Discovered a new windsurfing spot in north croatia

Back in october I went to Croatia island Krk again with a friend of mine. We actually wanted to go to Punat, but as we were getting closer, the winds were picking up more and more. When we got to the spot winds were too strong for the equipment we had with us or. had at all for that matter. It was for 3,7 m2 sails.

After some waiting and feeling sorry for ourselves there was suddenly a rumor around about going to another spot on the other side of the island where it could be better. Apparently when there are very strong winds - too strong to windsurf in Punat they can be just right in a little village of Klimno.

Since we had no idea where it was we were following a guy who is sort of a local, and after reaching the spot, after some 20 minutes or so, we found little windsurfing heaven on earth. :-)

At first it didn't even seem that there was any wind, but this guy assured us that it was. And in a few minutes we really saw someone on the water - cutting a strait white line. There were only three of us there at the beginning. Later one some more people came but it all looks like Klimno is not really known between windsurfers in that region - there was also a hint from our 'guide' - not to talk about Klimno around to much. I guess they would like to keep it that way. :-)

Anyway ... I rode my knew old JP Freerace 118 in combination with BuggFins freerace/slalom fin 37,5 cm. I decided for the smaller fin and larger sail Challenger sails Fluido T3 7,8. It was a good combination. I did a few hours with the setup and recorded the session with the GPS and the sports-tracker app.

Max speed was over 45 km/h which is I guess ok for me and the big sail :)

http://www.sports-tracker.com/workout/gregorpi/56350dcee4b05c3147aa57d7

Sports Tracker Session at Klimno

GPS tracking with www.sports-tracker.com

Here is something I wanted to do for a long time. Track a windsurf session with a GPS.

I used an android phone in waterproof bag. Application is as you can see from the title the Sports Tracker. It was a recommended free app for windsurfing. I think it is enough for a start.

I was at Seča a few days ago. Wind was really strong. On land we measured between 25-30 knots but was even stronger on watter - up to 35 knots I think.

I went in with my 4,7 Challenger Konda and Fanatic HAWK 93 with 31cm fin. I was overpowered most of the time. After I changed the fin to 28 cm it was much better.

The ride was at moments really fast. Watter was choppy that's why the speeds recorded felt even faster I guess.

Well, all the data can be stored, shared and edited at the portal of the sports tracker. This way it is really easy to keep a sort of log.

Here is the session: http://www.sports-tracker.com/#/workout/gregorpi/545a69b9e4b08e603ce5feb9