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Owner: IainO
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Registered: 23-02-2003
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Mood: Closer to the sea now

29th October 2005
Windsurfing: Wonwell
Wind Direction: SE
Wind Stength: F3-4
Surf / Sea State: 1-2ft
Air Temperature: Warm
Sea Temperature: OK
Weather: Sunny
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After a morning traipsing around Plymouth on duty chores with the wind howling I made a bid for freedom after lunch. High tide precluded Bigbury so I chanced Wonwell with the hope that the forecasted swing from SE to S would occur. The wind was funnelling down the Estuary after a fashion but there was still a lot of East in it. I was dying to try out the new Ezzy so I went for it with the freestyle board.

Wobbled out to the middle and was stranded with no wind at all and the inevitable happened. Spent the next half hour trying to uphaul but there was no wind at all to balance with. Eventually ended up 100m down river with a walk back up.

Second attempt was marginally more successful as the wind had picked up a bit and I managed to struggle upwind towards the mouth. Managed to get planing only to find there was no where near enough outhaul so I headed to the nearest beach to rectify it. After a frustrating hour of catching the odd gust I headed back and called it a day. Could have spent the time building brownie points instead.

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