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IainO Member Member#: 153 Location: Registered: 23-02-2003 Diary Entries: 167 Mood: Closer to the sea now |
21st June 2006 Windsurfing: Daymer Wind Direction: W Wind Stength: F4-5 Surf / Sea State: 1ft Air Temperature: 20 Sea Temperature: 13 Weather: Sunny Max Speed: Distance Covered: Went via Harlyn after recommendations for a Westerly wind but it would need more wind than today with the shelter from the cliffs either side of the bay. Crawling with surfers competing for the dumpy shorebreak so I opted for Daymer. The doom bar was working so I opted for the big waveboard and 5.2 which was a mistake. The onshore launch in light winds made it difficult to get planing let alone get upwind. I resigned myself to playing around with heli-tacks wishing I'd lugged the freestyle board down to the low tide mark. Most cleared off the water apart from 3 of us when the cloud passed and the wind crept up to a solid F4 gusting 5. First few planing runs and I was settled nicely in the straps so my thoughts turned to rotations. Having never tried a port tack loop I had nothing to lose; first couple were nice rotations for me and the rig but the board stayed where it was - still, it was a start. The next attempt I bottled, the wind had picked up but that was no excuse, and bailed out of a steep nose first landing which wasn\'t ideal in 2ft of water. The next few attempt were rotating the other way but not enough ramp to be worth it. Carried on until the sun slipped behind the hill then called it a day. An excellent evening considering the disappointing start, and the tacks are back up to speed. |
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