life begins at 40 knots Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/life-begins-at-40-knots/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Thu, 17 Sep 2020 09:24:28 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg life begins at 40 knots Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/life-begins-at-40-knots/ 32 32 2696646 Mad Speed Sailing Session https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/05/mad-speed-sailing-session/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/05/mad-speed-sailing-session/#respond Sun, 01 May 2011 04:27:29 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=7799 Ivor kicked in over the weekend as predicted and blew with a vengeance all day long. Despite the fact that I was supposed to be having a rest day on Saturday in preparation for the Dyfi Enduro on Sunday I just had to go for a windsurf. The estuary would have been good as the...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/05/mad-speed-sailing-session/feed/ 0 7799 It’s all happening this weekend https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/04/its-all-happening-this-weekend/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/04/its-all-happening-this-weekend/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 04:29:28 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=7770 First up, it’s the Dyfi Enduro on Sunday. I’ve known about this for months, but that doesn’t mean that me or my bike is ready for it. However, I can’t get out of it now, I’ll just have to do the best I can and aim to enjoy it. It won’t be helped by the...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/04/its-all-happening-this-weekend/feed/ 1 7770 Life Begins at 40 Knots – Update https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/11/life-begins-at-40-knots-update/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/11/life-begins-at-40-knots-update/#respond Sat, 20 Nov 2010 15:05:34 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=6445 Well, I think that windsurf session this morning may have been my last chance to hit 40 knots before I’m 40 in a few weeks time. There may be another chance but it hasn’t quite come together yet. I had a nice early start as Ivor, our local katabatic wind was in full force, so...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/11/life-begins-at-40-knots-update/feed/ 0 6445 55 Knots has fallen https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/10/55-knots-has-fallen/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/10/55-knots-has-fallen/#comments Sat, 30 Oct 2010 05:15:25 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=6252 The kitesurfers have now smashed the 55 knot barrieer over 500m – The speeds have yet to be officially ratified by the WSSRC, but Sebastien Cattelan has done it again at the 2010 Luderitz Speed Challenge. After writing history just over two years ago by being the first kiter to break the magical 50 knots...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/10/55-knots-has-fallen/feed/ 1 6252 More Tales from the Estuary https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/10/more-tales-from-the-estuary/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/10/more-tales-from-the-estuary/#respond Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:06:29 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=6118 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...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/10/more-tales-from-the-estuary/feed/ 0 6118 Speed Session Round Two https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/10/speed-session-round-two/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/10/speed-session-round-two/#respond Sat, 09 Oct 2010 17:30:53 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=6115 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...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/10/speed-session-round-two/feed/ 0 6115 Getting Closer to 40 knots https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/10/getting-closer-to-40-knots/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/10/getting-closer-to-40-knots/#respond Sat, 09 Oct 2010 08:17:15 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=6100 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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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/10/getting-closer-to-40-knots/feed/ 0 6100 The Quest Continues https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/10/the-quest-continues/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/10/the-quest-continues/#respond Fri, 08 Oct 2010 12:41:44 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=6093 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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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/10/the-quest-continues/feed/ 0 6093 Excitement Mounts at Epic Wind Forecast https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/10/excitement-mounts-at-epic-wind-forecast/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/10/excitement-mounts-at-epic-wind-forecast/#comments Mon, 04 Oct 2010 06:33:17 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=6051 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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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/10/excitement-mounts-at-epic-wind-forecast/feed/ 3 6051 Breaking the Curse of the Speed Kit https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/09/breaking-the-curse-of-the-speed-kit/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/09/breaking-the-curse-of-the-speed-kit/#respond Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:09:29 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=5824 Since buying my windsurf speed kit back in April as part of my ‘Life begins at 40 knots‘ quest, there just hasn’t been any wind in the right direction. I’ve had a couple of false starts where I’ve rigged the kit only for the wind to drop but I’d been unable to use it. I...

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