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Wipeout of the Year Award 2004
Member#: 239 Location: on the nest Registered: 03-06-2003 Diary Entries: 19
Mood: Gripped
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4th September 2016
Windsurfing: Mersea Island Wind Direction: W Wind Stength: 21kts Surf / Sea State: Flat to choppy Air Temperature: warm Sea Temperature: warm Weather: sunny cloudy Max Speed: 26.83 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 21.3 (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Brilliant session, brilliant day! Arrived just after 10 with tide coming
in, still 50 metres away. Reading showed 21kts but all sailors out and no
guinea pigs to ask. Ian, Lord Swain, Nick, Andy M, Roger, Pete Rowe, Mark,
Chris and a few friends from way back when all rigging on the green, whilst
Craig and crew stayed at the club end.
The wind was howling from old Mersea end and was told those out were on
5.5/6.0, so rigged Hellcat 6.7 and big guys were on similar size.
Lightweights were on 5.5. but was shocked to see Chris P rigging same size
sail as me when he is much lighter! The wind was dropping and thought I
would be under, so rigged the bigger 146L JP instead of Fanatic 125 Hawk.
Bad choice, the wind freshened and I was way over on my first few runs. The
50cm fin was way too big and sail way too soft so had to fine tune. Runs
out were great until you hit the chop in the middle where most gybed early.
Real nice coming in, off swells, going thru the middle then swinging off
them. The sail was flat and now working with the 125 Hawk using a 42 fin.
Prob would have been better with the 6 metre sail as my speeds were
great.
Lord Swain ruined my day by doing me twice for **ck sake! On both drag runs
in I chose to go broad for speed instead of my normal luffing up close
reach to give off pooh wind and twice he gunned me from high, aarrgghh! I
had a reasonable excuse first time when riding the 146L with a 50cm fin,
was completely out of control, but on the Hawk I still couldn't hold him
off. Win some lose some I guess.
This was a top day with everyone flying. Poor old Chris P had a Biggy
moment with gear failure and was in the water for a long while, and had to
wave down the dreaded orange coastguard boat.
Finished off a long sail at 1pm, as the wind died and swung off leaving me
a 50 metre swim completely knackered.
Went Sauna, steam and cuzzi to recover then on to the local park Bollywood
festival, with Bundi, Bongoman and loads more. Feasted on my all time fav
food, curry goat, rice & peas, jerk chicken, fried dumpling and plantain!
Wash down with real coconut juice laced with white rum! Now dying with
indigestion and hoping to have a clear out later!!
Top day, only tainted by Swainey dogging me twice
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