Adventures in Sailing-November It seemed like a good idea. Let's go sailing,
there's a gale warning!!. Dan Jordan called me Wednesday morning, November 10. We head out. The first run goes real well, I hook in and plane instantly. I have to run parallel with the shore, but I'm screaming. I jibe. Well, I tried to jibe, but I get too close to shore and I bail in knee deep water. I gather my gear and head back. I can't seem to plane, this end of the beach seems to be a little less windy. I stand up more to get more wind. A 50 mph or so gust rips me out of the footstraps and over the front. OUCH!! that hurts!. I try for 10 minutes to get back up the beach. I give up and walk back. I regroup and try again. This time I make it down and back. I have to struggle with the wind gusts and holes. One minute I'm pumping to plane, then I can't seem to pull hard enough to sheet in. I tire in no time. I rest back at the van to get out of the wind ( I can't hear myself think). Roman shows up to see what's up. He calls me crazy, and then leaves (there is that word again). Dan and I take a few more stabs at it. I get one more good run and call it a day. We derig and head for home (well, back to work for me). When I get there, my fingers don't work right and I have trouble holding on to things. My forearms are spent. I realize I got I months worth of sailing crammed into a couple of hours. It seemed like a good idea. Lee |
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