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Jonny Member Member#: 394 Location: North West Registered: 06-10-2003 Diary Entries: 350 Mood: waitin for the next blow! |
30th September 2006 Windsurfing: Roa Island Wind Direction: SE Wind Stength: 5 - 15 knots Surf / Sea State: flat Air Temperature: 18C Sea Temperature: nice Weather: Sunshine Max Speed: Distance Covered: A nice early start to the weekend. Went up with Phil in his van all the way upto Barrow for just after 9 for the Top Mark windsurfing shop in Barrows windsurfing demo day. John Hibbard was there representing Tushingham sails and Starbord boards. Conditions were forecast to be real marginal but to our surprise there was quite a bit of wind around when we arrived. I rigged up my biggest sail I had with the big board and likewise for Phil. We set of from the lifeboat station and sailed round the corner to the mariner where the demo was being held. Straight away I ditched my old kit and made use of the equipment that was on Demo. Tried the Starboard Carve 117 initally with a 7.5m2 sail but didn't really get on with the board and never got planing. Tried a few other various boards including some peoples new boards that werent part of the demo as well. Oops. I then found the perfect set up for the day and was on a Starboard Carve 144 along with a Tushingham Thunderbird 8.5m sail and was getting loadsa flat water blasting in practing my gybes which were pretty awful to begin with but with the help of John Hibbards advice, they gradually improved throughout the day. The whole of the Cockerham sands crew turned up with me and Phil, Jeff and Ian, Chris and his son with Libby takin loadsa good pics and Nick. Highlight of the day though was the Meat & Potatoe pies from Bill at Top Mark windsurfing, Credit due there! All in all, a real good day and completely windsurfed out with about 5/6 hours on the water. |
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