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hamptonw Member Member#: 7315 Location: Registered: 22-01-2008 Diary Entries: 61 |
4th November 2009 Windsurfing: Weymouth Wind Direction: WSW Wind Stength: F6 Surf / Sea State: Super Flat Air Temperature: 10 Sea Temperature: 10 Weather: Rain and Sun Max Speed: 27kts (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 30 (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise) A game of two halves yesterday - a sh*tty morning at Poole Harbour in hideous death chop and stupidly gusty wind, followed by an afternoon of perfection on Weymouth speed strip in the afternoon! Having set off at 4.30am to pick up Grawp and miss the rush hour traffic, we got to Poole about 7.30 ish, and headed to the Caf (after checking out Sandbanks for the first time). I was itching to try out my newly aquired Ezzy skinny 400, but didn't have a skinny extension. So £100 later (um, I bought a couple of other things as well as the chinook extension at Poole Watersports!), I rigged and headed out on my 4.7 voodoo and Freewave, but the conditions were shockingly bad, and after two hours of getting progressively more angry, we decided to de-camp to Weymouth instead. GOOD decision! The wind was a solid 25+ kts and in perfect alignment for the speedstrip, with beautifully flat water! So Ed got the GPS out, and three hours of drag racing ensued, at times rather stacked on my 5.3. Ed was clocking 27.88kts, and I reckon I was not far behind, as I managed to stay with him for the most part. Eventually, his extra half a metre of sail (and better skills!) had the edge. Wicked fun though. Curry and beer in Winchester topped the day off nicely, and I finally got home at 10.30pm. Feeling spent but elated today! BTW, I'm loving the skinny! |
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