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Owner: squiz
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4th December 2012
Windsurfing: Levington
Wind Direction: wnw
Wind Stength: 15/20
Surf / Sea State: river chop
Air Temperature: 6
Sea Temperature: 10
Weather: cloudy mainly
Max Speed: 24.20 (knots - unless stated otherwise)
Distance Covered: 20 (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)

With a bit of breeze and not too cold and a good tide Levington was the only option with the wnw wind. I got to Levington Marina just before midday just as the sun disappeared :( by the time I had rigged it had started to rain !!! The rain soon went but the wind was fairly light and if it was the summer I would have rigged the 9.4, I was out nearly an hour to start with mainly sailing on the Levington corner but didn't make 20kts :( I then beat past Levington creek and had a few broad reaches back breaking 20 kts for the first time but my hands were now painfully cold so I returned to the van - diesel heater on, warmed up asnd a quick snack I headed out again. The wind had filled in a little and I got my best times with a 24 kt max and it was great to be out again with hundreds of birds especially opposite Levington creek where every time I sailed near the shore 100 Avocets took to the air an amazing sight :) The sun even managed to come out for awhile so I called a day as my hands again to hurt once more. So not a bad couple of hours out considering the air temp. was only 6 degrees but the nice thing about the longboard is you can stay fairly dry and hopefully not fall in !!! The day got better on the way home when and saw 30 partridges crossing the road in front of me at the entrance to Levington Marina and then I saw several waxwings as I neared Trimley - shame it was too dark to get a good picture !!!

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