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MartinF Member  Worst Wipeout Award 2003 Member#: 72 Location: Registered: 28-10-2002 Diary Entries: 184 Mood: needing time out |
13th July 2003 Windsurfing: Overcombe Wind Direction: E Wind Stength: F3-4 Surf / Sea State: 2-3 foot swells Air Temperature: 24C Sea Temperature: Shortie temp! Weather: Fantastic: Wall to wall sunshine Max Speed: Distance Covered: Slightly dubious about making the 2 1/4 hr trip down from N of Bristol with the dodgy wind forecast. Anyhow, got down there by 09:30 - just as well as the car park was almost full with day trippers. A couple of other Nomads had made the trip down expecting there to be more wind, so we hung around until about 10:30, by which time I though it was time to bet the "big stuff" out. Usually, I don't like using such big kit because it's so heavy & unwieldy lugging it to the water's edge and even worse - lugging it back again. The beauty of Overcombe is that the car park is pretty much at the water's edge, even at low tide. The downside is the shoredump at high tide. However, Sunday saw a prolonged low tide & the swells were small, so no real shoredump problems. In the end, the gear was perfect for the day - nothing hugely exciting, but nicely powered-up all the time (except a 1 hour period early afternoon when the wind dropped), blasting out & back. One thing the AHD Diamond 77 is not good for is waveriding! That said, with enough commitment and effort, it can be heaved up & down a wave face and even jumped (sort-of), though the 9.4m sail does make it all a bit cumbersome (and worrying if you're in the path of it!!). A nice, simple, relaxing, fun day - in a shortie wetsuit under blazing sunshine. What more could one ask for? |
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