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justal Administrator  Member#: 1 Location: Registered: 21-07-2002 Diary Entries: 2989 Mood: Just Chillin Dude |
20th October 2010 Windsurfing: Ynyslas Estuary Wind Direction: ENE Wind Stength: 20-30 knots Surf / Sea State: Flat Air Temperature: 7ºC Sea Temperature: 12ºC Weather: Sunny Max Speed: 32.37 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 28.8 (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise) A nice early start as Ivor was in full force but the wind was forecast to ease, so I was on the water at around 7am. I was going to rig my 5.2m North Warp but as the water was flat and set to get flatter and the wind forecast to ease I went with the 6.3m which took a bit of rigging but I managed to get it rigged better than ever today. I also went out on my big (80 ltr) slalom board. I was a little overpowered to start with but soon settled into it. That was until I hit something submerged at high speed which stopped the board dead and sent me flying over the front and deep into the water. So deep in fact that is was dark down there and I had to swim pretty hard to get back to the surface. I have no idea what it was that I hit, but there wasn't any damage to my board or me. My wrist hurt a little and I was a bit scared of hitting it again for a while so took it easy. I then saw Snoozer arrive on the beach so went in to say hello. He said that there was no wind anywhere else but he had looked at the We ather Station, saw that Ivor was doing its thing and so came to the estuary. I went back out and he soon joined me and by the looks of things he was glad he'd made the effort as he was having a good time blasting up and down trying to keep up with me. The wind had eased a little by now but the speed channel was showing and my confidence after the earlier crash had returned. I was now having a lovely speed session although now that the water was so flat some more wind so that I was completely and utterly maxed out would have been nice. It wasn't to be though and that may be my last chance to hit 40 knots before I'm 40 - One day the wind and water will be just right at the same time. A great session though if a little chilly on the hands - The still have very little feeling in them. |
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