Not my finest hour...

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Subject: Not my finest hour...
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 23:28:38 -0700
From: Ken Poulton <poulton@zonker.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>

-------------- Thu, 17 Jun 04

Purchased two kites from Cimeron: 2003 12m + 16 Naish X3.

+++++++++++++ Fri 11 Jun 04 - 3rd - 12.0/165 (195#) 17:45-18:00

Wind has been strong but gusty SW for three fucking weeks now!!!

I was jonesing so I went anyway. Wind was strong on the
beach but light on the water for the 12. I'm not sure I had
it adjusted for full power, however.

On my second reach, I put the kite in the water and could not
relaunch! Well, actually, I relaunched it twice in the next hour,
but each time I couldn't get my bar untangled quickly enough to
control it. Once, I got planing on my back as the kite did loops.
Both times it hit the water hard but survived. I finally landed
east of Inktomi. I actually managed to wind up my lines and
make a graceful and undamaged exit over the rocks at high tide,
so I had to consider the day a success, as Inktomi visits go.

All the kiters and windsurfers agreed it was rotten, except for Pierre.
He found good wind in the channel from 6 to 7.

Ken

"Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."
                                           -- T.S. Eliot

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