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MartinF Member  Worst Wipeout Award 2003 Member#: 72 Location: Registered: 28-10-2002 Diary Entries: 184 Mood: needing time out |
30th October 2005 Windsurfing: Exmouth sea front Wind Direction: SE Wind Stength: F4-5 Surf / Sea State: very bouncy Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: Max Speed: Distance Covered: Tony Low & self went to Exmouth. Sand bar was almost fully covered when we arrived, but I don't think it had been "fully" uncovered on such a smallish tide. Following the usual indecision, I rigged 5.5m on 86l wave board. In slight fear of currents (I've been caught out here a couple of times in the past, so am VERY wary of the place), I managed to get planing fairly easily & even felt slightly overpowered at first. Sea state was pretty horrible - pretty bouncy chop, and - over the sandbar - waves coming from the sea meeting with reflected waves off the sandbar. It all made for some interesting sailing. Unfortunately, the wind played silly buggers & started to have more lulls than gusts. At one point, I landed on Dawlish Warren (following Adrian's lead) in order to slacken the downhaul. Tony had already been over there earlier & had warned of the sideshore currents. He was right. Adrian got rinsed slightly in the shoredump whilst drifting sideways (wind with tide Sad ), whilst I got lucky (ok, I had a bigger sail), only drifted about 20 yards before I managed to move away from the shore & the current. Not the best of days, but better than sitting at home. And so warm, too! |
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