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SeanBo Member  Member#: 135 Location: Poole Registered: 09-02-2003 Diary Entries: 36 Mood: Optimistic! |
3rd July 2003 Other: Pont Mahe - Brittany Wind Direction: SE Wind Stength: 1-10mph Surf / Sea State: Flat calm Air Temperature: 30 + Sea Temperature: 18+ Weather: Sunny Max Speed: Distance Covered: Another day and more aches in the ribs. Was going to chill during the day, but 'Phil' bought a ‘new style’ Carbon Fibre model glider and a 1.5M kite. Went to the farmer’s field and mucked about with the plane. Best way to launch was using a launch method similar to throwing a discuss which achieved flight stats of about 100m. Tried to fly the kite, but it was not windy enough. Read the instructions and realised that there is a catapult method to launching the plane. Went into town and bought 5M of Elastic and 10M of cord to make the catapult, but when we got back to the field the wind had picked up too much so we launched the kite! Although very much a trainer kite it was obvious that kite design had moved on since my last attempts about 12 years ago. Much more fun and excitement even from 1.5M Kite. As the evening drew on we decided to go to the beach as the wind had picked up. We launched the Phoenix with a 4.2M sail and the plan was to reintroduce Phil to windsurfing. Phil’s goal was to ‘Beach start’ Although possible a bit ambitious, we had success on the forth attempt and some good sailing in the steadily increasing winds. When Phil had had enough I jumped onto the board to sail in but hit a wave, pumped twice and was on the plane (no harness or foot-straps in sight!) Nice to get back on the board, but the ribs still hurt like hell! Such a varied day that it has to get 4 stars even though Model Glider flying is not on the Activity list and may be a bit geeky (hense not 5 stars) |
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