justal
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| posted on 19-3-2005 at 07:43 |
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Katabatic wind alert
Just been to the estuary and its howling down there..... Not a lot of water but I'm off for a windsurf.
Al.
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justal
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| posted on 19-3-2005 at 14:59 |
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Wooohooo.... what a day. It's not often that I get excited about a flat water session, but with glorious sunshine and the steadiest 20
knot Easterly ever it was just heaven. There wasn't a single gust or lull it was just dead on 20 knots the whole time. Not quite enough
wind for any true speed runs but I managed about 26 knots on every single run and did get it up to 27.1 knots at a maximum... Just non
stop flat water blasting with the whole estuary to myself.... Where was everyone?
Al.
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kelvin
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| posted on 19-3-2005 at 18:42 |
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no winds this way Al , and when the beasts in the East its crap anyway , spent all day preping the bike ready for a big rideout around
the beacons "the famous gap " and sarn helen tommorro ,
Kel www.winsurfing.co.uk
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justal
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| posted on 19-3-2005 at 21:32 |
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Hi kelvin... I've just been looking through the met office archives for today and it looks as though there was very little wind
every... Usually the katabatic wind switches itself off around 11am, but it lasted until early afternoon today and then started up aain
in the evenig... Its still pretty windy out there now so I'm hoping for more of the same tomorrow morning... If it doesn't go too
southerly.
Al.
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shem
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| posted on 19-3-2005 at 21:41 |
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I was at trap all morning, just 3-4 miles from ynys las, and not even a scrap of wind, total glass.
Thats the estuary for ya!!!!
Kite & SUP wales
Caravan decking wales
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justal
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| posted on 20-3-2005 at 05:48 |
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Its doing it again now.... I'm off to the estuary in half an hour (shall be on the water before 6.30am).... See you there Shem??
Al.
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paz
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| posted on 20-3-2005 at 19:04 |
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You guys, have just made me feel real bad.I was due to go down to the est- this wk-nd...but had to stay at home to replace my shot head
gasket on the motor..
I could just about put up with missin out on the sunshine..you had....but wind on flat water...thats P'd me off big time :-) regards
from the foggy midlands
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justal
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| posted on 20-3-2005 at 19:17 |
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Sorry to hear that.... but it got even better. I've just got back from the windiest session of the weekend, hiting 40 knots at times
and with waist high chop I wouldn't really call it flat water... Excellent fun though!
Hope your motor is fixed now!
I just love this time of year when the estuary turns it on in style, the best thing about these spring blasts we get in the estuary is
that they are accompanied by glorious sunshine.. The best weekend of the year so far, the skin on my hands are a little worse for
wear, I have caught the sun and I am super Stoked!! 
If it's doing the same thing tomorow morning which it may well be, I'll be out on the water at around 6am if anyone else is up for
it.
Al.
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paz
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| posted on 20-3-2005 at 19:44 |
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Ok don't rub it in! yep got my motor fixed..and is running well, so i'm pleased about that...as i'm now not tied down to using my
wifes car now, thats got no room for my surfin gear..
I was surfin a Tywyn last wk-nd ....."god "it was cold and the waves were few and far between surfable ...but it keeps ya fit ay?
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leonardo
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| posted on 22-3-2005 at 20:03 |
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Hey AL-DUDE!! Glad to hear you had a styling windy weekend..Black Rock was really nice too, not as windy but superb.
Catch ya later bro 
LEN10 LOOPING..
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justal
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| posted on 22-3-2005 at 22:06 |
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Yep... From the diary entries it looks as though it picked up OK on Sunday for you guys up North... It was a bit mad here on Sunday
really, but Saturday was nice, even managed a bit of a suntan on my face!!
Al.
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