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krafty Member  Member#: 3052 Location: Registered: 28-11-2006 Diary Entries: 467 Mood: waiting for wind |
9th November 2008 Windsurfing: Camber Sands - Las Dunas Wind Direction: SW Wind Stength: not enough through to nuclear Surf / Sea State: Camber state .... Air Temperature: ok Sea Temperature: ok Weather: mainly dry, but some showers Max Speed: Distance Covered: Loop Club day loomed, with forecasts for decent winds .... but woke up and it was bright, dry, and pretty light wind. Too late to can it, and all forecasts showed decent wind, so up early and on the road, arriving at Camber before 8am. As usual I wasn't first there, and pretty soon people were rocking up for breakfast at The Place. Once we were all there, and consumed our breakfasts and supped our tea / coffees, Callum got us organised and down the beach to check conditions. It was still light, but all the weather sites west were showing wind, and it was coming our way. Not wanting to be underpowered, I opted for 5.3m Ego and the Allwave 92. This was perfect for probably 30 minutes, and as the wind filled in more and more I really started to struggle. Eventually I relented and did the trip back over the dunes, took on some re-hydration & a banana plus some Kendall Mint Cake to re-energise. Then, as I wasn't alone de&re-rigging, I cracked out the Twin Fin and a 4.2m Ego and got them rigged for action. Back over the dunes, and the wind had filled in further, so much that the actual act of walking to the water was a challenge in itself !! Got there and was really nicely powered up, in fact verging on overpowered. One run, and tweaked outhaul a bit, next run and took advice of Matt Pearch to add further downhaul too. Played a bit more, and I think I'm really going to enjoy the Twin Fin ... it's just so much fun to sail. I only got backside rides in but I reckon it allowed me at least one extra turn on each wave the way it changed direction so readily. Anyway, I wasn't there to cruise about and backside ride, I was there to take on board all the looping tips I could, and then go and nail the move. I had a few goes, but can't really claim to have even got close to nailing it yet. It's a shame, but I spent too long hanging onto the 5.3m when I should have changed down. Not being able to fully sheet in / oversheet meant I couldn't get the rotation I needed and indeed crash and burn was the result for me. Some really good attempts going on, though to be fair, we were really put to shame by some folks who were revelling in the conditions. There were the usual Camber Posse suspects who'd sailed up to Little Maui to take the mickey out of us, or more honestly offer encouragement and pointers, with the Geriatric Looper sharing the knowledge readily. As a bit of a treat, and to add extra inspiration, we had Nik & Ant Baker sailing amongst us showing us how it should be done. It was really quite surprising to find out that they'd never sailed at Camber before, but I got the impression that it'd not be their last visit to Camber. It was really cool to see so many smiling faces and people going for their loops in really testing conditions. To be fair, it got too windy too quickly for learning to loop, but everyone had a really good day on the water, and then got to check out the action as recorded by Callum, on a big projection screen back at The Place before enjoying supper to conclude proceedings .... not forgetting everyone got a tee shirt from Callum, and had spent the day on the water sailing with the Baker bothers, Matt Pearch ... and the Camber Posse. Happy daze |
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