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12th December 2015 Windsurfing: The Dip-Felixstowe Wind Direction: sw Wind Stength: 20/30 Surf / Sea State: lumpy Air Temperature: 12 Sea Temperature: 9 Weather: cloudy Max Speed: 29.72 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 8.22 (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise) The forecast today was for strong winds and rain arriving at midday, the same time as high water at Felixstowe, not ideal at The Dip:( So relaxing morning at home which was nice after three days at work then an exiting trip to Lidl in the rain and cold, at this point it didn't look promising for a sail as it was only 8 degrees:( I then checked The Dip at about one and with no one about I sat on the cliff top listening to Ipswich play DK Dons and town were played off the park and still won 1 - 0 !!! football is crap!!! then Ian Clarke arrived to sail so I had no choice but to go home and get my kit. Back at The Dip Ian and I were talking ourselves out of it as the sea was lumpy and it was chilly but then Andy Marshall turned up already in his wetsuit and started to rig 6.2 so we then had to sail!!! I went with 6.5 on my 133 hoping it didn't get as windy as forecast! The temperature had risen a little, peaking at 12 degrees:) and the rain had stopped and with my lovely new Mystic suit on I was fine, hat but no gloves. The sea was very lumpy but by sailing broad you could smooth it out a bit but heading upwind out by the red and white bouy it was a real mess:( I had a fun big sea speed session sailing very broad before heading up so I could get back and found I could make a few groynes upwind after every run ,even playing with the swells on the way in:) My speeds improved with each run starting with 24 then 26,27 and 28 kts with the wind now gusting to 30kts. I then switched from a 38 fin to a 32 and got my best ever open sea run here at Felixstowe, missing 30kts by a whisker!!! :( if I had been on my 100lt board I would have done it! They say do something that scares you every day and I certainly did that today:) With the light failing fast and after crashing out at 27kts on my last run I decided to call it a day and had to pack up in the dark! I the end there were 7 windsurfers and 2 kiters out so not toobad for December. |
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