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10th January 2015
Windsurfing: Alton Water Wind Direction: w Wind Stength: o/49 Surf / Sea State: lumpy Air Temperature: 14 then 8 Sea Temperature: freezing :( Weather: cloud and rain then sunny periods! Max Speed: 29.97 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 3.77 (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
If this is windsurfing you wouldn't do it !!! Just went to Alton as it was
the only local option this time of year and to get a session in January !
We had just about everything today it started with a balmy 14 degrees ,
westerly the north of west with winds of next to nothing gusting to 49 kts
!!!! we had driving rain then sunny periods !!!! Mate Neil Hurrell went
with 5.7 and I took a chance with 6.4 which was way over in the gusts and
way under in the lulls :( and the wind was very very gusty :( As the water
is so'ooooooooooooooooooooo cold you do anything so not to fall in, so I
made the mistake of sailing into the windshadow on the far bank and then
had a job to get off the bank :( I peaked at 29.97 just missing 30 kts :(
and that was on the bumpy squally, bumpy run when you had a job to see
where you were going !! Neil had a good morning sailing but Chris Phillips
hurt his fingers in the big gusts - finger crossed (no pun intended ! )
that they are not broken!!!
PS - need to treat myself to a winter wetsuit too !!!
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