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hamptonw Member Member#: 7315 Location: Registered: 22-01-2008 Diary Entries: 61 |
12th June 2008 Windsurfing: Minster Wind Direction: N Wind Stength: F3-4 Surf / Sea State: Lumpy Air Temperature: 15 Sea Temperature: 13 Weather: Sunny Max Speed: Distance Covered: Got out at Minster last night for my first after work sail this year. The Minster webcam had been showing it blowing a steady F5 all day, and I arrived at about 6:45 to find half a dozen guys (Ricky Wooding and a few mates) all out on the water, but on bigger kit than I was anticipating (that minster weather station definitely over-reads by at least 5mph). I rigged my 7.0 in a frenzy and got down to the waterline, just as the wind dropped. Wobbled out, cursing my luck and wobbled back in again, not in the best of moods. So I went and had a chat witn Ricky who by now was on the beach. Then, five minutes later the wind came back up - still big sail weather, but enough to get planing. Ricky kindly let me have a go on his Exocet Scross (160L) monster with his Gaastra GTX 7.5. With that combination, it was easy enough to ge planing. It felt strange to be back on a huge board, and I was struck by how it was quite a bit more difficult to waterstart on a board that size. Still, had a good old sail on that, blasting along with the sun setting - bliss! I later came back in again and took out my own board, by 105L was a bit on the small side for those conditions. Finally packed up about 9.15 and went to the pub with Ricky and his mates (can't remember all the names...) and had a good natter about kit over Guinness. Perfect evening - wish they were all like that! |
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