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Member#: 715 Location: Beach Registered: 09-05-2004 Diary Entries: 1
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19th April 2014
Windsurfing: The Dip-Felixstowe Wind Direction: ne Wind Stength: 12/15 Surf / Sea State: lumpy Air Temperature: 11 Sea Temperature: 10 Weather: sunny periods Max Speed: 24.62 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 17.26 (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
My love of windsurfing is being tested - what a frustrating sport it is :(
After nearly losing my board and having to swim ashore in my last session
things were looking better today with a N/E wind great for Felixstowe but a
bad tide coming in all morning with an early afternoon high making it bumpy
and very little beach :( I was at the Dip at 10ish and there was nobody
about but it was reading 17/20 mph on the gauge and the sea was flatish so
I rigged 7m and went out on the 133, I struggled to get going and with a
strong tide running I couldn't believe now much ground I lost !!! I
derigged the 7 and after a long walk replaced it with the 7.8 which was
much better :) It did take awhile to beat back, I tried the kite beach by
the Ferry but any chance of flat water had long gone :( I had one nice
mile + broad reach back to The Dip and then went ashore while there was
still some beach to land on. I was not the only one to have an average day,
Chris Phillips broke a mast and had a long swim, Ian Clarke rigged two
sails and struggled to get going and a couple came down and didn't get out
at all !!! Tomorrow might be better if you can get out early enough and
it's not raining !!! Also a bit on the nippy side :(
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