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Harry Member Member#: 186 Location: Registered: 14-04-2003 Diary Entries: 418 |
21st August 2003 Windsurfing: Jericoacoara, Brazil Wind Direction: E Wind Stength: 30 knots+ Surf / Sea State: Flat/swell on outside Air Temperature: Scorchio! Sea Temperature: Scorchio! Weather: Mucho Sol Max Speed: Distance Covered: Session cut short to 20 minutes by another small tear in my 4.6. Shame cos the conditions were really firing and I was sailing quite well. A fraction overpowered on the 4.6 but not uncomfortable. Gybing on the inside was quite easy with nice flat water, and also easier with the smaller sail. Made all of the gybes dry that I attempted on the inside, and with the smaller sail got much closer to planing out. My inability to gybe in the swell on the outside is starting to annoy me now though, so will have to start paying some attention to that. Swell was huge on the outside so got some good jumps in. But then whilst checking the sail in the shallows near the beach I noticed the tear so decided not to risk it any more and came in. Today was the first time I have used the 4.6 since I patched up the last rip in it, so not a good sign that another one has appeared so soon. The sail is really on its last legs now. Will sell it asap before I leave if poss and look for another 4.4/4.5 here, but until then will cover it with loads of stickers to reinforce it and then hope for the best. Shame since despite being old and cheap (60 quid) it´s a nice light sail to use and now worrying about getting new tears in it is distracting my attention from my sailing at times. Ho hum. |
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