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I rigged my 5m sail and headed out on my bigger 103ltr board. After a few runs that felt a little too large so I popped back into the beach and changed down to my 85 ltr board. That felt much better and I had a little more control whilst blasting over the choppy seas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was very little in the way of swell but it was certainly good fun out there. Alistair soon joined me and we had a few runs blasting along together. The wind just keep picking up and was well over 30 knots towards the end. A 4.5m sail would have been plenty by now and we were getting tired so it was time to call it a day before something got broken!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"strava-embed-placeholder\" data-embed-type=\"activity\" data-embed-id=\"9119456561\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/strava-embeds.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Once back at home I inspected the new conservatory roof, and ate dinner as the wind dropped off to nothing. Glad I made the most of it while I could. 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