Sundays forecast: South rising to 25 knots gusting 35 knots in the morning, to South westerly 35 knots gusting 45 knots in the afternoon and to 40 knots gusting 50 knots in the evening. Slight sea becoming rough in the morning and very rough in the afternoon.
Well Well Well we knew a storm was on its way hitting the west coast beaches around midday so put out the txt to three amigos at 7.30am as I was fizzing to get in the water, probably too keen. ... Big, hardcore session! Big winds today and I was overpowered with 4,2 and 75ltr.. Nice to be back out sailing after a long break. It looks like winter is starting to set in with the end of daylight savings Saturday night. Pretty bumpy windy session but not at all like I was expecting. Wind was a little iffy with the first two hours being pretty good....(went form zero to hero) gusty wind conditions so enough in the gusts but grovelling in the lulls and a bit overpowered at times when it hit 45 knots in the harsh chop. The swell perked up rapidly as the tide came in and the wind really kicked in. Good angle too! Wind was really X shore so had some good down the line hits especially on the shore break. Just as things started to hot up with the rising swell the Gopro unfortunately took a hit in the shore break and snapped the mount on the GoPro so missed some cool footage at the end (shame).
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