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31st July 2016
Windsurfing: The Dip-Felixstowe
Wind Direction: NW
Wind Stength: 12/18
Surf / Sea State: flat
Air Temperature: ish
Sea Temperature: 23
Weather: sunny periods
Max Speed: 19.45 (knots - unless stated otherwise)
Distance Covered: 27.52 (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)

Longboard Cruise – Orwell to Alde :)

What a crap couple of days it’s been first on Friday our lovely old cat Holly dies a very sad day as she has been a member of our family for nearly 21 years, there is a huge gap now on our settee and we miss her so much then on Saturday Maggie wakes with a bad headache takes some mega strength tablets and is promptly sick and she is never sick! After Saturdays mostly cloudy day we wake to a nice sunny day and the tree opposite is moving nicely, I check the landguard station and I find a NW (dead offshore) 12/15 knots, with Mag still feeling under the weather I have a quick breakfast and head to The Dip. As no one sails in an offshore wind I have it all to myself. I rig 9.4 for the longboard, take my rucksack with a drink, chocolate bar and my small camera with the aim to go for a cruise up the coast. It is a wobbly start off the beach and the wind is disappointingly light so I rule out going far at this point and headed to Bawdsey Bay where I played for an hour in the very gusty wind, stopping to take some pics of the Manor House and a snack.
The wind filled in a little so I was able to beat down to the River Orwell by Felixstowe Docks managing to get nicely in the straps:) I didn’t think it windy enough to cross the shipping channel so turned and started the reach back, you could slowly plan with the track forward, I was going well so continued all the way to the cottages at Shingle Street all of nine miles! I saw the pond created by shingle in front of the cottages a popular spot with kitesurfers and there was one out in the lagoon but it is very small and not really suitable for windsurfers so is not worth the long drive there. I watched the kiter,SUP and holiday makers for a while before starting the bet back. I spotted a seal on the Shingle at Bawdsey before facing the gusty beat back to the van.
I packed up then had a cuppa with Mr and Mrs Smalling in their lovely camper, a nice 4.50 hours on the water even if the wind didn’t play ball! July has been a good month for windsurfing, best of the year so far with 13 sessions :)

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