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Kraemer
Since 24 Apr 2006
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 Wed Jul 30, 08 11:26 am Sauvies Sensor |
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Just got the word today--The coast guard just approved I-kitesurf to install a REAL-TIME sensor at SAUVIES!!!!
Big thanks to Stuart Hill for keeping this project moving forward! Ya BRA!! 
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Moto
Since 03 Sep 2006
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Still a gojo pimp!
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| Wed Jul 30, 08 11:29 am |
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Freaking sweet man!! Freaking sweet!!!
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tekko
Since 20 Feb 2006
376 Posts
White Salmon
Liquid Force
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| Wed Jul 30, 08 11:34 am |
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That is great!!
Someone should contact them and see if there is any way the NW kite community can assist and speed it along.
Might take raising some $$... I know at least a few years ago when I was in Hatteras and we did one at the Slick.. it was about $5k.
I'm sure we could pull together for something like this... if they do indeed need it. (just have to do it a bit after KB4C)
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rich
Since 30 Nov 2005
306 Posts
portland
Obsessed
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| Wed Jul 30, 08 12:37 pm |
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| Happy to hear it. It would be even sweeter if they decide to spend more time forecasting SI.
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pkh
Since 27 Feb 2005
6549 Posts
Couve / Hood
Honored Founder
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| Wed Jul 30, 08 12:57 pm |
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Rich - From what I understand a lot of Iwindsurf forecasting is about looking at sensors and seeing how that matches forecast models and making adjustments. So probably one reason they are way off is there is no good sensor for Sauvies.
Tekko - on the money thing I know a lot of people signed up as a result of clicking on the "Sauvies Sensor" that doesn't exist essentially. I know if there was an Iwindsurf specific sensor setup a lot of people would probably get accounts that don't have them now or dumped them in favor of free tools.
Anyway, this is great news!
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pdxmonkeyboy
Since 16 May 2006
6081 Posts
forever labled as the
retired kiter & motorhead Unicorn Master
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| Wed Jul 30, 08 2:31 pm |
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| Yeah Rich, don't be so hard on the guy. As everyone knows, sauvie is a mutha f?@#cker to predict. It just seems to me that a number of different factors have to collide just right for it to be good out there.
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rich
Since 30 Nov 2005
306 Posts
portland
Obsessed
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| Wed Jul 30, 08 3:06 pm |
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The sensor info sounds about right, am hoping that it all works out for the better.
comments weren't meant to sound dikt out or anything.
See you guys on the water
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Kataku2k3
Since 14 Aug 2005
3753 Posts
Los Angeles, CA
Videographer
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| Wed Jul 30, 08 3:48 pm |
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Brian is on with the correct spelling... No more "Sauvies" from him!  
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FlyDunes
Since 09 Oct 2007
1034 Posts
Aloha
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| Wed Jul 30, 08 8:40 pm |
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Of course when it blows good, it usually comes up quick and only lasts a few hours. If you wait for the sensor to say it's nukin before you go, then you've lost a lot of opportunity.
Its an easy call for me. I live on the west side and Sauvies (I don't give a rats ass if it shouldn't really have an "s" a the end, that's what people actually call it) is the only place I can get to in time after work. So I go as often as possible in the summer and I take my chances.
Its a nice place to hang out in the late afternoon on weekdays anyway, and there's usually good people there to pass the time with no matter what happens.
But yeah, I'd like to see a functional sensor there too 
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Kraemer
Since 24 Apr 2006
1736 Posts
Sky Pilot
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| Wed Jul 30, 08 9:20 pm |
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| tekko wrote: | | Someone should contact them and see if there is any way the NW kite community can assist and speed it along. |
Already done; I've been working with I-kite for the last year, documenting; photographing; and GPS mapping sauvies kite-beach. I've written letters and had dozens of emails back and forth. The best thing anyone can do now is re-new their subscription; or just join the service. They know it's a want, (and a need from our perspective)-- and good things are happening. The sensor will probably go up on the south channel marker from 'our' beach. The north marker is certainly a possibility--however the south marker usually gets less wind and is therefore the lowest common denominator. I think it should go there. Any thoughts on this? (north channel marker vs. south channel marker?)
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Chooch
Since 18 Nov 2007
1871 Posts
Wicked Pissah
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| Wed Jul 30, 08 9:45 pm |
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Thats sick Kramer....thanks for all the hard work.   Def one of the most needed sensors in the area. Next time I see you I am def. goin to buy you some 
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Nak
Since 19 May 2005
4304 Posts
Camas
Site Lackey
CGKA Member
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| Wed Jul 30, 08 9:53 pm |
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Thanks for your work on this Kraemer!! Way to persevere!
You've been doing the work, and I'd be thrilled with a sensor on neither marker. I wonder if the North one wouldn't be better though? It seems like a sometimes there's ridable wind there, and just a breeze south... It would be nice to keep an eye on the wind on the North end; it would help build a feeling over time what conditions are likely to produce good wind. Anyways, just a thought and you have definitely been the one really studying this. I bow to your judgment.
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Sasquatch
Since 09 Mar 2005
2102 Posts
PNW
Bigfoot
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| Wed Jul 30, 08 11:45 pm |
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[quote="Kraemer"] | tekko wrote: | | Any thoughts on this? (north channel marker vs. south channel marker?) |
North end gets my vote. my 3 cents. Good work.
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FlyDunes
Since 09 Oct 2007
1034 Posts
Aloha
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| Thu Jul 31, 08 6:13 am |
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[quote="Kraemer"] | tekko wrote: | | Any thoughts on this? (north channel marker vs. south channel marker?) |
Nice job Kraemer!
It would make way more sense to me to do a NORTH channel marker placement. The wind always builds from the North, so having the sensor there would give us more advance notice when it starts to work.
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pkh
Since 27 Feb 2005
6549 Posts
Couve / Hood
Honored Founder
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| Thu Jul 31, 08 6:29 am |
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I'm also down with the North marker... sometimes that wind line takes awhile to move down, and the earlier warning you get that its getting windy the better.
Great job Kraemer!
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Spike
Since 13 May 2007
1414 Posts
Alameda
Spelling Expert
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| Thu Jul 31, 08 6:35 am |
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| Kraemer wrote: | | The north marker is certainly a possibility--however the south marker usually gets less wind and is therefore the lowest common denominator. I think it should go there. Any thoughts on this? (north channel marker vs. south channel marker?) |
Whichever one Adam ends up not slamming his kite into
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Gman
Since 11 Feb 2006
4911 Posts
Portland
Unstrapped
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