Monday 10/20/03 - Eagle Ocean (Jibe Marker Jill's report)
Sail size: 5.5-6.0, wind 15-33 mph, air temp 79

I know most of you are off in Hatteras, but I thought I'd post a note anyway about sailing Eagle Ocean yesterday. It was about as good as is gets on Eagle O. The wind was SSW at 18-25, and surprising steady, with only a few gusts and lulls here and there. Weather was sunny, temps in the upper 70's, and the water was still warm enough to be comfortable in a 3/2 wetsuit... even when ya fall in all the time like me!

Bryan and I were the only ones on the water... along with the Pike Fire deparment who was doing scuba training.
I was powered up on my 5.5, and Bryan was on his 6.0. I got on the water around 1:30, and it was solid wind until about 4 p.m., when it started backing off a bit and getting more flukey. Bryan called it a day, and I hung around for a while to see if the wind would pick back up. There was still plenty of wind for my 6.5, but I was too lazy to rig up. I decided to call it a day, too, and of course the wind picked back up as I left the parking lot, and kept blowing until well after dark.

We've sent the unused wind to Hatteras... hope you all are enjoying it!