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: Sailed from about 10:45 until about 2:15. I : hadn't sailed JOrdan in quite a while and it : was great to be outdoors and in warm water agan! : Brought only one board, the Seatrend 70 with a : 7.5 sail. Others sailors were : on 6.8 to 8.5 (or bigger, John H.?). There were about : 8 windsurfers: Randy D., John H., JOhn R., Bob R., : Stuart (sp?), Tom (New Malibu), a guy from Madison, : Wisconsin, a Dutch guy. Several jetskis, including : one who was inconsiderate enough to moor his : jetski right in front of the launch ramp. : Winds were gusty and from the southwest, 2-3 : in the lulls, averaging 8-12, maybe 18 in the : best gusts.* I was ITFS most of the time, but : there was some slogging. : By early afternoon the boat traffic was kicking : up a lot of chop, so much so that it became : difficult to sail. You get this odd situation : in which the wind and waves and swell all : seem to be working in different directions. Maybe : "chop" isn't the right word, CHAOS would be more : like it. I had forgotten how nasty it can be : sailing with power boats. : WW. : *After I stated my estimate of the wind speed, : I went to the NWS for their stats. The NWS says : the highest wind speed today was : 18 mph, the highest gust speed was 22. The average : wind speed 11.4. Deduct a few percentage points : because they're measuring at RDU and you've got it. : Hey, my estimation were fairly accurate. But then : I've had wind sensitivity training. :

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