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Member#: 680 Location: Land Locked! Registered: 01-05-2004 Diary Entries: 22
Mood: Need some waves..... :-(
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25th July 2004
Windsurfing: Ynyslas Wind Direction: W Wind Stength: 7.0m weather Surf / Sea State: Flat Air Temperature: Convertible weather Sea Temperature: Weather: Max Speed: Distance Covered:
After driving 3 hours to go for a good session on the sea - and gaging for
it as I have not been out on the sea for......ages. I was dumfounded to
find that the gate to the Golf carpark at Ynyslas was locked and the
carpark attendant had legged it for the day.... :-(
DOES THIS HAPPEN OFTEN?
Went down to the nature reserve place rigged up the Rushwind 7.0 Strike F
and took out the Carve 131. Not being a local and having only sailed from
the Dufi end before I asked a local for some advice where to and not sail
etc.... I wish he had told me to put a smaller fin on - boy was that a
shock.... full tilt in the middle of the estuary, when suddenly my whole
world stopped rather suddenly. Captain Catapult (not seen him for a while)
struck and I was over the front - my ankle came together some how, rather
swiftly with the bottom of the mast - uhmmmm thats going to hurt - and it
did. Still got loads of sympathy from the misses - well after she'd let
out a girly sweak at the blood. Thank God the Spar was open, it's amazing
what a bag of frozen peas can achieve.
Learning from my mistakes I changed boards and got out the Evo 92 - ohhh
what a dream board. Then had a great laugh over the Dufi side. I didn't
realise that the water was so deep at the edge of the beach, so after
making a prat of myself whilst stepping off the board expecting the water
to be knee height and disappearing under the blue stuff I thought I'd have
a laugh. Spent the rest of the afternoon (safely) bombing towards the
beach and gybing a few feet from the beach edge - no shallow water - no
Captain Catapult..!!
Good day, just wish that Borth gate was open or that I had driven around to
Dufi as it was a right pain trying to get back to Ynyslas side, especially
through that rip.....
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