When the sand starts blowing, it means that it is time to go sailing. Friday was a great start to the holiday weekend with tons of sailors out on the water.
Check out the gallery for lots more photos.
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Windy Friday at Crissy Field
Sunday, September 6th, 2009First ever kiteboard course racing world championship
Sunday, August 9th, 2009Yesterday marked the conclusion of the first ever kiteboard course racing world championship. After countless hours of work translating sailing rules to fit the kite racing style, building specialized boards to go high upwind and deep downwind, and gathering the best sailors from around the world, the St. Francis Yacht Club put on a great event. The beach at Crissy Field was covered with kites and spectators.
Gusty winds at Crissy Field
Friday, June 19th, 2009Wow, today was windy but the problem was it was also very gusty. Several sailors, including Derek Lueck, braved the gusts and made the best of it. Here’s a shot of Derek working on his freestyle.
Check out some other shots of Derek Lueck.
Sunday at Crissy Field
Monday, June 8th, 2009Yesterday was an awesome day at Crissy Field. The sun was out all day long. The weather was warm. And most importantly, it was windy. Here’s a shot of a nice one-handed laydown jibe in front of the Golden Gate Bridge.
And here’s the Coast Guard bringing a couple sailors back in at the end of the day.
Surprise session at Crissy Field
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009It looked like yesterday was going to be another foggy day with not much wind, but boy was that wrong. The fogged backed off to just on the outer side of the Golden Gate Bridge and the wind cranked up.
You should have been here earlier
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009I checked out the Exploratorium Cam and could see that it was really windy down at Crissy. The bay was covered with whitecaps and sand on the beach was blowing everywhere. 30 sailors were ripping back and forth and coming right next to the beach for big jibes and freestyle maneuvers. Perfect for photos. I grabbed my gear and headed out.
As I pulled in the parking lot, I could already sense something was up. I couldn’t see many sails out on the water. All but two or three of the sailors were on the beach carrying their gear back to their cars. Soheil Zahedi had rigged a little bigger sail and was still out enjoying the day.
Evening slalom training at Crissy
Friday, May 8th, 2009It didn’t look all that windy last night at Crissy and there was a 3 knot current so most sailors didn’t venture off the beach. Steve was absolutely flying on his slalom board and 7.3m North Sail, doing laps from the Golden Gate Bridge down to Alcatraz and back.
Great Saturday afternoon windsurfing at Crissy Field
Monday, April 27th, 2009The formula windsurfing fleet was off in Berkeley for the Calcup race leaving Crissy for the freestyle sailors. Another awesome day of sailing with winds approaching 30mph.
30mph+ at Crissy Field
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009The sensor was reading over 30 with gusts to near 40 almost all day today.
Windsurfing at Crissy Field
Sunday, April 12th, 2009Here are the photos from today at Crissy Field.
