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26th July 2017 Windsurfing: The Manor-Felixstowe Wind Direction: SW Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: lumpy mess Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: cloudy Max Speed: 26.04 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 27 (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise) Wednesday 26th July – windsurf **** Landguard carpark – cloudy 26.04 kt. max., 22.89 kt. ave., 14.88 kt. hr., 20.22 kt mile, 50 km., 13.12 alpha. The original forecast was a nice SW wind but raining moving in from the west at midday so I decided to head out early. At the cliff top at the end of my road I decided to head to The Manor for a change as I didn’t think there would be anyone at The Dip and I thought Al Wiz might be out. I parked at the free Landguard Reserve carpark and as it was a cloudy day I had the whole groyne to myself. The tide was low and with wind gusting to 16mph I rigged big and it was right for the 2hrs 15mins I was out, increasing as the day went on. I usually go for an hour here sailing the one and a half miles out to Wadgate Post which is what I did today, slowly beating down the coast to the end of the beach. Sadly, the sea was a lumpy mess so going fast was challenging especially on the 310 which is a nice lightwind shortboard but a real pig to gybe:( I had a broad run back chasing some yachts before heading ashore for a chocolate bar. It was nice to see some elderly Grandparents on the beach having fun with their young grandchildren:) I decided to have another go and did another ten miles! Getting my fastest speed just over 26kts:) A huge container ship left the docks which killed the wind for awhile!.With the wind increasing and the sea lumping up even more I decided to call it a day. I looked into The Dip to find 4 sailors out on 6m and the sea looked a little smoother but it was nice to try somewhere different. Wind for a few days but where to go as it might be WSW, perhaps Levington tomorrow and Point Clear on Friday? I really need to replace my damaged Tushingham Lightning 7.8 – can anyone help? Email on squirrell4@talktalk.net Photo Gallery here |
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