Well, not exactly no wind, but not a lot, and not very constant when there was. Beth, deprived of waves and wind, and with no transport to go hunting for what probably wasn't there, undergoing paroxysms of frustration, capped by her long and complex text exchange with Michael ending in the reply "I'll swap you". Nuff said. Adam and I lit out for the other Mistral centre where we sat around for a bit until I took out a large beginner board and a 5.0 to practise heli-tacks. Thanks to Frenchman Julian's tips, I eventually made some, by which time I was quite tired. Great result though - so much better awareness of the sail power etc etc and how to control it. Thanks guy.
Interesting example of my tenacity here - stuck at the heli-tack thing, even when I was getting pretty choked off with it. The breakthrough came when I went back to re-fasten the outhaul, that had slipped undone. I practised the move on the land under Jules' instruction, until I did one as a dry run. Then, back on the water, I managed to do one almost immediately, refreshed and retuned with some better idea of what i was doing. A peak of activity and success then occurred, followed by a bit of confusion and frustration when I got tired and couldn't remember which way you're supposed to turn... But the tenacity paid off. Cool.
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