Had a good fun session at Pagham on Sunday along with about 50 other windsurfers!! Man it was busy out there, but I kind of like it when it's like that. It restores my faith in the sport. Not that it is really lacking anyway.
There was plenty of action going on with a high standard of sailing. Only saw one minor crash, which looked was more funny than painful. The cold is a funny thing - I always find that the first 45 mins is really good, I land most of my jumps and feel pretty good about everything. Then after that the cold starts to seep into my head and hands and it all gets a little more unpredictable. You can see it in other people too. Even Andy King, who is usually "Mr Back look consitstent" eventually starts to drop the jumps as the cold gets to work. Maybe I need a warmer wetsuit?
I almost didn't sail yesterday and was very close to turning round and going home when I relised that I had left my 4.7 and 5.2 down in Devon! Luckily for me as I was just about to leave the wind picked up and it was perfect on my 4.2 Rock and Evo 75. In fact I'd rather have been on my Evo 70 but that was in my van half a mile away from the beach (it was busy in the car park!). I've never left my sails behind before - Must be the cold affecting my brain!
I reckon Pagham would've been good today but I had other things to do. Back to Devon this week so hoping for some more great winter sailing.
You gotta love this sport for the variety it can give you. One day starboard tack onshore jumping and then 2 days later cross offshore down the line. Bring it on!!
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