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Johmo Member Member#: 700 Location: Staffs Registered: 07-05-2004 Diary Entries: 231 |
26th May 2008 Windsurfing: Fraisthorpe Wind Direction: NNE Wind Stength: 20-30mph Surf / Sea State: Waves Air Temperature: 14 Sea Temperature: OK Weather: Sunny Max Speed: Distance Covered: The Met Office recorded NNE all day for Bridlington compared to the NE and ENE forecast by Windguru GFS and WRF. Fraisthorpe beach must face due East so it should have been easy getting out with the winds more cross-shore than on-shore - it was not easy. You had to bear away loads to get going with the strong downwind current and the bigger walls of white water would stop you and you then had to generate some speed again to face the next wave. I was stuggling to keep the board tracking until I moved the lines back, edged the mast forward a little and raised the boom a fair bit - much more balanced, but I had wasted a lot of energy. Once on the outside you could relax a little and make some ground back upwind as the current must have been less. Coming back in you could pick up the swells early, but the cross chop from the local wind effect made the faces really bumpy - not too bad on the small board, but I am sure I was airborn at times. The faces were cleaner further in and I had some nice backside rides - smooth bottom turns and turning off the white water at the top - fantastic. A superb day in the sunshine. Lots of families kept arriving, but they soon left when they felt the sand blowing down the beach. Loads of space on the water - 6 boards and 2 kites out at any one time. Absolutely spent when I packed up - need more time in the waves to improve. |
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