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4th December 2008
Windsurfing: Hove Wind Direction: W Wind Stength: F5 Surf / Sea State: Head high + Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: sunny Max Speed: Distance Covered:
Very pleasant survival sesh at Hove. Made the call for 5m sail and made it
off the beach and out the back first go. a little light on the inside and
a lot of white water moving around. The further out you got, the bigger
the waves got. Certainly logo high out there and I can only say they seemed
bigger on the peak of the big sets. I was smote down after top turning
half way up the face of one monstrous swell. Managed to keep fingers on the
back of the boom for a bit of impromtu waterskiing. It was big enough to
really churn up the water and pull your sail down to the sea bed when you
fell in. Felt like a huge rip running downwind, but probably just heavy
water movements. Wind was cross shore with enough off to get plumes off
the backs of the waves. You could ride 'em way out back, again in the
middle and more on the inside. Although I didnt bother coming back inside
at all, just stayed out with the wind. I launched at 10ish in brilliant
sunshine and walked miles back upwind at about 11:30. The wind eased down
a bit and the swell was reducing, but still there were huge sets breaking
waaaay out beyond where I was, then reforming for a second or third peak.
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