[Letsrig] East Beach "on the rocks"

[Glenn Woodell]

Check out http://www.windvisions.com/Rowland/busted0074.jpg for the busted 
board.

At 05:04 PM 11/10/2005, ROBERT ROWLAND wrote:
>You know how I said the breakwater would make it easier to get out.  Well 
>it did the first two times out, even though it seemed to be blowing a lot 
>more direct on shore than I would have liked.  This made the fear factor 
>of going into the wall after getting out make you try to sail upwind at an 
>acute angle and then you had to worry about losing your 
>plane.  Unfortunately, I fell and washed into the rocks where my board 
>suffered marked damage.  After getting home and removing my wet suit I 
>noticed that my leg also suffered some damage.  It would have been as bad 
>a Lisa's if it hadn't have been for the wet suit which also suffered a gash.
>Anyway I tried to quick repair the board and went out again without too 
>much trouble as the wind turned more west.  But now it had picked up and I 
>was overpowered on the 5.3 sail.  And the repair failed markedly.
>Chris Z., I am retiring the Rowland Dropps Board!  Any suggestions from 
>anyone on a new 75 to 85L wave board would be appreciated.
>Many other sailors there during the day and noone else ended on the rocks 
>while I was there.
>Looking forward to hitting the waves again with a new board and hopefully 
>I can take the waves"straight" and not "on the rocks"  Bob R.
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