{"id":46124,"date":"2025-07-09T07:10:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T06:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=46124"},"modified":"2025-07-09T07:16:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T06:16:45","slug":"making-the-most-of-the-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/07\/making-the-most-of-the-wind\/","title":{"rendered":"Making the most of the Wind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You can\u2019t beat sunny days with a decent wind. Not if you\u2019re a windsurfer \u2014 and since I\u2019ve been out a few times lately, I think I can once again call myself one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friday<\/strong>\u00a0was a little more full-on than expected, with a solid 30-knot wind gusting up to 40 knots at times. There wasn\u2019t much in the way of swell, but plenty of chunky wind-blown waves and a lot of sunshine. I was out on my new 89-litre wave board and a 5.0 m sail \u2014 quite a handful, really. 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