Genevieve
Denmark on 05/06/12
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| Board: | 95 litres |
| Sail: | 6.2 |
A lovely ride in the Danish waters of Lynaes on the northern beaches, near my parent's house in Frederiskvaerk, North of Copenhagen. Even the boys thought it was a great place to play. We met a German couple who had crossed from Rorvig for the day to kitesurf, they were also holidaying for the week with their kids. A great carpark and lovely rigging and playing area, with a nice mini-supermarket with fresh bread nearby. It was lovely sailing back and forth and hopping off the bigger chop further out. Decided a winter wetsuit was safer though kept barefeet. The flat inside where it got shallower was great for duck gybes etc. Except for a missing sandbar, it could be called the Hayling of the north. Thanks to the windgods we will probably get to visit danmark again - maybe klitmoller this time?
North Devon on 28/05/11
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| Board: | 95 litres |
| Sail: | 5.7 |
Well, Juan's gear doesn't suit me really. It turns slowly, rides slow and generally we didn't get on. But the moosh offered some nice tactical chicken gybe opportunities, as I didn't have enough oomph in the sail department to get over the bigger, more determined lumps and had to try avoidance manouvres. Nice to sail and pleasantly warmer than expected, but would prefer cross off next time please, and my turn to go first before the wind drops.
Hayling Island on 11/10/09
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| Board: | 95 litres |
| Sail: | 5.4 |
Average conditions at Hayling, but a phenomally exhilarating and most-excellent return to the water after the operation!!! It was great fun doing ellipsoid tracks with John to practice our tacks and gybes while the wind was only so-so. And it was a very energising feeling to have those nice adrenalins flushing away the working weeks (it is a while since I last got to go planing on the windsurfer!). Of course, the wind picked up a notch just as we had to go put the boys to rest. But I had just the right amount of boost and the hand/wrist power just lasted the 2 or so hours, without pushing it too far. The water is still warm. Sebastian told me to 'be careful...'. Can't wait until Pagham now - praying for a decent swell and the right wind!!!
North Devon on 30/08/09
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| Board: | 95 litres |
| Sail: | 5.7 |
Great fun riding the waves with Nick again at westward ho! a little underpowered, but nicely shaped waves. Poor john G got washed up and rescued this morning when the tide was pushing in the waves. That will make Baja feel more exciting next weekend- especially with that hurricane ! but the wind was now lighter and the waves more comfy.
Added by Andrew on 04/09/09
Back on the water already, well done.
Added by Genevieve on 06/09/09
no, just hadn't had the op - had it on thurs and the sling is a fetching light blue, that colour co-ordinates well with my trakkie pants...
Added by Genevieve on 18/09/09
All healed now, and the official advice is to use it or lose it, so maybe next weekend we might get to go sailing!
Cabo Verde on 28/02/09
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| Board: | 95 litres |
| Sail: | 5.7 |
The good old Angulo GU in it's various sizes has proved extremely versatile. However today, we went to a new beach. I had a choice of a sail and board, and no knowledge of what there would be at the other end, so took the biggest wave board, angulo 95l, and then a 5.7 which seemed to be the average of what I had been out on so far. This was thrown into the back of the cab (what is known in oz as a ute, in other places a truck, nice and shiny with 4 seater cab and then the tray for all the gear or spare outdoor seating) with all Beth's gear and off we went.
Caleta Funda was offshore. But a good windstrength, and some swell on the point. It was a rocky bay, which had two sandy shores, separated by a rocky ledge point, and we were dropped on the right hand shore. Not a single person around, but a persistent cat that quite liked Beth's sandwich of breakfast fare from the buffet - it found it before she noticed, while we were rigging. The launching would have been ideal from the left hand beach, but a bit of faffing and we got there. The excitement and nerves of sailing on our own in the middle of nowhere in an offshore wind, with no car or phone was quite addictive. The point swell was not really breaking, but was very enticing, and as the tide went it started to rise a little more over the rocky underwater ledge a bit off the point. After a reasonable sail, which was fully powered up - the wind was really funnelling - I got a bit of a fright when something fairly large and shadowy near me when I was waterstarting made a bit of a splash as it did a rapid descent -I went in for a while and collected some shells (chicken). But our 3 hours were also up, and so I went in to derig and collect the stuff together for the cab. A Frenchman and his family had rocked up in a 4*4 and he went out for a sail, clearly seeing the good time we were having- which made us feel like locals - the first to arrive and catch the wind etc etc. Beth hadn't noticed the cab turn up until the last minute but in the end she came in and we packed in for the day. Returning to the Angulo centre, we found we had the best wind and sailing of everyone, so we were quite chuffed about our little adventure. The beer sessions had a new topic!
