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Sailing Report

Betsy writes:
Thanks to everyone for all your hard work at our work day at Lucky Peak yesterday! When you head up there to sail, if you walk upwind a bit at the launch, you'll find a beautifully smooth slope of pea gravel going down into the water for your launching ease. There's also been more gravel spread in our rigging area to protect our gear, and many larger rocks have been removed from our launching area. Extra thanks go to our hero, windsurfer Joe Doyle, who showed up with that awesome "Taskmaster," a little Bobcat-like gizmo with which he was able to ride along and scoop, move and smooth gravel. What a huge help! Big thanks also to Bill Binegar for the excellent coffee, and to everyone who showed up and manned the shovels, rakes and wheelbarrows.

The new T-shaped dock at Barclay Bay is scheduled to be assembled next Wednesday on the Barclay boat ramp, then towed over and secured in place on Thursday. Lucky Peak's Joyce Dunning has been very helpful and communicative about this process. Also, Serpentina suffered a broken tail in the move, so is awaiting a new $600 tail before she'll be reinstalled, far at the other end of the beach away from us. That big pile of sand that you still see down on the beach will eventually be moved over to that far side and placed around the purple serpent.

And among the coolest news: Joyce said Lucky Peak will be filling to the high-water mark within the next few days. So if the wind is happening up there this weekend, we should have some great launching conditions.

NOAA observations for May 23, 2007


 Time    Weather               Vis Tem Dew RH  Wind         Baro     dP*
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Boise
6:53pm  Clear                 10.0 68  19  16  WNW  8       30.04
5:53pm  Clear                 10.0 69  20  15  WSW  9       30.06
4:53pm  Clear                 10.0 68  21  17  WSW  7       30.08
3:53pm  Clear                 10.0 68  25  19  W    7       30.10
2:53pm  Clear                 10.0 67  26  21  CALM         30.12
1:53pm  Clear                 10.0 64  28  26  NW   8       30.14  +0.03
12:53pm Clear                 10.0 62  31  31  CALM         30.16  -0.03
11:53am Clear                 10.0 59  34  39  VRBL 3       30.17
10:53am Clear                 10.0 57  35  44  CALM         30.18
9:53am  Clear                 10.0 53  36  52  W    6       30.19
8:53am  Clear                 10.0 50  36  58  SSW  6       30.18  +0.01
7:53am  Clear                 10.0 45  35  68  S    5       30.18
6:53am  Clear                 10.0 41  34  75  CALM         30.17   0.00
5:53am  Clear                 10.0 40  33  76  S    5       30.15  +0.02
4:53am  Clear                 10.0 41  34  75  S    5       30.14  +0.02
3:53am  Clear                 10.0 42  33  70  SW   7       30.13  +0.01
2:53am  Clear                 10.0 44  33  65  SSE  5       30.12  +0.02
1:53am  Clear                 10.0 47  33  58  SW   5       30.11  +0.02
12:53am Clear                 10.0 51  33  50  WNW  8       30.10  +0.03

Mountain Home RAWS
06:52pm                            71  21  15  NW   6 G21
05:52pm                            73  17  12  NNW 10 G19
04:52pm                            71  17  13  W   10 G19
03:52pm                            73  17  12  WNW  6 G17
02:52pm                            69  22  17  NW   7 G17
01:52pm                            70  28  21  WSW  7 G15
12:52pm                            68  29  24  NNW  3 G22
11:52am                            65  31  28  W    5 G14
10:52am                            63  32  32  N    3 G10
09:52am                            58  32  38  W    3 G 9
08:52am                            53  33  47  NNW  3 G 9
07:52am                            48  34  59  N    3 G 7
06:52am                            40  33  76  N    5 G 8
05:52am                            38  31  78  N    6 G 9
04:52am                            34  28  80  NW   6 G 9
03:52am                            36  29  78  NW   7 G10
02:52am                            42  29  62  N    9 G13
01:52am                            41  29  63  N    3 G 8
00:52am                            43  28  56  NNW  5 G15

Caldwell
6:55pm  Clear                 9.0  68  28  23  NNW  5       30.06
5:55pm  Clear                 9.0  68  27  21  NNE  3       30.08
4:55pm  Clear                 9.0  70  28  21  WNW  9       30.10
3:55pm  Clear                 9.0  68  28  23  NNE  5       30.11
2:55pm  Clear                 9.0  66  32  28  N    7       30.14
1:55pm  Clear                 9.0  66  34  30  NE   6       30.16
12:55pm Clear                 10.0 63  34  34  NE   8       30.18
11:55am Clear                 9.0  61  34  36  WNW  6       30.20
10:55am Clear                 10.0 57  36  44  NNW  5       30.21
9:55am  Clear                 10.0 54  36  50  NW   7       30.22
8:55am  Clear                 9.0  52  37  58  NW   7       30.22
7:55am  Clear                 10.0 46  36  66  CALM         30.20
6:55am  Clear                 10.0 39  34  81  WNW  8       30.19
5:55am  Clear                 10.0 43  34  70  WNW  8       30.18
4:55am  Clear                 10.0 43  34  70  W    7       30.17
3:55am  Clear                 10.0 43  34  70  WNW  8       30.16
2:55am  Clear                 10.0 45  34  66  NW   10      30.15
1:55am  Clear                 10.0 48  34  57  NW   10      30.16
12:55am Clear                 10.0 48  34  57  WNW  14      30.15

Lucky Peak RAWS
06:31pm                            69  26  20  SSW  4 G18
05:31pm                            70  25  19  S    5 G19
04:31pm                            70  27  20  SSW 10 G20
03:31pm                            68  26  21  SSW  7 G20
02:31pm                            68  32  27  SSW  7 G16
01:31pm                            66  35  32  S    7 G16
12:31pm                            64  35  35  S    6 G15
11:31am                            62  34  36  ESE  5 G10
10:31am                            60  36  41  ENE  2 G 5
09:31am                            52  34  51  NW   4 G 9
08:31am                            45  34  65  NW   6 G16
07:31am                            41  34  77  NNW  9 G16
06:31am                            38  32  80  NW  11 G18
05:31am                            42  34  74  NNW 12 G23
04:31am                            41  32  72  N   17 G24
03:31am                            45  35  68  N   13 G22
02:31am                            47  35  64  N   14 G21
01:31am                            48  33  56  NNE 11 G22
00:31am                            51  34  54  N   12 G18

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

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