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July 14, 2005
friday smashed hand
FRIDAY... surf will continue a downward trend tomorrow friday as the latest in the series of south swells departs the islands. buoy reports are showing low energy and small blips in the long period wavelengths which indicates that the swell is still around, but on its way out. look for surf to be waist high and inconsistent and slowly droping from there. because the waning phase of swells is generally in the shorter slower waveperiod refraction is somewhat less of a factor so freak sets are less likely to occur. winds will be blowing in the 10-20mph range from the east-northeast as usual for this time of the year. next swell is due on sunday with head high surf from the south.
on a heavier note i was fortunate enough to crush my hand between a one ton stand up mast and a fence post. the boom swung over and smashed my hand when it wobbled over. i was very fortunate as if i took the full brunt of the boom i would probably have sustained much more damage. had i been standing between the fence and the boom i most likely would have suffered internal injuries from bein crushed. very scary and a point taken wake-up call.
Posted by megaprober at July 14, 2005 09:22 PM