{"id":261,"date":"2013-07-21T18:29:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-21T18:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sailingthanksdad.com\/index.php\/2013\/07\/21\/ying-and-yang-winds-this-weekend\/"},"modified":"2020-03-30T21:12:29","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T21:12:29","slug":"ying-and-yang-winds-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sailingthanksdad.com\/index.php\/2013\/07\/21\/ying-and-yang-winds-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Ying and Yang winds this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday I went sailing with a couple friends.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Once again, everything about the weather was great except the wind. Wind speeds were forecast to be \u201c10-15 knots growing to 15-20 knots later in the afternoon\u201d\u2026.NOT. <\/span><\/p>\n

For most of the sail the winds were in the 3 \u2013 6 knots range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Not much wind to keep the sails full<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

We called it a day a bit earlier than we would have had there been some wind.<\/p>\n

On Sunday I went sailing with my brother.<\/p>\n

Winds were much better and we had a great day sailing.<\/p>\n

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\nI brought my new \u2018Kite Cam\u201d bracket and was able to get the kite cam to stay aloft for several minutes before there was a lull in the wind that caused the kite cam to take a nose dive into the lake.
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Kite Cam Up<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Unfortunately, the angle of the bracket was such that most of the video taken was of the water behind the boat. I was able to salvage several frame grabs from the video to illustrate how high the kite cam got up into the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Kite Cam Frame Grab<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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We also anchored for a short while to see how easy or hard it is to climb back onto the boat from the water. It would be ok in an emergency, but it required a bit more upper body strength than would be comfortable for most people. We have to come up with another solution before we can start swimming off the boat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Climbing out of the water<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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