A Corporate Spanking
I spent the morning paying my Corporate dues. I got caught inside after 1 run, slightly underpowered on 4.2/85 liters, and refused to believe that I couldn't fight my way out and back up to the launch. I couldn't. I stayed down wind, flogging myself in the shorebreak, for way too long. When I Finally made the long walk back and put up a 5.2/94 liters I started sailing for real and had a good time. By the end I felt a small sliver of self respect starting to come back.
I'm very glad that my back didn't expire while I was out in the waves getting slapped around. My back lives to sail another day. Windsurfed, Corporation, NW 23-35, NNW 13-27, With Igor, Jerry E, Peter, Mike, Others. |
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6 comments:
Great picture-love the color
Thanks George. I sometimes use a polarizing filter to bring out the color a tiny bit, but I didn't yesterday.
Hey Steve - Awesome pic... it really tells the story, with the wave splashing in the back... It was a crazy day, I felt bad to not give it a try, but I would have been really overpowered... I'm looking for a smaller board now, 85 liters or so for those days.
We ended up at Chapin, which was safer, and it turned out to be a good day...
I hope to see you this weekend...
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Juan, I missed you and Igor but I'm glad that you did what you thought was safest. I'm still surprised that the smallest board you own is 105 liters. What about all those wave days we had over the winter?
Thanks for the comment on the picture. I actually took time to walk down the beach to get a different angle for a change, giving up precious minutes of sailing time!
Steve, do you know about this event?
http://www.hooleyusa.com/extreme-events.php?c=1027&w=2&r=Y
Thanks Jean! I'm in. I love downwinders.
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