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krafty Member  Member#: 3052 Location: Registered: 28-11-2006 Diary Entries: 467 Mood: waiting for wind |
11th March 2007 Windsurfing: Pevensey Bay Wind Direction: S-SW Wind Stength: 8-12 knots Surf / Sea State: flat Air Temperature: toasty Sea Temperature: hasn't got cold yet Weather: SUNNY Max Speed: 19.9 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: The optimist gets just rewards ..... eventually Paul & Rich spent a good 15-20 mins chuckling on the shore as I drifted casually towards Cooden from Pevensey Bay using the current conveyor belt to excellent effect . Just for a change, perhaps inspired by the sight of Keith & Dan tearing the fleets apart at Bough Beech yesterday, I opted to dig the formula board out of the garage along with the 9.8m GTX. As I rigged it I felt certain that I'd not need it as the wind always fills in when I rig the big guns. Delay as much as I could, you know, typical windsurfer chat while hoping for better winds, eventually I gave up waiting and suited up. Initially wind was too light even for my formula kit, and not helped by an inability to get my feet in the straps - schoolboy error - so I couldn't pump energetically while in the straps either. After around 15-20 mins of 'oh so close but not quite' I hooked into a lucky gust and planed back upwind to the beach and landed so I could adjust my straps. Once opened these up I went back out and enjoyed approx 90 mins of planing up / down and all around the bay, and try as I might I couldn't get the garmin to show over 19.9 knots vmax It was a lovely day that with another 5-10 knots of wind would have been awesome, still, I had a nice time, if a little lonely out there in MY bay |
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