Date:	Tue, 21 Feb 1995 08:45:46 -1000
From:	ajs@stairs.nw.att.com (Alan Sparling)
Message-Id: <D4D5GA.KMG@ssbunews.ih.att.com>
Organization: AT&T Enhanced 9-1-1 Development
Subject: Erie Ice Fly posted for Sam Ritter


I am posting this for Sam Ritter, he mailed it to me early last week but
I just got back to the office after being away for a while.  So its my fault
that it is not timely, but I think this will still be of interest.

----------- Start of Sams post --------------
 
If Lee's fly is any indication of what Madison will be like, 
speed's WILL be fast.  We had winds at one point up to 50 mph 
on the bay on Saturday.  On Sunday, they calmed down to where 
you needed a 4.4 at first, and then picked up to where people 
were really moving with 2.8's and Lee was bookin' with his 1.7 
something or other.  I tried Lee's 4.4 with Terry's ice buggy 
and boy I was moving.  People on shore told me that one of my turns 
kicked up a huge rooster tail of what they said looked like  
water, but it was all snow and ice( mostly ice ).  I guess I 
had a lot of speed and power in that run :-)))))))))).  Then the 
wind picked up too much and I got lifted out of the buggy with 
the 4.4.  I guess I now have some respect for Force 10 foils. 
 
The ice got extremely hard by Sunday; so much so that the experienced 
people like Lee and Gary Counts were having a really hard time. 
The ice was much better suited to ice buggy runners than for  
skis.  The only problem is that you need a lot of speed and power 
to blow thru the packed snow on the ice. 
 
Later 
 
--------------------
Sam Ritter
sritter@umi.com
 


 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =


