |
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| #11 |
Thursday, June 14, 2007 |
There
were 5 or 6 sailors at Magic Thursday. It was blowing
enough for 5.2's but it was holey. Sunny gusting to the
30's. |
| #10 |
Tuesday, June 12, 2007 |
When I
arrived at Magic it was 14mph, gusting to 33. I started
off on my 6.5 and got blown off the water within 20 minutes as
the wind filled in. I rigged my 5.7 and sailed until 6:00
under sunny skies. As I was leaving at 6:30 Doug and John
showed up and they should have had some good sailing as the wind
was still blowing. |
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#9 |
Monday, May 28, 2007 |
COLD,
COLD! But windy. All photos by Marc D.
click here to
see photo page |
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| #8 |
Sunday, May 27, 2007 |
The wind
kicked in about 4:00, after the clouds started clearing off.
We started out on 6.0's to 7.0's. After the wind filled in
at about 5:30 Doug W. rigged his 5.7 and was planing the whole
time. 6 or 7 sailors at lake today. All photos taken
by Marc D.
click here
to see photo page |
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#7 |
Saturday, May 19, 2007 |
all
photos from Marc D. click here to see larger photos |
Marc and
Jim got to Myrtle Point first and were surprised to see solid
whitecaps. We rigged 5.5-5.7. Just after we got on
the water it backed off some. I came in and rigged a 6.5
for the rest of the day. Planed about 60% of the time,
long periods between the wind. Doug, Matt and Wayne had
fun sailing, too. |
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| #6 |
Sunday, May 13, 2007 |
all
photos from Marc D. click here to see larger photos |
By 12:30
it was full on 4.7. Jim S, Jim W and a kiter got an hour
of sailing before Marc D, Wayne, Scott and B.T. showed up.
After those guys got 1 good hour in, the wind got shifty,
dropping down to 5.8 - 6.0 wind. Doug showed up about
4:45, he rigged a 7.0 and was way over-powered. He went
out at 5:45 on his 6.0. He looked lit up quite nicely and
the wind came back solidly. Chris came out from the east
side (he was on a tight leash - Mother's Day.) |
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| #5 |
Saturday, May 12, 2007 |
Marc and
I sailed, it was up and then mostly down but enjoyed getting out
there. |
| #4 |
Wednesday, May 9,
2007 |
If only . . . . we
had gotten there an hour earlier. Marc and I were on the
water about 5:00, Marc on a 4.7 and I was on my 5.7. It
was 19, g to 29. For the first 15 minutes we were really
going then the wind started to shut down. We sailed for
another hour - getting good pulls every 10 or 15 minutes.
Practiced our slow sailing techniques and tricks during lulls. |
| #3 |
Sunday, May 6,
2007 |
Marc and I sailed at Magic today.
We got a late start, got to the lake at about 4:00. Had a
good 1/2 hour of planing, some lower wind sailing.
Saturday was extremely windy but just too cold to bear. |
| #2 |
Wednesday, May 2,
2007 |
A storm was predicted and about
2:30 the wind started blowing. I got on the water at 3:45,
sailed 45 minutes only planing 3-4 times. I was on the
edge of the clouds. There was blue sky to the south.
At about 4:30 the wind kicked up and was steady. I was
planing 100% for an hour. Finally it became too strong for
my 6.5 and I packed it in. They haven't started taking
water out of Magic, the Richfield canal is still dry. |
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Sunday,
April 29, 2007 |
High overcast greeted us at Magic
for the first day of the season. When we arrived it was 78o
and the wind was up and down. Marc was on a 6.1 and I was
on a 6.5, we were planing 50-60% of the time. When we left
the temperature had fallen to 69o. There were a
couple of other guys there but they didn't have big enough sails
so they didn't go out. |
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Jim
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