Strange sort of day. I chose Newton as a closer and drier option with good wind forecast so made an early'ish start hoping to get some sailing in both sides of the springy low tide for a change.
The ‘sunny side’ myth seemed to be true for once as it had come out just as I crossed the bridge and when I arrived 4 or 5 windsurfers were already out, planing on 6m sails towards Ogmore in the sunshine. However, it then dawned on me that the wind was more southerly than forecast and, as of course everybody knows, Newton is in a wind hole in a southerly. Sure enough the wind then disappeared, so I then spent quite a bit of time chatting, wandering around and eating my lunch. Thoughts of a skunking appeared. Strolled down to Trecco point in the sun, took some photos and noticed that it seemed to be picking up. It was still low tide though and watching Kelvin lose his fin on the rocks didn't exactly encourage us to race out there. But after a few more minutes I decided the time had come so rigged my 6.5 on the Naish Koncept 110.
It was getting on for 3pm by the time I launched but it was then actually excellent for an hour and a bit, nicely powered up and with good waves on the pushing tide. What's more it was sunny and warm, in fact I was almost overheating in my winter suit. I think I only dropped a couple of gybes in that time too, helped by the floaty board. Had some great runs down the waves and the kit was feeling really good. It was too good to last though, and the wind eventually dropped and never really came back again so packed up after a bit more waiting and chatting. So a bit disappointing overall and not very efficient time usage but at least it had been really good for a while, and the rain held off too.
Should've been here yesterday.
Wind died completely when the rain passed over so a pretty rubbish day.
