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Member#: 846 Location: Registered: 03-07-2004 Diary Entries: 7
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17th December 2015
Windsurfing: The Manor-Felixstowe Wind Direction: sw Wind Stength: 14/18 Surf / Sea State: lumpy Air Temperature: 11 Sea Temperature: 9 Weather: cloudy Max Speed: 22.19 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 15.11 (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
With more wind forecast today my plan was to be at The Manor at 10ish and
make the most of low water but when Mag returned from her sunrise bike ride
she said the wind was very light so was in no hurry to get down! Peter
Cutts rang and said he was coming down to park at Landguard carpark so if
there was not enough wind he could take his camera to the bird reserve:)
After a bit of Xmas shopping I checked the local weather station and the
wind was beginning to build so headed down. With no sign of Pete I walked
into the reserve but the breeze was coming so I returned to my van and
rigged 8.5 on the 310 by which time Pete had returned and started to rig
7.8:) By the time I had my wetsuit on I thought I had made the wrong sail
choice??? I decided to try for an hour on the short board which means about
6 runs out to Wadgate Post which meant beating for most of the time and
although the water was fairly smooth for half a mile out by the post the
sea was a real mess:( I did try a few short broad bursts but it was very
slow! then only needing one more run for the hour the wind just
disappeared:( It was also not as warm as yesterday and no sign of the sun
and as usual for Felixstowe the forecast winds failed to arrive!!! Just as
the wind went we were joined on the beach by Chris Stephens,Mark Smalling
and Steve Carter and I got cold chatting to them but it was good to have a
moan!!! the highlight of the session was spotting a seal a couple of times
close to the shore:)
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