DOWNWINDER to Boca Chica tomorrow: N wind!

[ricki]

Hey Christophe,

Have to protest this one, you're laying on TOO MUCH fun while lots of us will have to sit this one out. Sounds like a real challenging run. That's around 12 to 14 miles straight downwind. The high is to be about 67 degrees (I would go for the full wetsuit, even a heat seeker is going to be chilly over that time).

The NWS southern zone forecast is for 20 to 25 kts. N to NE while the one over Miami is 15 to 20 kts. N. It will blowing into the face of the Florida Current kicking waves up pretty well on the outside and generating a nasty head chop inside. The Naples race was almost dead downwind for about 20 miles but with wind around the mid teens or less and with a small following rolling sea. If the wind pumps up this could be a pretty technical (and tiring) run. What was it Stacey said to do in Naples ... oh yeah, loop-loop left, then loop-loop right and ... btw, threw some more shots in your post.

Have fun and don't get too sore for the weekend, could happen!