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13th September 2003
Windsurfing: Jericoacoara, Brazil
Wind Direction: E
Wind Stength: About 25 knots
Surf / Sea State: Flat/swell on outside
Air Temperature: Scorchio!
Sea Temperature: Scorchio!
Weather: Mucho Sol
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Wind looked a bit lighter than past few days so to help me stay upwind took out the 79 wave which has a bigger fin. Was well powered up at times, and it was definitely easier to drive the 79 upwind than the 78 which has a 2cm smaller fin, but still wasn't planing at times on many of the runs and hence spent most of the session much further downwind than I wanted to. Only on 2 occasions in the 1.5 hour session did I make enough ground upwind to be able to gybe on the inside. Very frustrating.

I didn't put my own harness lines on the boom either which was a mistake. On one side (starboard - going out) they were too short, and on the other they were too long, and kept on getting longer as I was sailing. So was not always fully comfortable in the harness whilst sailing.

Conditions, like yesterday, were lighter with much smaller waves than in previous days this week (although the waves did get bigger later on with the rising tide after I had come off the water). The stronger winds of last week seemed to coincide with the run-up to the full moon which was 2 days ago. Some people have suggested that since we are closer to the moon here on the equator it affects things like the wind more; dunno if this is true. Anyway, if the wind remains like this for the rest of the week until I leave next Saturday, I might take out the 85L freestyle wave for one session to make sure I stay upwind easily, and really try and nail my gybes so that I pull off some fully planing efforts on the inside before I leave. Also lots of early nights this week methinks and full concentration on the windsurfing. Today I was feeling pretty cream-crackered after a couple of later ones, and it definitely didn't do my sailing any good.

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