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Member#: 186 Location: Registered: 14-04-2003 Diary Entries: 418
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13th May 2006
Windsurfing: Shoreham Wind Direction: SW Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Flat Air Temperature: Warm (18ish) Sea Temperature: No longer cold (11) Weather: Cloudy, sunny spells Max Speed: Distance Covered:
To Surfladle first to purchase my new 7.0...but arrived 2.30pm to find out
that some git had nabbed it only 30 mins earlier!!! grrrrr
VERY fortunately it turned out to be windier than 7.0 weather. 5.8 was
pretty much spot on for the whole session. Started off on my new big board
cos I thought it looked a tad marginal, but on 2 well-powered runs it was
way too big so changed down to the Skate. This was the perfect board size
and although the wind was up and down and occasionally a bit crap with
downhaul adjustments I was planing for 90% of the session.
Water state was about as flat as possible for a Shoreham 5.8 day so great
for practicing stuff. I completed my first ever totally clean body
drag....wooohooo!!! And to prove it wasn't just a flash in the pan I then
did another one oh yeah!!! Duck gybes are now at about 50% success rate -
I've nailed the ducks (helped by the amazing Wedge 5.8) but need to work on
the entries and exits still. Tried a couple of 360s in the straps and got
nowhere - but I won't be giving up on them.
Overall a great 3 hour flat water session with all the regulars. Even more
satisfying because it was on a Saturday after a 2 week drought, was windier
than I was expecting, and it coincided with decent tide times (midday HT so
sailed 3-6pm when wind happened to be at it's peak). Only downer was that I
missed watching what sounds like a cracking cup final!
The water was noticeably warmer today. My next session will be in the
summer suit. :)
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