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redmullet Member Member#: 1225 Location: Aberdeen Registered: 16-02-2005 Diary Entries: 93 Mood: Pleasantly chilled! |
22nd January 2006 Windsurfing: Rattray Bay, Aberdeenshire Wind Direction: SSW Wind Stength: 15-25 mph Surf / Sea State: 2-5 ft waves Air Temperature: Chilly Sea Temperature: OK Weather: OK Max Speed: Distance Covered: Got the call from Rob & Alan mid morning that they were up for a session at St Fergus. Arrived at around low tide (12:00 ish), with the wind cross off from the right and the waves lining up quite nicely with fairly clean faces of 3 to 5 feet, with flatter periods between sets. The wind was hovering around 20 mph, and even the sun was trying to shine. Decided on the 6.3m and big board, and started to rig. Davey turned up, who apparently sailed this beach quite a bit, but often on his own, and so was pleased to see us all venturing further afield than Newburgh where we tend to sail - from my point of view partly because I live in the village about 300m from the launching site. Anyway, was a little underpowered with the 6.3 close to shore, but powered up beyond the break. The extra float of the big board negated this, and when tacking / gybing onto the waves. Getting out wasn't too much of a problem if you timed your run, although got trashed a few times, but no breakages. Managed quite a number of exhillerating wave rides - hesitate to say 'down the line', but it felt good to me, and had a number of rides with at least 3 bottom/top turns, with the board turning much tighter than I was expecting when on the wave for such a big board. Really enjoyed the session, as did everybody else, and it was nice to have a bit of company for both the sailing and the banter both before and after. Can't wait for the next outing. |
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