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20th September 2006
Windsurfing: Daymer bay
Wind Direction: S
Wind Stength: f5-6
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I was staying at Widemouth Bay for 5 days & planned on sailing there, but by the time the wind had picked up in the afternoon so had the waves, watching from the car park on the hill the waves looked easily over mast high & were breaking along way off shore although from up there it looked like there was plenty of space between the waves & though very big it looked kinda safe from up there,no surfers or other sailers were out only the surf school in the shallows & these people looked like ants compared to the waves off shore.
Down on the beach it was now blowing F6 & what looked like safe but big from above now looked closed out with white water everywhere & mases of water moving sideways towards the rocks & looked very scary (& with the missus saying it looked huge & she wouldnt even dip a toe in) self preservation kicked in & i bottled it,
so i opted for the safety of Daymer, but got there only 1 & half hrs before high tide,so all the waves on the bar were now gone,But at least it was windy & sunny.The 5.0 was a bit much at times but with only large chop about it didnt matter really.Downwind runs were really fast especially right in the bay where the water was glassy smooth.
Whilst sailing right over to the other side i thought i hadnt seen a guy for a while that was out on a 4.7 north sail? then i spotted somone waving, his UJ had broke & the only option was to swim upwind to the beach on the opposite side of Daymer, which was still a long swim in choppy water , so i offered to give him a tow which worked well untill i got into a wind shadow about 50m from the beach, but at least it saved alot of swimming & he was now safe.
Some waves started coming round the rocky point at Daymer side so played about on these for a while but ending up by the cliff & in a wind shadow aint much fun...
After a couple of hours sailing in good winds & sunshine called it day looking forward to tomorrows forcast.
On returning to widemouth the waves coming in were very big, even bigger than when i left, & on hindsight of the guy with the broken UJ i was i glad i opted not to sail here!

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