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Member#: 193 Location: Registered: 22-04-2003 Diary Entries: 3
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14th May 2018
Windsurfing: Felixstowe Dip Wind Direction: Northerly Wind Stength: F3-5 Surf / Sea State: Bumpy Air Temperature: cool Sea Temperature: cool Weather: cloudy cool Max Speed: 26.08 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 7.4nm (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Turned up late at Bradfield an hour be4 high to see Pete flying around and
Keith having a mare and changing down from 8.5. Time to try out the new
Bolt 125 hooked to a 7.8 RRD Fire wing cm sail. The river was very choppy
and the Northerly was holey, but tide was in so plenty of water. Had the MF
all the way to the front, and on the first gust went straight over the top,
WTF. Took ages to recover and the tooth grip ripped out of the boom lever.
Board was twitchy for a 125 but it is so light that it was too corky when
not planning. First run was a disaster as could not get it strap as I set
them too outbd and narrow. Pete was flying around and looked quick, Keith
was on the RRD was fired up. I was still faffing. Now had the MF lose and
relocated thanks to Pete's strength. Sail had insufficient downhaul, sorted
that but still could get in straps so very wary and still not able to beat
pass the point for Wrabness. Fortunately wind shifted allowing better runs.
The Bolt is either off or on, no in between. Moving the nose away from the
wind was hard, so guess I could move MF back further and straps def in
board. Cant say I enjoyed the day on the Stour as couldn't get to grips
with the board. Its very quick, and I wasn't re-acting quick enough. Speeds
were cruising around 24kts as not able to go down wind, then lucky hit a
gust, just missed the point and flew down to Wrabness, back foot out of
strap. GPS registered 26.08 which was encouraging as nothing was OK. Spun
out quite a lot so pretty heavy footed at 16st 10. The gusty wind took the
enjoyment out of the day so packed up as the tide was now 10 meters out.
Although I like the board, it wasn't a fair test. Need some flat water
tweak and see what happens. Took ages to water start the RRD sail as the
big luff filled with water.
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