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24th April 2016 Sailing: Levington to Felixstowe Ferry Wind Direction: N Wind Stength: 15/25 Surf / Sea State: choppy Air Temperature: 7 Sea Temperature: Weather: sunshine and showers – cold :( Max Speed: Distance Covered: Had decisions to make this morning, go windsurfing at Levington in the forecast nnw slightly stronger than yesterday or give it a miss as it was even colder – only 5 degrees at 10 :( Had had an email from Jason saying he was probably going windsurfing at Bradfield again but didn’t want another 50 mile round trip but then I got a Facebook message from Mark Swain asking if I wanted to sail his 30 footer from Levington Marina back to its mooring at Felixstowe Ferry:) It was an offer too good to turn down, Maggie quickly declined the offer but drove me over to the marina in a hail storm!!! We soon found Mark and his son Nick on their boat and luckily the squall had moved over and we left the marina in lovely sunshine with a good northerly wind even if like yesterday very up and down. It was great reaching out of the river in testing conditions and with had a few hairy moments avoiding the many racing boats! Even though Felixstowe dock was a bit quiet it was still good sailing past the huge container ships, we spotted a porpoise and a seal, also three Lifeboats too and had to keep an eye on the dredger working in the River Orwell! Sailing out of the choppy river we turned up the coast for a 5-mile tight reach fairly close to the shore, it’s great to see Felixstowe from this vantage point:) As we neared the tricky River Deben entrance it was time to take the sails down to motor in the tight entrance. With the tide high we quickly reached the Martello tower as another squall came through making it an uncomfortable few moments! It was then a short distance to the mooring opposite Kings Fleet where the boat was sorted out as we waited for a calm bit to take the tender back to the Ferry to end a top adventure:) Mark then dropped me home to end a top day! I did take my GPS but have deleted the file by mistake:( Photo Gallery here |
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