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Jonny
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Member#: 394 Location: North West Registered: 06-10-2003 Diary Entries: 350
Mood: waitin for the next blow!
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8th March 2005
Windsurfing: Plimmerton - Wellington Wind Direction: NNW Wind Stength: 30 - 35 knots Surf / Sea State: logo high waves Air Temperature: 20C Sea Temperature: 17C Weather: Sunshine Max Speed: Distance Covered:
The forecast was good and the sea was whitecapping everywhere on the drive
to Plimmy. Again rigged my smallest sail but it was too big. I was
completely overpowered again so had some mad speed runs amongst the waves.
There were some real nice waves forming out the back with some good ramps
but I was too overpowered.
Was out with 3 or 4 others the whole time who were on sails around the 3.5
-4metre range. I came in a few times to pull on max downhaul but it still
wasnt enough. Just before the session, I bought myself a new NP wave
harness which is very different to my old seat harnesss. The only thing I
dont like about the waist harnesses is that when you come of at high speed
and bounce along the water. The back digs into the water causing the belt
to tighten up your stomach winding you which happened to me twice. It wasnt
a nice feeling when you couldnt breath for a few seconds amongst the
breaking waves. the first time it happened, I was going for a flat out gybe
and fell of once I intitiated the carve. I impacted the water pretty hard
and immediately thought o shit! ive broke my ribs but I was just winded
from the waiist harness.
It wasnt all that fun being overpowered constantly for a few hours. It was
also pretty gusty so was struggling quite a bit with the board near the
shoreline where it was so gusty. I needed a lot of power to get me on the
plane.
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