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MartinF Member  Worst Wipeout Award 2003 Member#: 72 Location: Registered: 28-10-2002 Diary Entries: 184 Mood: needing time out |
23rd September 2004 Windsurfing: WSM Wind Direction: W-NW Wind Stength: F5-3 Surf / Sea State: Big waves, became small & mess Air Temperature: 16C Sea Temperature: 17C Weather: ain, cloud, sun Max Speed: Distance Covered: Having missed all the epic conditions earlier this week, today was to be the day. Forecast of F5-4, W-WNW. Started p*$$1ng it down around the Avon bridge on the M5. Fantastic. Rained really hard all the way down to WSM where it seemed to be a good F5. About to turn round & head back, the sky lightened & after 15 mins the rain stopped & the sky cleared. The wind dropped to around F4 - all the guys who'd already been out on 4.5m sails were now very underpowered. I rigged my 6.2m Tush Vulcan on the Goya - about the right size, though sometimes a little underpowered. Had a really good day in the end, though I'm not used to taking on waves that size on starboard! Some of the jumps were less than elegant! Some good rides coming back, but backside only. Wind dropped for a while, so I played around trying to tack & heli-tack - unsuccessfully again. It's easy on the beach! By now, the sun was shining, the wind picked up again, but the waves were gone. Just small lumps of mush. Blasted up & down for the last 1/2 hr & packed up at 16:30 - about 2 1/2 hrs after HW - with a pretty long walk back to the car! Will I be able to cycle it to the pub tonight??? |
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