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22nd November 2012
Windsurfing: The Ray-Southend
Wind Direction: s
Wind Stength: 20/25
Surf / Sea State: flat
Air Temperature: 12
Sea Temperature: 12
Weather: sunny periods :)
Max Speed: 37.10 (knots - unless stated otherwise)
Distance Covered: 37.25 (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)

A nice day at The Ray :) got there far too early as usual !!! but you only have to pay £1 for the hour beteen 9 and 10 thats better than £10 a day in the summer. Nice to meet up with Ian,Jim and Matthew:) sail choice was a nightmare as it always is not wanting to carry the wrong kit miles !!! the wind was supposed to increase from dinner time so everyone rigged 6.2's and me 6.4, the local hope skip and jump sailors were using 4.5 to 5.7. I packed a racksack with drink and snacks and started off on the horrible walk out, I then thought I should take a spare harness line so returned to get one. The walk was just as bad as I remembered !!! but I made it to the water and then headed right as with the southerly wind this was the course we would be sailing. It took over 30 minutes to sail approx. a mile because the wind was fairly light, the reach back was okay but I seemed underpowered :( We tried the bottom course sailing from the pier back but it was slow.I then had 6/7 mile runs and was pleased with my 33.88 mile not brilliant but I could have done with a bit more !! I had one good crash when I met 3 sailors going the other way and their wake made me spin out and I went off the front breaking a harness line :( lucky I had a spare, I also came to grief bearing off into the chop and crashed knocking my sunglasses off and cutting my head - no pain on gain !!! I also cracked the front end of my boom :( was was then wobbly for the rest of the session :( So I was out for over 4 hours and didn't get cold at all and the sun was out most of the time - didn't make 40 kts but had good fun trying - top day - apart from the journey home - the A 12's a nightmare !!!

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