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andyc Member Member#: 957 Location: Registered: 06-09-2004 Diary Entries: 2 |
7th September 2004 Windsurfing: Ynyslas Estuary Wind Direction: NE Wind Stength: 15-20kts Surf / Sea State: Flat Air Temperature: 23 Sea Temperature: 17 Weather: Sunny Max Speed: Distance Covered: First visit to the area after recommendation from brother, Nick, also a user of this site. All i can say is thanks for the heads up Nick, what a great place to sail. I'm just getting back into the sport after 15-20yrs racing dinghys. I'm hooked completely but not sure why? I spend half my time trying to get my f***ing feet in the footstraps and the rest shelling out obscene amounts of cash on repairs to the nose of my board after yet another catapult dismount. I've remedied this by fitting a nose protector, not cool but allows me to spend my wedge on something other than repairs, namely winsurfing bits and pieces that i probably don't really need. Back to the sail, started off with the 5.4 but felt underpowered so switched to the 6.5. The breeze immediately picked up and was now well overpowered, should have gone back to the 5.4 but too lazy, must get another boom so can have a rig ready to swap. Anyway spent the next 3 hours reaching back and forth near the bend in the estuary right next to the carpark allowing me to practise my water/beach starts. Towards the end of the session really getting to grips with the balance of the rig. As far as actually sailing it felt like i was going seriously quickly but i am having loads of probs getting both feet into the straps, getting the front foot in is not to much of a problem but as soon as i try with the back foot, i look down, take the weight of the rig on my arms so causing me to unhook, this then means i sink the tail and screw up into wind, what a nightmare, i know what i should be doing ie trying to keep the weight of the rig on the harness and therefore being light on my feet but it doesn't seem to be happening. Anyone got any any good tips on how to sort this? regardless of this it was still a great session and looking forward to my next visit, possibly with my bro. ps anyone seeing someone sailing a starboard carve 131 badly in the area (ie me) don't hesitate to tell me what i'm doing wrong, it will be much appreciated!! I've given this session 4 stars, not for my performance, but for the conditions and the place. |
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