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To: robert b furman who wrote (10147)	7/21/2020 12:09:27 PM
From: Kirk ©	Respond to of 26788

I typically sail 5.6 & 6.6 m^2 on a wavish (slow like an ATV) board in 15 to 25... 15-20 is 6.6 and 18 to 25 is 5.6... See my FB post from yesterday where I point out the smaller folks were down to 4.0 m^2! so 9m^2 is huge! It is my biggest sail that I've only rigged a few times. When the wind is that light here, with my gear there is a high risk of getting stuck and swimming BUT foil boards can be much larger (since they don't have much drag once out of the water riding the foil) so safer... I believe the racers before foils were using 12 and 13 m^2 sails in light wind... speed to win races is all about applying wind power to board speed and learning to control it... not fun IMHO but some just love racing.

To: robert b furman who wrote (10147)	7/21/2020 12:23:01 PM
From: Kirk ©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26788

We have some very fit, post 65, windsurfers in our group. That guy has a grey beard. My friend Bert is a 70 year old retired letter carrier who spends his checks on the latest gear. He runs around without a shirt to show off his abs of steel... he foils to try and get more years out of his knees that the stem cell injection seems to have helped allow him to windsurf again too. I think he just bought a wing to try wing-dinging as that sport uses a smaller board but you have to start on your knees and get to full standing so not sure how that will work. Another friend and Los Altos neighbor, Si, retired from Cisco and took up Triathlons. He's late 60s I think and told me this week he "went back to work" half time with the Packard Foundation helping give away money while getting paid while working at a nice building down town Los Altos a mile from his home. He's a smallish guy but he was running around without a shirt the other day and there were a lot of torso muscles visible... obviously he's kept fit while working. My good friend Jennifer is probably mid 50s, owns a swimming school, used to do triathlons until she had to give up running for hiking like I do... she sails almost daily. She has a body an 18 yr old high school athlete would die for... I feel good when I can keep up with her but I am not naive as she does a morning workout and an hour windsurfing is her "fun" activity. Still... I can keep up most days if I don't sail every day!

To: robert b furman who wrote (10147)	7/23/2020 8:58:54 PM
From: Kirk ©	Respond to of 26788

More incentive for me to drop 4 lbs.... A country level analysis measuring the impact of government actions, country preparedness and socioeconomic factors on COVID-19 mortality and related health outcomes In simple terms, high GDP means more access to cheaper food and if you take advantage, especially to get a BMI over 40 which we knew long ago was a huge issue, then you have a much higher chance of dying. Findings Increasing COVID-19 caseloads were associated with countries with higher obesity (adjusted rate ratio [RR]=1.06; 95%CI: 1.01–1.11), median population age (RR=1.10; 95%CI: 1.05–1.15) and longer time to border closures from the first reported case (RR=1.04; 95%CI: 1.01–1.08). Increased mortality per million was significantly associated with higher obesity prevalence (RR=1.12; 95%CI: 1.06–1.19) and per capita gross domestic product (GDP) (RR=1.03; 95%CI: 1.00–1.06). Reduced income dispersion reduced mortality (RR=0.88; 95%CI: 0.83–0.93) and the number of critical cases (RR=0.92; 95% CI: 0.87–0.97). Rapid border closures, full lockdowns, and wide-spread testing were not associated with COVID-19 mortality per million people. However, full lockdowns (RR=2.47: 95%CI: 1.08–5.64) and reduced country vulnerability to biological threats (i.e. high scores on the global health security scale for risk environment) (RR=1.55; 95%CI: 1.13–2.12) were significantly associated with increased patient recovery rates. I have not figured out what health security scale for risk environment means... any ideas? thelancet.com