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IainO
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Member#: 153 Location: Registered: 23-02-2003 Diary Entries: 167
Mood: Closer to the sea now
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13th April 2003
Windsurfing: Rutland SC Wind Direction: ESE Wind Stength: 3-5 Surf / Sea State: Slight Chop Air Temperature: 18 Sea Temperature: Cold Weather: Sunny Max Speed: Distance Covered:
Was duty bound to hold a L4 sailing assessment at Rutland (definitely not
my choice of location) to sign up a couple of students who had done their
theory but not had the conditions for a practical. 140l board and 8.3m
sails are not ideal for carve gybe demos but we struggled through with the
patchy and fluky conditions to get 2 people signed up.
Had the opportunity to try a Hypersonic 105l with my 8.3. These were ideal
conditions to test out the hype and believe me it certainly lives up to it.
The board flies up wind and gives a smooth ride over the chop. Though speed
is not easily quantifiable on your own it did seem noticeably faster than
my AHD. Definitely an art to getting on the plane and planing out of gybes
and the nose buries very easily if you step up to the mast. Might be adding
one of these to my toy box.
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