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15th January 2007
Windsurfing: Ynyslas Wind Direction: SSW Wind Stength: 20-30 knots Surf / Sea State: 3 foot messy surf Air Temperature: 11ºC Sea Temperature: 10ºC Weather: Cloudy Max Speed: Distance Covered:
Well, that was yet another adventure on the high seas!
Met Shem on the beach so I wasn't out on my own for a change and went out
with my 5.7m and Niash Hybrid Freewave. Well powered and having a good
time, then the wind filled in a little so I came in and made a few
adjustments and went back out. again I was having a good time out there,
well powered with some nice controlled jumps on the way out and some nice
fast but bumpy blasting the way in. I decided I would be OK with my 5m so
came in to change down as Shem got off the water too.
Back out with the 5m and blasting along nicely, floated off the back of a
piece of swell on the back and snapped my mast extension... Not again,
another big swim dragging my kit with me. I didn't really feel like
ditching the rig even though it was quite an encumberance as it had my
brand new 400cm (£250) mast in it, so I gritted my teeth and got on with
the swimming.
I wasn't sure if Shem was still on the beach or not and if he had seen me.
As it turns out he could see my kit through his binoculars but couldn't
actually see me (I was quite a way out) so he had called the lifeboat. I
manged the swim much quicker than I thought and not long after I got back
to the beach with my broken kit saw the lifeboat turning back towards
Aberdovey Shem had phoned to say I was now OK) and was then greeted by the
RNLI landrover who had to take down our names.
I'm obviously OK and the swim didn't actually take quite as long as last
weeks. My board hasn't faired quite so well though as it has a large
mast-shaped hole in its deck and a few other scratches and scrapes.
Grrrrr.... Another expensive session. The actual sailing was good though.
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