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justal Member Member#: 881 Location: south Coast Registered: 24-07-2004 Diary Entries: 17 |
19th October 2003 Windsurfing: Ynyslas Estuary Wind Direction: NE Wind Stength: 20-25 knots Surf / Sea State: Flat Air Temperature: 10ºC Sea Temperature: 14ºC Weather: Sunny Max Speed: Distance Covered: Another good day in the estuary. Once again everyone was strugling to get onto the beach because of the sand dune at the entrance, but I made it OK, although on the way back out some fools were stood in the way so I had to stop right in the deepest part of the sand and therefore got a little stuck. It didn't take long to get out though. I rigged my big kit (6.3m sail and 99 ltr board), which was fine to start with, but the wind soon got up and although I could still hang on, it led to some pretty exciting, completely maxed out speed runs across the estuary. A few others were out with 5.5m(ish) sails, and they were overpowered at times too. I spent most of the time sailing on the same line as a guy from S. Africa, and we had some gun speed runs next to each other. Nigel from 'Stoves and Stuff' was out, and helping out a friend who was fairly new to windsurfing. Everyone seemed to have a good time. In retrospect I wished I'd rigged something a little smaller and a little faster, I think my 5.1m Tomahawk sail would have been perfect. Paul and Tim were at the beach too, and Paul went kite-surfing. He was doing OK for a while, a little overpowered, but managing to control it, then on one run back across the estuary, I saw him get launched uncontrollably into the air, and from where I was it looked as though he was going to land face first at high velocity on the sand. I bore away and headed straight towards him as whatever happened it looked as though he was going to needd some help, and if he landed on the sand he was going to need an ambulance... Luckily he landed face first in the water, and managed to control the kite before causing himself any real damage. I helped him land his kite as the incident had scared him a little. His face was a it red and stinging from the impact, and he probably needed clean underwear, but otherwise he was OK... It could have been a lot worse though. I was sialing well today and didn't actually get wet for the first couple of hours. I must have mad over 100 consecutive gybes without once falling in, and often without losing much speed either. All in all and excellent day and just about as good as it gets in the estuary. |
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