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3rd January 2007
Windsurfing: Ynyslas Wind Direction: SSW Wind Stength: 25-30 knots Surf / Sea State: 2 foot surf Air Temperature: 11ºC Sea Temperature: 10ºC Weather: Cloudy Max Speed: Distance Covered:
Just perfect to start with, well powered up and flying along with my 5m.
Jump after jump after jump on the way out, all nicely controlled and flat
out, managed to jump off one wave and clear the wave behind it a few times
which is always good. Started psyching myself up for a forward loop and
then right out the back as I was flying across the chop with a big grin on
my face I heard C-R-A-C-K as my mast snapped... I looked over my shoulder
as i fell into the sea and though... b*gg*r, it's a long way back to
shore.
I then spent the next hour dragging myself and my kit back to the beach, I
thought about ditching it all bar the board a few times, but as I wasn't
drifting too far along the beach and I was making slow progress towards the
shore I hung onto it all.. I did loose the bottom of my mast (which had
snapped anyway) and my boom, but finally managed to get back to shore in
one piece... It's a long and lonely swim on your own out there in
January.
Time now for a nice hot drink to recover from my near death experience!..
And a phone call to Gun for a new mast and boom.
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