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MartinF Member  Worst Wipeout Award 2003 Member#: 72 Location: Registered: 28-10-2002 Diary Entries: 184 Mood: needing time out |
29th July 2006 Windsurfing: Porthcawl - Newton Wind Direction: S-SE Wind Stength: F4-3 Surf / Sea State: flattish Air Temperature: 19 Sea Temperature: warm Weather: wet Max Speed: Distance Covered: When Nigel & I Arrived, it looked like there was plenty of wind on the rapidly retreating water. By the time I'd rigged up my 6.2m, and approached the water's edge, it had spookily dropped to being just marginal. Nigel had been out planing for a while when I set off into the dead onshore wind and ever-narrowing channel. 150m out, and a submerged rock took my skeg off - snapped off completely. Amazing since I wasn't even planing at the time. Sideways slide back to the beach & out with my 2nd hand spare fin. It doesn't fit properly. Never mind, crank the screw down as tight as poss & set off only to find the wind's now dropped, and planing happens only in one's imagination. Bugger. The heavens open and the winds remains tantalisingly just below the threshold. After lots of musing with Kelvin and a couple of others, decide to pack up. Now find ill-fitting skeg semi-permanently fitted to board. Managed to remove it at home with a large rubber mallet. Thanks to Nigel for kindly pulling open his trailer hook-up plug to note the wiring. Not a thing one would normally do at Porthcawl, but as I'd ripped the plug off my trailer whilst unhitching it in my haste & anger after finding cars parked in the turning circle, it came in very handy. No wonder I'm going off windsurfing. |
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