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badexcuseforasailor Member  Top Poster 2003  Member#: 116 Location: Registered: 26-01-2003 Diary Entries: 357 Mood: wheres the wind? |
25th September 2005 Windsurfing: Hayling Island Wind Direction: sw Wind Stength: F 4 - 5 Surf / Sea State: flat ish, chop confused swell Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: Max Speed: Distance Covered: Looking at the diarys the last time I sailed in salt water was in the estuary at borth at easter! Think I have turned into pond life (think thats what us lake sailers get called now) As is wasn't going to be hugelt windy and low ish tide most of the day headed for hayling island. Wind was bit up and down, more down struggled with a 5.8 to get going most of the time so changed up to a 7.0 much better! Things not too bad on the inside but as I got further out the confused chop and swell was a "£^$ing nightmare for a puddle sailer like me plus Im not used to launching off swell and chop on a starboard tack most of the time at Brog the ramps of chop are on port tack. Spent most of the runs going out trying to keep the board on the water Good fun though, most of the time! I think I denfinatly need more practice at the coast Think I managed about 1 gybe in 10 today not used to this up and down stuff also I found once I was up and going every thing was ok but when I gybed I just lost the wind I guess I was sailing a lot on apparent wind and was too scared to go too fast as I was trying to keep the board on the water rather than flying over it 4 stars would of been 5 if I was better on the bumpy stuff |
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