2019-06-21 Everything in Disarray

I knew something was up when I went down to Dog River at 8:00am and no one was there.  What???  I walked across the street, and there were Jim, Cam, Cynthia and Gerry finishing their breakfasts.  I sat with them, but didn't order anything, telling the waitress that I would eat with the "second shift".

Watching the Action!

Jim wanted to try out a new foil, and Sailworks Jim Mudry was meeting them at the Event Site at 8:30.
When they left, Gerry and I walked back to Dog River and joined Brad, Blaine and Harold who were already there.  We had our coffee/ (tea for me), and I worked on finishing my blog.

Around 9:30 we headed across the street to Bette's and had breakfast.  Kent joined us.

Blaine and Brad went to pick up Brad's new Fanatic 82 Freewave Stubby board (Yes he finally made a decision).    They then went down to the Event site, because Blaine wanted to try out his new Foil board (which has been sitting in his van all week unused).

Blaine - finally trying out his new board!

Kent and I went to Sailworks and then down to the Event site to watch the action.

When we got there, Jim, Cam and Cynthia were taking turns on the two foil rigs that Jim Mudry had set up.  Blaine rigged and went out as well.  The conditions were gusty and overpowering, but they all got their turn.

Jim and Cynthia - Foiling

As the wind continued to increase, everyone came off the water.

Jim, Cam and Cynthia left for Roosevelt where they might sail for an hour or two if it looked good, before they continue home.  (Kent heard from Jim later in the day that there was no wind).

Ross left for the Airport to pick up Andreas.  They kited for a few hours in gusty conditions from the White Salmon bridge.  Andreas says he is very sore!  He was also a little disappointed that Ross didn't help him more, since it was his first time with an inflatable kite in decades. 

The rest of us met at Mosier and had a very good session in relatively steady wind (there were a few lulls).  I was the first on the water and sailed more than Kent did!  I was on my 4.8, Kent, Blaine and Brad on 4.2's, Harold on his 3.7, and Gerry on his 4.7.  It was interesting that we all ended up down current/upwind.  Likely due to the current, but we ended up out of sight of the launch.  Harold said he was lost as he couldn't see the launch site he was so far upwind.

Mosier Parking Lot - the Alberta Crew
Gerry, Ted, Harold, Blaine

We all got home, no one was hurt, and we didn't hurt anyone else - conforming to Cam's three primary metrics.

Gerry bid us goodbye and headed home.

Brad's new board

We quit relatively early so that we could go home and pack.

At 6:00ish, we all went to the event site.  It was way too windy to foil.  Dale was windsurfing with his 5.6 - blasting across the river as usual.  Bruce showed up and rigged his foil with a 4.5m Flyer sail.  He went out and was very powered.  It was amazing to watch.  After Dale saw Bruce on the water, he came in and took out his foil.  It was very impressive watching the two of them.  Very different than anyone else on the water.

We sat and watched for a while.  Eventually, the wind started to back off a little.  Jim Mudry was pushing Kent to get out, and he was eventually successful in talking Kent into it.  The two of them went out at about 7:00.    Nice - but the rest of us were hungry, so we left Kent and went for supper at the Ferment Brewing Company.

The food and service were excellent.  We finished up at around the same time Kent was coming off the water.  Andreas texted Kent telling him to join us, but we were all gone by the time Kent arrived.  That's the second time we have abandoned Kent on this trip....

It was early to bed for everyone.   Ross and Andreas are here for another week, but the rest of us are heading home early tomorrow.