Well it was nukin! Then at about 3.30 the swell hit, and it kept on nukin. For most of the time I didn't even try to sheet in my smallest, a 4.2. Jim had arranged a photographer to shoot off the Hengistbury Head leadges. He was going to sail across the harbour, run across the beach and then sail up. I was to sail upwind from Avon, I got half, no less than half, maybe less than quarter. The swells were huge, I was so overpowered and my hands were feckin freezing. So I went back down to Avon, where at least thelong spaces between the waves made it manageable.
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| On arrival, it was nukin, but the swell wasn't quite in and it was getting blown a little flat. |
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| At about 3pm the swell started pushing in |
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By fivish, it was dropping off a little, but still a pretty good size for a sheltered beach
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| By the time Jim had returned from chasing monsters on the head the waves had dropped with the tide, he was using his new sail. The Ezzy 'Seagull' |
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| One of those new freestyle moves |
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ReplyDeleteWhat you needed was a 3.6m Neil Pryde NR (as seen giving immaculate control in the 4th pic up)
ReplyDeleteI could show you a few more pictures of it not so in control!! ;-) to be honest, I would have like a 3.6 NR that day!!
ReplyDeleteWhere are Gregg and Colin ? Were they slacking off drinking tea as usual?
ReplyDeleteColin has been out a lot. Gregg and Ian are in Tenerife, running on beaches.
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