Today was a brutal day, with winds from 45 to 60 knots and a handfull of windsurfers at Wijk aan Zee. When we arrived the wind was already pumping. We rigged our 4.2's and went for it. After about 30 minutes, with windspeeds still increasing, it became obvious: too strong, no control..!! As my quiver is not suited for these kinds of nuclear winds (86 liters and 4.2 is my smallest set) I decided to try and shoot some pictures of David. He rigged his 3.7, grabbed his SOS rocket fish 82 and put up quite a show....
It was difficult to take pictures. Try not to shake the camera with 60 knots of wind, even with the monopod it seemed impossible. But Some pictures came out quite nice..... Jepe has made a lot of very nice pictures. We just need to wait till they are online.......
Some free sandblasting at the beach....;-)
Our conclusion of the day was: I need a 3.7 and we both need smaller boards ;-) A 3.7 would be the right size, but controlling the 80+ liters under your feet is quite a challenge.....
I'm also just home. Wind in the back..
ReplyDeleteloads of broken things besides the road. Totally stoked on the water. I brought my "wide" rocket 82 SOS fish for a some jumping ... but dammm, wind was again not as the forecast...(now way more) This time we had the turbo on max. Sail control was not the problem, keeping the board on the water,,that was the main/hard issue. Walking with the gear/even without gear on the beach was also almost impossible. Should have brought my smaller boards..
But hey, It was worth it.
david