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Windsurfing: Ynyslas
Wind Direction: W
Wind Stength: 7.0m weather
Surf / Sea State: Flat
Air Temperature: Convertible weather
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Weather:

After driving 3 hours to go for a good session on the sea - and gaging for it as I have not been out on the sea for......ages. I was dumfounded to find that the gate to the Golf carpark at Ynyslas was locked and the carpark attendant had legged it for the day.... :-(

DOES THIS HAPPEN OFTEN?

Went down to the nature reserve place rigged up the Rushwind 7.0 Strike F and took out the Carve 131. Not being a local and having only sailed from the Dufi end before I asked a local for some advice where to and not sail etc.... I wish he had told me to put a smaller fin on - boy was that a shock.... full tilt in the middle of the estuary, when suddenly my whole world stopped rather suddenly. Captain Catapult (not seen him for a while) struck and I was over the front - my ankle came together some how, rather swiftly with the bottom of the mast - uhmmmm thats going to hurt - and it did. Still got loads of sympathy from the misses - well after she'd let out a girly sweak at the blood. Thank God the Spar was open, it's amazing what a bag of frozen peas can achieve.

Learning from my mistakes I changed boards and got out the Evo 92 - ohhh what a dream board. Then had a great laugh over the Dufi side. I didn't realise that the water was so deep at the edge of the beach, so after making a prat of myself whilst stepping off the board expecting the water to be knee height and disappearing under the blue stuff I thought I'd have a laugh. Spent the rest of the afternoon (safely) bombing towards the beach and gybing a few feet from the beach edge - no shallow water - no Captain Catapult..!!

Good day, just wish that Borth gate was open or that I had driven around to Dufi as it was a right pain trying to get back to Ynyslas side, especially through that rip.....

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