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| Venues | Board size | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 74 | 77 | 80 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 102 | 104 | 105 | 110 | 114 | 116 | 125 | 150 | 1000 | ||
| Cornwall | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| North Devon | 3 | 12 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Poole | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Christchurch | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lepe & Calshot | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
| Maui | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lee on Solent, Hillhead & Stokes Bay | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hayling Island | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 12 | 57 | |||||||||||||||
| El Medano, Tenerife | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lake Clearwater, NZ | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The Gower and Pembrokeshire | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Worthing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Punta San Carlos, Baja California | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kimmeridge | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Pagham | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rhosneigr | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cabo Verde | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||||
| Brandon Bay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| White Strand, Cork, Ireland | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| South Devon (Bigbury) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 12 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 62 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 185 |
Each cell shows number of sessions, click on a cell for more details.
Lepe & Calshot on 22/04/12
| Rating: |  |
| Board: | 102 litres |
| Sail: | 5.5 |
Like Carl, I'd been tracking the forecast all week. Like Carl, I'd had something else to do on Saturday (Happy Birthday Penny!). So when WindGuru was looking like it might be windy 12-ish, I was very interested in Carl's comment about the wind, and ended up heading down to Lepe.
Where I found a small OMWC contingent - Steve D, who confessed (I forgive you, my son...) to hot having windsurfed since July 2010, astounding - Carl, and Marion. There was a couple of others out but not AFAIK OMWCers. Anyway. a large squally storm had passed through, leaving the wind down quite a bit from earlier, so I rigged 102/5.5, and pottered out...
In fact, it was pretty darned windy a lot of the time! I was pretty overpowered, but as usual, too slothful to switch. Carl and I buzzed about, trying the odd manoeuvre, the only difference between us being that Carl's were vaguely recogisable as a standard move, whereas mine were more of the "er, lemme see... Splash!" variety. Good to be out though. The wind came up and we went in, to venture out again when it dropped to a manageable level. Finally, there was some sun, but shortly after, C&M had to go , so I came in since by that time I was on my own.
A cup of tea and a slice of date and walnut cake topped off an excellent way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Dropped in to see Pete in Winchester on the way home, admired his shiny new kitchen and Linn Sondek.
Cornwall on 09/04/12
| Rating: |  |
| Board: | 80 litres |
| Sail: | 4.7 |
Different session from the previous - not sunny, but rainy, wet and pretty windy. Again the forecast came true, more or less cross from the SW, came up after midday and faded a bit to the end. Got some good rides, tried some downwind frontside but mucho hairy with the wind and closeouts! At least I got the kit right - nothing broke, and the rig was on average a good call... Good session!! Thanks Gwithian, first time I've had such a good session at this venue.
Cornwall on 07/04/12
| Rating: | |
| Board: | 102 litres |
| Sail: | 5.5 |
The forecast actually worked out! Northerlyish, F4ish, nice swell rolling in from the west... Great time riding some waves, just a bit out of practice and not very fit! Good to see the locals thought it was good enough to join in, which is kind of a Sign of Good I guess. The climb back up the goat track was a bit dodgy with tired legs though, especially as I had to go back for my uphaul - still, the heart attack was worth the £2.99 I saved...
Hayling Island on 03/03/12
| Rating: | |
| Board: | 102 litres |
| Sail: | 5.5 |
On the promise of some sun and wind, with Juan and Gen due to be out, and with Chimet showing a good head of steam, I set off for Hayling with some hope.
And sometimes hope is good! Lovely sunny day, not too cold (10deg), and some swell rolling from the the SE, against a WSW wind. Fantastic! Spent a very happy time, until hunger and tiredness drove me back to the beach. Some great jumps, some great waves, really glassy with no chop to speak of. It's good when the wind's in the right direction!
Hayling Island on 22/01/12
| Rating: | |
| Board: | 102 litres |
| Sail: | 5.5 |
After feeling a bit delicate (er, possibly just wussy) after the Megabash, I determined to make the most of the day's wind. Headed off early (for me!) to Hayling, arrived at the IotB to find Adrian and son on the case already. However, it looked like the wind (W pretty much) had dropped at that point, so I rigged a 5.5 and went with the larger board as a safety precaution.
Now, I'm not noted as a fan of Hayling at high tide, but today there was little shorebreak by the TIotB, the only problem was the relatively light wind to get away, possibly because of the wind shadow. Anyway, it picked up further out, and again, I was surprised by the waves up on the sandbar. Weird random peaks, but if you were careful, it was possible to go from lump to lump, and I even got a couple of DTL rides, which was fun.
Wind got stronger, and the 5.5/102 combo was getting a bit frisky... After about an hour, I came back to the beach, to reconsider my options, and given I had to get back home for a lunch engagement, and that it's good to stop when you're winning, packed up, amazingly about the same time as the Adrian Duracell bunny... He of course had gone from a 6.2 (!) to a 5.0, probably quite wisely!
Hayling Island on 02/01/12
| Rating: | |
| Board: | 80 litres |
| Sail: | 4.7 |
After the post-NY party disappointment of 1 Jan 12, owing to lack of wind and excessive rain, I checked the wind data and it appeared to be blowing this morning. It was also forecast clear, sunny... called Team Knight-Hierro, who hurried to complete the recycling and as usual, beat me to the beach. This time I was out with Gen, while Juan herded the bobsleigh team.
Excellent day! Beautiful sun, WSW wind, so virtually cross to start with, really proper waves coming in from S/SE, so truly DTL conditions... Spent 2+ hours jumping, catching waves, belting up and down... The palmless mitts did a great job, especially after I stopped for a break - note to self to do this in future, go out, get them cold, come back, warm up, toasty thereafter! The waves were actually in sets, with real lines coming in over the sand bar and east of that - we were sailing waves almost directly out from the launch spot, and they held up for ages.
More tea (thanks Gen!) and Juan, our new recruit Simon, Jon and the boys finished up the really quality Irish cake. A result! Good luck with the wrist op Gen, what a great way to start the year!
Hayling Island on 29/12/11
| Rating: | |
| Board: | 80 litres |
| Sail: | 4.7 |
It seemed like a good idea... Juanito called me while I was still in bed, he was heading down to Hayling, so I thought I would, since it looked windy and not too cold. I arrived to find Senor Hierro coming in after a 2 hour session - he lives closer and had already had his breakfast I guess! Anyway, rigged the 80l Evo and 4.7, he was on a 5.something and said it was plenty.
And so it proved! Spent an hour or so hooning around, not much in the way of constructive waves, since it was coming close to high tide - Juan went out again because I was there, and we launched from about 3m of beach! Started to feel tired, at which point I noticed that Juan wasn't out any more, and neither was the other guy who was out, so ran the board up the beach to avoid getting slapped by the shore dump, practically into the wooden wall, not much beach left!
Made a cup of tea for Juan and our new mate Andy, shared with a slice of dodgy Irish-originated cake, fresh from Castlegregory's supermarket in November. Excellent fare!
Hayling Island on 03/12/11
| Rating: |  |
| Board: | 102 litres |
| Sail: | 6.5 |
Tempted by possible sun, even though it seemed grey and yucky in Reading, and the promise of sailing with the Knight-Hierros, I ventured southwards, stumbling by happy chance on the narrow causeway that leads to the pebbledashed expanse that is the seafront at Hayling.
It wasn't excessively windy, but it was promisingly sunny... My 6.5 was rigged, a silly heavy thing but seemed most likely to provide adequate, but not excessive, propulsive force. Gen reported being somewhat overpowered with her 6.2, so I was cautiously optimistic. The NW/NNW wind combined with the strange easterly swell for an unusual effect at the sandbar. I splashed around, occasionally catching the fin on the sandbar, the shallow water being extremely handy for one suddenly finding himself unable to gybe for some reason. The wind continued to drop, as forecast, so I retreated for tea, sandwiches, and a quick visit with B&H to deliver some pictures from last week's impromptu gathering.
Thanks Hayling! A good Saturday relaxer.
Hayling Island on 26/11/11
| Rating: | |
| Board: | 102 litres |
| Sail: | 5.5 |
Prompted by Juan's insistence, rolled up to find it windyish. The trusty 5.5/102 combo seemed to work well, I was pretty enthusiastic after a month or so not windsurfing. Spent a couple of hours tearing along, racing Juan and falling off in front of the camera wielded by Gen and Bill. The wind got up a bit at the end, so I was pretty overpowered by the time we stopped. Good day's "work"!
Brandon Bay on 07/10/11
| Rating: | |
| Board: | 116 litres |
| Sail: | 6.5 |
Sat and watched people sailing at Mossies in F3, on okayish waves most of the day. V p*ssed off about missing the previous day's session here, but didn't really fancy blobbing out to the break, only to have the wind fail, which was forecast, and bits of me were hurting quite a bit. Ended up going round to Scraggane and having a tool about in the flat water in the harbour there, not very special but at least got wet! Good Chinese at Ned Natterjack's though, and Guinness makes everything better.
