I nice weekend - no baby yet but a 50-nil win at RUGBY, as well as a joint man of the match award made for a good day yesterday and today was just awesome windusrfing.
Stayed local in an effort to stay close to Mrs G who is three days away from dropping. As part of the deal I could only sail for three hours without causing major upset (Pregnant women shouldn't be upset. It hurts and I have the bruises to prove it)
However I had my best sail of the year by some distance - 5.2 and 85 litre Tabou followed by *board Kombat wave. Stayed re;atively clear of jumps since my shoulder and back were still sore from playing rugby the day before. The waves were head to logo at times, and the wind was perfect cross shore. I was rigged for the inside so gybes were close to the ski bouys and then I could ride waves right into the shore with no fear of stalling. I'm not exaggerating when I say that I took 5-6 turns on some waves - not bad for an 17 stoner!!!!! [:s]
I easily had the best riding I have ever had in sHoreham, not as scary as Hove but nevertheless pretty amazing. I'm still glowing now and going through one particular lip smack o ver and over again.
As BB said not going clew first makes a big difference and today was sweet. No longshore drift, not tooooo crowded and sunny - If Snow Patrol were at Hove, Lou Reed was at Shoreham, it's just a perfect day.........