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IainO Member Member#: 153 Location: Registered: 23-02-2003 Diary Entries: 167 Mood: Closer to the sea now |
30th October 2005 Windsurfing: Bigbury Wind Direction: S Wind Stength: F2-6 Surf / Sea State: Big Air Temperature: ok Sea Temperature: ok Weather: Rain/sun Max Speed: Distance Covered: Early start taking advantage of the clocks going back I headed to Bigbury for a low tide run at the onshore winds. The rain was horrendous on the way with a lot of flooding but it had all but stopped when I arrived. The wind was a solid F6 but bang onshore with the waves breaking mast high out back. I opted for the Ezzy again to get the measure of it though my initial impressions were for a 4.7. As I rigged the sky cleared and the sun started to break through, this wasn't good as it signalled the parting of the isobars so I hurried to get changed. First run I pumped onto the plane and was outrunning a head high wall of water. The Ezzy was superb and delivered in the iffy winds. I gybed over at the Bantham side, opposite the River and came out into a lull. The current caught my rail and flipped the board dumping me in the water and sucking my rig straight under!! I launched again but was way down wind/current and ended up with a bit of a walk. That was it. Several abortive attempts in the fickle dying winds trying to get through head high walls of water that were coming from the same direction as the wind ended up with a lot of swimming. Not a total loss as I got a good hint at the Ezzy's performance but a frustrating end to a weekend were, once again, there was a lot promised but so little delivered. |
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