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justal Administrator  Member#: 1 Location: Registered: 21-07-2002 Diary Entries: 2989 Mood: Just Chillin Dude |
20th January 2005 Windsurfing: Golf Course Car park, Ynyslas Wind Direction: SW Wind Stength: 25 knots Surf / Sea State: 4 foot mean surf! Air Temperature: 10ºC Sea Temperature: 9ºC Weather: Cloudy Max Speed: 34.5 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 6.8 (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise) Pheeeeweeee..... I think I caught the sea in a bad mood today.. She was mean!.... First run was perfectly powered on the 5m, a little maxed out out the back, but still good. The waves out the back were big and step, so I launched off one into a HUGE jump that seemed to go on for ever, landed it OK staright back onto the plane and then with the adrenalin still coursing through me hit the next masive wave at top speed just as it was pretty much vertical (I didn't have much choice really!) as I was already pretty mcu inverted as I took off I decided to look over my back shoulder for a back loop. Made it most of the way around, spotted my landing, saw the nose of my board hit the water and continue rotating around, then there was a pretty big splash as I hit the water, and the next thing I knew was that I was there in the water holding on to my rig but my board had disappeared... Grrrrrr. Snapped another UJ, second one already this year! Then realisedthat I had a massive swim back (bigger Grrrrrr.) especially as I had to try to drag my rig back as well. I got rinsed over and over again on the swim back in, arms, legs, boom, harness lines and masts all over the place! I did think about ditching the rig a few times on the way back in, but decided I couldn't afford it so persevered and eventually made it back to the beach down towards the estuary. I relocated my board and then had a long walk back with the board under one arm and trying to carry the rig with the other hand. I eventually made it though. Luckily I had another UJ, so it was straight back out onto the water. No point holding back, so I went straight back out the back again with a few lovely jumps on the way and then BANG I git smacked around the head by the lip of a wave, I didn't even see it coming it justsmacked me in the side, spinning my head around and winding me in the process...Off went my kit again. Luckily this time I was right out beyond most of the breaking waves so once I regained my senses I was able to get to my kit fairly esily and start sailing back to shore. On the way back in, I was screaming down the face of a wave when all of a sudden it just sucked me up and dumped me and my kit into a boiling mess of whitewater. I seemed to get held under for ages, something hard hit me in the ribs, but eventually I came back up again, this time holding onto my kit. Made it back to the beach, shook myself off and gave it another go! I made a few runs this time without too many incidents although I did get the board ripped out from under me at one point, and then on one other run I got well and truly walloped again, so decided to stay in close and go for some speed instead! Espeically as it was now beginning to get dark, so I didn't fancy another big swim in the dark, even in close the knee high waves were in a foul mood, a couple of them got the better of me a few times. I did manage to clock up 34.5 knots though and in a perverse kind of way really enjoyed those rinsings too. I have got a bit of a headache now though, my hands wee covered in blood when I got out (although I'm not sure where from yet), and pretty much everything hurts at the moment.... I think I need a lie down. |
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