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Sailing Report

Dr. Nick reports:
Today, Friday, was good at LP. Kick ass girl (Betsy), Fat cat (Nick), Pita Paul, & Jim V. tested the waters. Betsy was in mid-season form; fast reaches to the corridor. Winter weight Nick had a few rides; will tweek the rig for more power tomorrow (forgot the boom length for the 6.7 sail). Paul was in the zone on his new board. Jim was launching as I was leaving & seemed to be planing along well. The launch from Barclay Bay was not too bad; only a few feet of rocks to reach the water. Maybe it will be up a foot or two by Sunday. Water temp was bracing, like after shave, but with the air temps so mild it was actually refreshing to cool off. Looking forward to more tomorrow.

And Betsy:
There's a bunch of driftwood floating down the channel, for some reason. You can mostly see it and steer around it, but I did clonk one stick with my fin and had to stop three times to clear off a long wooden tail. I sailed from 7 to 8:30 and it felt great... all except the part where I drove off with my wetsuit still hanging on my car (I thought folks were just waving a friendly goodbye). Fun day - looking forward to the weekend!

NOAA observations for May 16, 2008

 Time    Weather               Vis Tem Dew RH  Wind         Baro     dP*

Boise 7:53pm Clear 10.0 84 41 22 WNW 9 30.15 6:53pm Clear 10.0 86 40 20 WNW 10 30.17 +0.11 5:53pm Clear 10.0 87 38 18 NW 7 30.18 +0.11 4:53pm Clear 10.0 86 39 19 NNW 8 30.20 +0.10 3:53pm Clear 10.0 86 41 21 VRBL 7 30.21 +0.11 2:53pm Clear 10.0 84 43 24 SW 6 30.23 +0.11 1:53pm Clear 10.0 84 44 25 W 9 30.25 +0.11 12:53pm Clear 10.0 82 43 25 CALM 30.27 +0.11 11:53am Clear 10.0 78 43 29 CALM 30.28 10:53am Clear 10.0 75 43 32 SE 7 30.30 +0.10 9:53am Clear 10.0 72 42 34 S 7 30.30 +0.12 8:53am Clear 10.0 68 43 40 E 7 30.30 +0.11 7:53am Clear 10.0 61 42 50 ESE 7 30.29 +0.12 6:53am Clear 10.0 58 42 55 SE 9 30.27 +0.13 5:53am Clear 10.0 59 42 53 SE 14 30.25 +0.15 4:53am Clear 10.0 61 43 52 SE 10 30.25 +0.14 3:53am Clear 10.0 60 44 55 S 7 30.24 +0.15 2:53am Clear 10.0 61 45 56 SSE 6 30.23 +0.16 1:53am Clear 10.0 60 44 55 S 3 30.23 +0.16 12:53am Clear 10.0 61 44 54 S 3 30.23 +0.15
Mt Home RAWS 07:52pm 85 36 18 NW 10 G19 06:52pm 90 36 15 N 10 G18 05:52pm 92 35 14 NW 7 G18 04:52pm 92 35 14 NNW 7 G17 03:52pm 90 34 14 NNW 9 G16 02:52pm 90 39 17 NW 6 G14 01:52pm 86 40 20 WNW 4 G17 12:52pm 84 43 24 ENE 3 G10 11:52am 79 43 28 ENE 4 G12 10:52am 74 42 32 ESE 6 G12 09:52am 69 41 37 SE 5 G11 08:52am 64 39 41 SE 6 G13 07:52am 57 42 58 ESE 7 G10 06:52am 46 39 78 ESE 3 G10 05:52am 47 39 76 E 7 G 9 04:52am 47 39 75 ENE 5 G 8 03:52am 49 38 67 E 4 G 8 02:52am 52 39 63 ENE 5 G 6 01:52am 58 40 51 ENE 0 G 4 00:52am 61 40 47 N 2 G 9
Caldwell 8:35pm Clear 10.0 81 37 21 NW 6 30.16 8:15pm Clear 6.0 82 39 22 NNW 5 30.16 7:55pm Clear 10.0 82 39 22 NW 3 30.16 7:35pm Clear 9.0 84 41 22 NNW 5 30.17 7:15pm Clear 10.0 84 45 25 NNW 3 30.17 6:55pm Clear 10.0 86 45 24 NNW 7 30.18 6:35pm Clear 10.0 86 43 22 NNE 5 30.18 6:15pm Clear 10.0 86 45 24 N 3 30.18 5:55pm Clear 10.0 88 43 21 NNE 5 30.19 5:35pm Clear 10.0 86 45 24 NE 3 30.19 5:15pm Clear 10.0 88 45 22 N 5 30.20 4:55pm Clear 10.0 86 45 24 NNE 3 30.21 4:35pm Clear 10.0 86 48 27 N 6 30.21 4:15pm Clear 10.0 86 46 25 CALM 30.22 3:55pm Clear 10.0 84 48 29 N 7 30.23 3:35pm Clear 10.0 84 48 29 NNE 7 30.23 3:15pm Clear 10.0 84 48 29 NE 5 30.24 2:55pm Clear 10.0 82 50 33 N 6 30.25 2:35pm Clear 10.0 82 52 35 N 5 30.25 2:15pm Clear 10.0 82 48 30 NNE 3 30.26 1:55pm Clear 10.0 81 52 37 NNW 6 30.27 1:35pm Clear 10.0 79 48 34 CALM 30.28 1:15pm Clear 10.0 79 48 34 CALM 30.28 12:55pm Clear 10.0 79 50 37 CALM 30.29 12:35pm Clear 10.0 75 48 39 NE 3 30.29 12:15pm Clear 10.0 75 48 39 N 3 30.30 11:55am Clear 10.0 73 48 41 CALM 30.30 11:35am Clear 10.0 73 48 41 W 5 30.31 11:15am Clear 10.0 72 48 43 CALM 30.31 10:55am Clear 10.0 72 48 43 CALM 30.31 10:35am Clear 10.0 70 48 46 WSW 3 30.31 10:15am Clear 10.0 70 48 46 SSW 3 30.32 9:55am Clear 10.0 68 46 46 S 5 30.32 9:35am Clear 10.0 66 46 49 S 5 30.32 9:15am Clear 10.0 64 46 52 S 7 30.32 8:55am Clear 10.0 63 46 55 S 5 30.31 8:35am Clear 10.0 61 46 59 SSE 5 30.31 8:15am Clear 10.0 57 46 67 SE 5 30.31 7:55am Clear 10.0 54 45 71 SE 6 30.30 7:35am Clear 10.0 50 43 76 ESE 5 30.29 7:15am Clear 10.0 48 41 76 E 5 30.29 6:55am Clear 10.0 48 39 71 CALM 30.29 6:35am Clear 10.0 48 39 71 E 3 30.28 6:15am Clear 10.0 48 41 76 ENE 7 30.27 5:55am Clear 10.0 48 39 71 NNE 6 30.26 5:35am Clear 10.0 52 43 71 WNW 5 30.26 5:15am Clear 10.0 54 43 67 N 3 30.26 4:55am Clear 10.0 55 43 62 WNW 3 30.26 4:35am Clear 10.0 54 43 67 CALM 30.25 4:15am Clear 10.0 54 43 67 CALM 30.25 3:55am Clear 10.0 54 43 67 WSW 3 30.25 3:35am Clear 10.0 55 43 62 CALM 30.25 3:15am Clear 10.0 55 43 62 WNW 5 30.25 2:55am Clear 10.0 57 45 63 NW 8 30.24 2:35am Clear 10.0 57 43 59 NW 7 30.24 2:15am Clear 10.0 57 45 63 NW 9 30.24 1:55am Clear 10.0 57 43 59 WNW 9 30.24 1:35am Clear 10.0 59 43 55 WNW 8 30.24 1:15am Clear 10.0 61 45 55 WNW 8 30.24 12:55am Clear 10.0 61 43 51 WNW 7 30.24 12:35am Clear 10.0 61 45 55 WSW 5 30.24 12:15am Clear 10.0 64 45 49 WNW 7 30.23
LP RAWS 06:31pm 88 41 20 W 7 G15 05:31pm 88 41 20 NW 5 G14 04:31pm 88 40 19 NW 4 G15 03:31pm 87 39 19 NNW 4 G15 02:31pm 86 40 20 SE 6 G11 01:31pm 85 44 24 ESE 5 G10 12:31pm 81 43 27 E 4 G 6 11:31am 78 43 29 E 3 G 6 10:31am 73 43 34 NE 1 G 8 09:31am 63 43 48 NNW 6 G14 08:31am 55 41 61 NW 9 G18 07:31am 50 41 71 NW 11 G19 06:31am 50 42 75 NW 12 G18 05:31am 51 40 68 NW 13 G20 04:31am 54 42 65 NNW 9 G17 03:31am 56 42 61 NNW 12 G18 02:31am 59 43 56 NNW 10 G22 01:31am 60 42 52 N 13 G20 00:31am 62 44 52 NNW 11 G16

* dP is the pressure difference between Hailey and Boise; +0.10 or better and easterly flow is good.

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