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AndyW Member  Walk Of Shame Award 2003 & 2004  Member#: 168 Location: Registered: 10-03-2003 Diary Entries: 191 |
19th September 2004 Windsurfing: Bala Sailing Club Wind Direction: SW Wind Stength: F5-7 Surf / Sea State: small chop Air Temperature: 13ºC Sea Temperature: Weather: Sunny spells & showers Max Speed: Distance Covered: With a late start I headed over to Bala as I thought the sea would be rough today. On arrival found that there was a triathalon at the town car park which was closed as a result. So went over to the sailing club and found everyone else was launching from there. The wind appeared to be picking up as I arrived and a few people were packing up. The late looked like it was going off :-) Rigged the 5.3m which seemed about right from the shore. Went out and found that it was mad out there, I was fully powered up on the 5.3 but vicious sustained gusts were coming through which when combined with the chop and the flat out speed runs led to a few major wipeouts. Still I got plenty of practise of the feeling of leaving the water. In one of the wipeouts I went through the bottom panel of the 5.3 so its back in for another repair. Changed down to the 4.5m and found that when the wind kicked in I was still maxed out with that although left floundering at times when it dropped off. Some gybe practise too I was getting close on a few attempts but it was pretty gusty and bumpy out there which made it tricky. All in all an excellent, if mad, session :-) Would have been 5 stars but for the bust sail. |
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