Category: Windsurfing

New GPS Enabled Training Device 3

New GPS Enabled Training Device

My beloved and very well used Garmin Forerunner 305 has stopped working. I’ve had it since January 2008 and it has been working flawlessy but now it keeps switching itself off. Sometimes it’ll stay on for a while but if I just touch the casing then it shuts down. I guess it could have got...

Ynyslas Estuary 0

Another day – and yet more wind

Ivor, our katabatic wind is still blowing, fifth day in a row now I think and I’ve decided to take a day off from windsurfing as I needed to mow the lawn, catch up with some work and try to recover my aching body ready for circuits and swimfit tonight. But once again it looks...

More Tales from the Estuary 0

More Tales from the Estuary

I managed to drag my aching body out for yet another speed session at the crack of dawn yesterday. I had hoped the wind would go mad in the same way as it had for the past few days so rigged my small kit and got on the water before it was light. There was...

Speed Session Round Two 0

Speed Session Round Two

After my early morning speed windsurfing session, the wind eased off and when Steve first turned up there was barely any wind at all. So, we had a cuppa then headed down to the beach just as the wind went ballistic. Impi and AndyW were there too. Andy had already been out as had Dave...

Getting Closer to 40 knots 0

Getting Closer to 40 knots

Day 2 of what should be a good weekend for speed sailing and after yesterday’satempt was somewhat foiled by wind and tides not coinciding my plan was to get in an early session as the tide came in and the sun rose. I was on the beach at 6.30am in the pitch dark. The wind...

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The Quest Continues

As mentioned before, things are looking goos as far as windsurfing goes this weekend and I’ve been hoping to have an attempt at my “Life Begins at 40 knots Quest“. The first of the winds arrived today but it wasn’t quite as good as hoped. I headed down to the estuary just after high tide,...

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Excitement Mounts at Epic Wind Forecast

Things are looking pretty good wind-wise for the end of the week with some strong Easterly winds forecast. Friday looks OK, Saturday looks pretty windy, 30 knots or so which could be much more in the estuary here at Ynyslas and Sunday looks completely mad at the moment. It could finally be time to get...

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Windsurfing Video

And here’s another Clip of me windsurfing a couple of weeks ago. I’ll have to get Anna out with a video camera on a SW day.

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Windsurfing Ynyslas 2010

I’ve just received a DVD with some video footage of us out windsurfing at Ynyslas a couple of weks ago. First the excuses. 1. The footage is a little shaky, but that’s not surprising, it was taken by my Dad who is not only getting on a bit but has a dodgy wrist, and in...

The Perils of Weight Loss 4

The Perils of Weight Loss

I’ve actually lost a bit of weight recently. That’s not a bad thing as I approach the age of 40. A number of people have commented on the fact and my BMI is now well within the ‘Ideal Weight’ bracket. All of which is good and I’m fairly pleased with it. That was until this...