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13th July 2003
Windsurfing: Jericoacoara, Brazil
Wind Direction: S/SE
Wind Stength: 20 knots
Surf / Sea State: Flat/small swell
Air Temperature: Scorchio!
Sea Temperature: Scorchio!
Weather: Cloudy
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First day here yesterday and sods law no surprise - no wind (even though apparently it´s blown every day here for the past 3 weeks). A weather front was passing over which was trying to make wind blow from the SW, instead of the usual E. Not much wind today either until about 3pm when it filled in, though not quite all the way round to the cross-shore E direction.

Wind was very offshore and gusty/non-existent from the beach so had to slog out from the bay past the point to the open sea where it was more consistent. This took ages but once out back had one or two good runs, with about 10 other people out. Never sailed with a fin as small as 20.5cm, so took some getting used to - early planing and getting upwind efficiently weren´t really happening. Only out for about 45 mins when wind began to die, so started to slog back again towards the beach. Ended up drifting way way downwind, a good 500m+ from the beach, and in the end gave up and had to swim my kit in for 20 mins. All good fun.

Hopefully wind will return tomorrow from it´s normal direction, so less crappy gusty stuff.

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