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MartinF Member  Worst Wipeout Award 2003 Member#: 72 Location: Registered: 28-10-2002 Diary Entries: 184 Mood: needing time out |
27th August 2011 Windsurfing: WSM Wind Direction: WSW - dead onshore Wind Stength: F 4-6 Surf / Sea State: Big waves, 6 second gaps Air Temperature: 16C. Summer?? Sea Temperature: warm Weather: Sunny/cloudy/showery Max Speed: Distance Covered: Another "summer" day, with temps hovering around the 16 degree mark. But it was windy!! Some were saying 4.7m was enough. I rigged 5.5m on the 86l Goya which was about right for getting out over the waves, but was slightly overpowered once out the back. There were some massive jumps to be had and I had a great time until I started to get a little too overpowered as the tide was reaching it's peak, so decided to change down to 4.7m on the JP Wave. Big mistake. Couldn't get out at all. With the tide so high and the wind so onshore, I didn't have enough power to get onto the plane, point upwind, and clear the wooden posts. Wave after wave took me down. V frustrating. After half an hour of struggling, I tried using the 4.7m on the 86l Goya, hoping that the bit of extra volume might help me get out. It didn't. Finally went back to the 5.5m Rock on the Goya. No problems getting out, but was now seriously overpowered out the back, leading to a crashed gybe. At this point, I noticed the top batten was broken - Goodness knows how or when, but it had certainly made a mess of the batten pocket. Bugger! |
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