Hope everyone up north is okay after that massive Pineapple Express yesterday (Still going on this morning, of course; LA just getting it, San Diego not yet.)
Here in Santa Barbara the winds started for real right before dark. From about 6 pm to about 1 am it blew 40 gusting 60 across the whole area!
Haven't gone around yet this morning but last night in a brief excursion to help a neighbor wrangle his blown genoa, I counted 12 blown genoas around me. The guy I helped has a J180!!!! His sail was probably 10,000 dollars.
Then we had about 2.5 inches of rain. Still blustery this morning. True Friend is unscathed :)
Nick Tonkin
*Former* Website Administrator, C36/375IA
*Former* owner, C36 tr/fk #255, Santa Barbara, CA
Nick,
Glad to hear you are OK. From all the news reports, it has been quite a nasty storm.
Tom Sokoloski
C36/375IA Past Commodore
Noank, CT