Muir yard sale.

Got to the water at 9, set up ready to launch into small waves, got distracted talking to a couple right before launching, then with out checking the surf again, hit it. 30 feet out I saw the biggist freakin wave barreling in. Threw me all over and under the yak, paddle wasnt teathered thankfully, that could have been dicey. Lost all my swimbaits, jigs and jig case and another bag of lots of tackle. The beer was tied down. No lost poles, gaff, whaler or Hobie contraband case. Snapped my salmon net at the flush mount and snapped the flush mount inside the yak. Got a lot of sand in my ears, couldnt tell which way was up, I figured it was the oposite of the sand I was getting smushed into and was right about that. And without any tackle, called it a day.
The pentax was not shut and filled with h2o, bummer. Going out with the crew on Wed at the Bean for one last time. Revenge.

ouch! glad the beer was tied down. first decent NW swell of the season, fall is here.

I surfed today at ross cove, just north of pillar point and it was good sized.

J

Whew!!! "beer was tied down." The man has his priorities!!!! The ocean givith, and it takith...bummer, sorry you got such a tough lesson. Not that it makes it any better, but I have made a commitment to store all my rods and loose things below deck on ALL surf entries no matter how small they appear. It's a hassel, but one unexpected wave can make all the effort worthwhile. I once was coming in on the smallest wave, totally underestimated it, and got dumped 10' from the shore. (it was at Muir beach too by the way) Didn't loose much except my pride, but it showed me how little it takes... got turned and flipped in about two seconds. I guess ocean yaking is alot like motorcyclists. There are two kinds of riders, those who have gone down and those who are gonna go down. Two kinda yakers, those who have flipped and those who are gonna flip. Sooner or later we all seem to pay up... A few weeks back I was waiting for the opening and got lazy with the yak, and allowed it to get sideways to the wash while I was waiting. It flipped, donated a few lures, and my favorite stainless needlenoses. rights of passage my man... glad you came out ok.

"glad you came out ok"

Me, too.  Sorry you lost some equipment.

Allen

From now on, everything gets tied. I brought 3 rod/reels, not tied and still have them, the gods were kind to me. The tackle and jig case were bungied tightly, but not secure enough for a tumble.

Ouch!!!

 Thats my nightmare,  still have not rigged up a good system for my " Older " Outback,

       everything is on top, my time is going to come..........

Glad you kept most of your gear and are not with.......

  " Davey Jones "... .."Hey, Hey, Were The Monkeys!" 

 " And we Love to Monkey Around "

 " And when it comes to Yaking,  Were Comming to Your Town ".... " Ya! "

 Can't wait to Jam with ya @ Mendo..... Fish On GuitarZan!!!!

Too Much Coffee this AM ... ... Danglin

Sorry to hear you lost so much gear.  I guess it could have been worse though.

FF

Muir is kind of a dicey launch/landing.  I've only done it twice and I think I wiped out on one of them.

We've all had that day.  I just had mine in Eureka.  Mellow water, but lots of loss  Just glad your ok brother.

I feel your pain Ben.  A couple weeks ago I sale'd it at fort ross and lost about 100bucks worth of tackle. 

JIm

I find it hard to say anything that does not make me sound like a smart ass.  Hmmm, I wonder what that means.

Tough lesson that we all need to learn and relearn once in a while.  Glad you are OK, gear can be replaced.

Maybe I am no such an ass after all  .

It was not very Tarzanish, but was fun.

Brother I had a nightmare last night, after reading this post, about doing an endo on a landing somewhere. Not a matter of if just when. Glad your alright and nt to much of a loss.
   Oh darn! you have to go shopping again.
Randall

FYI...if you are gunna have A yard sale, your supposed to make cash not loose it
/ glad to here you  are ok
// the old blue humbles us all
///have one of them anchored down beers and think about the good times,hopefully that wave didn't wash them away.

 I will drink to all three, Suntino
 

Dude... it happens to the best of us.  Sorry Ben.  Glad you're okay.  All of the lost stuff can be replaced.