Ndinayima poyamba pa bolodi la windsurf m'chaka cha 2022. Ndakhala ndikuyendetsa kayaking kwa chaka chimodzi ndikuganiza kuti ndinali wolimba kwambiri pamadzi. Anaona wina akuuluka panyanja ndi ngalawa ndipo anaganiza, Zingakhale zovuta bwanji? Ndi bolodi lopalasa ndi ngala, kumanja?
Kenako ndinakhala m’madzi kwa maola anayi.
Mnzanga wina ananditengera kumalo obwereka. Mnyamatayo anafunsa kuti ndimafuna saizi yanji. Ndinatero, “Ndipatseni chachikulu.” 6.5 mita lalikulu. Kulakwitsa nambala wani. Anayesera kukwera pa bolodi - anadutsa, chibwano chinagunda njanji, anapita kutsogolo. Inakweza ngalawayo - mphepo idawugwira, mapazi adatsetsereka, msana wamutu wanga unagunda madzi kaye. Madzulo onse anali chabe “imirirani → pitani mamita awiri → kugwera mkati.” Mtunda wonse wa tsiku limenelo? Mwina mamita makumi asanu, ngati muwonjezera zonse.
Koma ndinabwereranso kumapeto kwa mlungu wotsatira. Kusinthidwa kukhala a 5.0 sail - njira yopepuka. Nthawi iyi ndinayang'ana okhazikika kwa mphindi makumi awiri ndisanalowe. Anawona kuti sanali kunyamula ngalawayo ndi mphamvu yankhanza. Iwo amakweza mlongoti pafupipafupi, lolani mphepo idzaze ngalawa pang'onopang'ono, ndiye kukoka boom. Ndinayesa ndekha. Gululo linasuntha. Pang'onopang'ono, koma idasuntha. Ndinapanga mwina mamita khumi ndi asanu ndisanagwerenso ndi mphepo. Koma ndidabwera ndikumwetulira - chifukwa ndidapita * kwinakwake.
Amapita kumapeto kwa sabata iliyonse pambuyo pake. Adapeza zinthu zingapo panjira. Kulowa pa bolodi - simungathe kuthamangira. Khalani pansi kaye, kenako kokerani mapazi anu mkati. Zinanditengera dazeni kuyesa kuti ndikonze izo. Nthawi zonse mugwetse zingwe, kapena mudzazungulira ngati pamwamba. And the first thing to do when you flip — let go of the boom. I learned that the hard way, hanging on and getting dragged sideways while swallowing half the lake.
Gear-wise, I made every mistake possible. Bought a used board for 200 bucks off an app — looked fine in photos, but the bottom had two deep gouges that soaked up water like a sponge. Took it off my roof rack one day and dropped it on my toe. Lost the nail. The sail battens — I didn’t know how to fold them properly, bent two of them getting it into the bag. Forty bucks each to replace. Regular life jacket? Choked my neck every time I leaned back to look at the sail. Switched to a kayaking-specific one, night and day difference. Sunscreen? Anayiwala kamodzi pa mitambo tsiku - kusinkhasinkha pa madzi yokazinga khosi langa, kusenda ngati chikopa chokhetsa njoka.
Ndilibe mndandanda waukulu wa mawanga. Oyamba kumene ayenera kugunda nyanja zotetezedwa - bata, mphepo yokhazikika. Madzi osungiramo madzi amagwiranso ntchito - madzi athyathyathya, kamphepo kayeziyezi. Ndinayesapo gombe lamphepete mwa nyanja kamodzi - sindinayang'ane tebulo la mafunde, anamira m’matope pamene madzi anaphwa. Anayenda mayadi mazana asanu atanyamula chotchinga chonsecho, anataya nsapato. Osayandikira mitsinje ya canyon - mphepo imadutsa m'matanthwe ndikutembenukira chipwirikiti. Umo ndi momwe mumathera kuzunguliridwa ndi thanthwe.
Ndinabwereranso ku nyanja yachizolowezi Lamlungu lapitali. Mphepo inali yabwino - osati yamphamvu kwambiri, osapepuka kwambiri. Anayenda kwa maola angapo, kenako anagwetsa matanga, anakhala pa bolodi, ndikuyatsa ndudu. Dzuwa kumbuyo kwanga, madzi akugwedeza bolodi, oyenda panyanja ochepa kutali. Ndinaganiza za madzulo oyambirira aja zaka zitatu zapitazo - chibwano chinaphulika, pakamwa pokoma ngati dzimbiri, akudabwa chifukwa chimene wina angalipire chizunzochi.
Tsopano ngati wina afunsa ngati kuli koyenera? Inde, ndi. Osati chifukwa ndili bwino - ndikhoza kupita molunjika, pangani kutembenuka koyambira, ndipo ndikulepherabe kuyesa kwanga kwamphepo pafupifupi kasanu ndi kawiri mwa khumi. Koma kumverera kumeneko - mukagunda koyenera, ndege zonyamula katundu ndi ndege, madzi akuthamanga pansi, mphepo ikugwira ntchitoyo mukungoyang'ana - palibe china chonga icho. Sizili ngati kuthamanga kumene mwatenthedwa mpweya. Osati ngati kayaking komwe mumasewera sitiroko iliyonse. Ndi inu nokha ndi mphepo ikugunda kwakanthawi, ndipo ndizosavuta.
Osagula zida zatsopano kunja kwa chipata. Kubwereka kangapo. Onetsetsani kuti mumakonda kunyowa komanso kukhumudwa musanagwetse ndalama. Ndinagwirizanitsa khwekhwe langa lonse lomwe ndinagwiritsa ntchito - bolodi, yenda, mlongoti, boom - zonse zosakwana madola mazana asanu, kupatula jekete yodzitetezera yomwe ndinagula yatsopano. 160-litayamba bolodi, 5.0 yenda, zitsulo za aluminiyamu. Imagwira ntchito. Ngati ndinu watsopano, khalani kutali ndi matanga akuluakulu ndi matabwa owonda. Simudzawalamulira, iwo adzakulamulirani inu.
Ngati mukulowamo, Ndikukhulupirira kuti mwameza madzi ochepa kuposa ine. Ndipo pamene inu kunyamula - pindani battens pamodzi pamapindikira. Osawaumiriza.Ndikudziwa womalizayo kuchokera pa zomwe zandichitikira.
