Pritchard Windsurfing

Windy Day!

Written by Kevin Pritchard
Wednesday, 15 August 2007
Today we kicked off with some windy races. When we got to the beach it was really blowing. Rigged up the small ones and that was pretty amazing for Turkey. I was impressed with the wind but it got really gusty and really hard to race. Finnaly by the end of the day we had some nice races. I was fighting hard but I was missing my 8.4.. I was on 7.6 and 6.6 but I really like that 8.4 with my 122.. It is either that or I am just not big and strong enough to fight it out with the big boys when the wind gets cranking. In the first race of the day I had bad start and then just didnt get to make up too much. In the second round I had ok start but just not enough speed to the first mark but had some phenominal gybes and made my way to 4th. I was pretty happy with that. In the last race of the day it was a hard fight. The wind was cranking, I was on my 7.6 and was full power. I was in third the entire time fighting with Peter Volwater and it came down to the last gybe and he spun out and ran right into me and crashed. I was very lucky that he didnt take us both out but it made me go into second position and that was good. Three more days left and the tops spots are pretty much wide open! » 5 Comments 1Comment at Wednesday, 31 December 1969 13:33by Anonymous Kevin, Nice job! You're s atar! Show us all how it's done! 2Comment at Wednesday, 31 December 1969 13:33by Anonymous Sorry, ""a star,"" not ""s atar."" 3Comment at Wednesday, 31 December 1969 13:33by Anonymous Looks like you almost need a new boom there Kev! Surely you must get good discounts from Barry? 4Comment at Wednesday, 31 December 1969 13:33by jeff E of the Great White Nort whats with the barry comments anon?? 5Comment at Wednesday, 31 December 1969 13:33by Anonymous Nothing in particular. They obviously have a close relationship from their involvement in Maui Sails. They also seem to have a good friendship based on some of the posts I have read from Barry. I was just surprised that Kev's boom looked quite rough. Well I guess he must sail a LOT!! :) » Post Comment Email (will not be published) Name Title Comment remaining characters Post