sboardcrazy (28590km):
3 hours ago 10-17 then 14-19kts E Coal Point, NSW, AU
6.5m Turbo - WT64 ( 112ltres)- 35cms tectonics weedy
- WT57 ( 90ltres ) 28cms WT weedy
Well that was a bit of a worry. I only got 3hrs sleep 2 days ago and woke up with vertigo. I was holding the walls to walk and looked drunk. I've been doing floor exercises for the grains in your ear and that seems to have helped a bit. This am I had it again but milder. Exercises seemed to help and I felt 85% normal.
I've got stitches in my calf muscle so haven't been ablt to exercise vigorously for the last week. Technically I wasn't supposed to sail for another week but I couldn't resist.
Rigged the 6.5m and went out on the 112ltres. A bit underdone but I was happy and got going ( 2 sec ) . After a run to Carey and back I wanted to play with the smaller board.
I was pretty tired but after a short rest went out. It was good.
The problem with Coal is you can't rest anywhere . I went across to Swansea then up towards Carey and had a good run across and back. My heartrate was right up but no rest for the wicked.. ( av 168 max 192). I can usually handle that, but I have probably lost some fitness being less active for the last week due to the stitches.
After a long bearaway I gybed and muffed it.
Then the fun began. I got a vertigo attack so the whole lake was spinning plus I had no energy and I'm trying to flip the sail and waterstart in 20kts. It took a while but I managed to get going and got in taking it easy.
Once in the shallows the gear got away from me and I took ages to get it ( luckily I could touch bottom.)
Got in to the shore. Thank goodness Jay was there as I had to get him to get the gear out . Vertigo got me and I fell over in the water trying to walk so he had to help me in and started derigging.
It settled down and I managed to finish packing and drive home. Dr tomorrow.
I'm sick of b injuries and health issues!  I might have to stick to Budgy so I can rest regularly.
Well it was fun. Not fully powered but enough to wear me out.
Andrew and Nick on wings, Brett and Colin on parawings and Jay and I on fins.
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