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Owner: Jonny
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Member#: 394
Location: North West
Registered: 06-10-2003
Diary Entries: 350

Mood: waitin for the next blow!

5th October 2004
Windsurfing: Ynslas estuary
Wind Direction: SW
Wind Stength: 15 - 40 knots
Surf / Sea State: flat
Air Temperature: 14C
Sea Temperature: 10C
Weather: sunshine/squally showers
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Arrived there to find Dave, Sarah and that 1 other guy out again. Rigged the 5.3 again and the Mistral stinger. Was really gusty from the start and one minute I was a bit overpowered and then the next it dropped to almost nothing and I sank where there wasn't enough wind to water start. Was to tiring messing around with the short board so I came in and got the Big board out. The wind was still really gusty and at one point I must of been trynna water start for a few mins and in the end I got pissed of with it and uphauled. The other guy who was out broke his boom the day before so he temporarily fixed it by tieing it to the mast with some rope. Looked real hairy but he was out enjoying himself.
AL turned up later on and got on the water on his 5.7. Every time a shower came through, mad gusts would come through with it and at times I was completey overpowered. At one point, Al took shelter on the shoreline whilst I was caught in the middle of the estuary with it. The gust literally lifted me and the board out of the water and I had to abondon before it landed a few metres downwind. I then tried waterstarting in ti which was fun.
I attempted a few flat out gybes as well but to no avail.
Later on when another gust came through, I wasn't quite in the foot straps I got catapluted forward and hit my arm on the boom. I couldnt feel my arm at all and couldnt move any fingers. Thought I had broken it and was wondering how the hell I would get in with 1 arm especially when everyone had left the estuary. A few seconds later, the pain came through and I had hit my funnybone, was quite releived and had to lie in the water for a few mins to let the pain go away. Later on, I got catapulted again with a mad gust and I got launched into the water in front of the whole rig, the board smacked me on the back of my head which reminds me why I should really go and get a helmet. Was a fun session with the mad gusts and was on the water for a good 3 or 4 hours.

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