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29th June 2018
Windsurfing: The Dip-Felixstowe Wind Direction: ENE Wind Stength: 15/20 Surf / Sea State: big them calming down! Air Temperature: 20 Sea Temperature: Weather: Sunny and hot :) Max Speed: 24.80 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 30.32 (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Friday 29th June – windsurf ***** The Dip, Felixstowe. sunny and hot
:)
F2 Xantos 295 with Tushingham Lightning 7.8
24.80 knot max., 23.75 knot ave., 12.31 knot hour, 21.12 knot mile, 56.20
km., 13.56 knot alpha
It’s the third day in a row for these East Coast winds and no let up in
sight! With Neil and Craig Hurrell coming down I headed down earlier than
the last two days with the tide still coming in. The wind was up and down
but the sea was still smooth, lightweight Michael Galbraith was going OK
with 6.2 but the Hurrells were struggling with 7’s and changed up to
8’s and Roger Vickers didn’t seem to get planning with 7.5:( I was in
no hurry to rig but after a chat I decided to take a chance with 7.8 on the
Xantos 295 at 133 litres with the aim of doing a downwinder to Landguard.
My plan was to sail down with the tide which hopefully would turn and help
me back. I was just heading out when Craig said he had switched back to 7m
so I would have a run out to check the conditions? It appeared OK and I was
soon flying downwind smoothing out the big sea and whizzing past the
yachts:) I did three 2-mile runs followed by a shorter run into the beach
just short of the River Orwell and the 7-mile run took no time at all, the
beat back would be more challenging! With the tide now high the sea was now
very big with a large shore dump, also a huge container ship, tug escorted
was just leaving so I didn’t want to get too close to that! Also, the
shipping channel is fairly close to the shore here which means several
shorter legs to clear the pier. The wind was fresh but because I was
beating the sail was OK but because I was going fairly slow I was never
going fast enough to gybe properly because if you bared off you went too
fast for the big sea which lead to several water starts! It was such fun
though being out all by yourself in a huge sea on the limit and I made it
back safely covering nearly 20 miles! Mag had just walked down so we sat
with Linda Hurrell and had a yummy mackerel salad :) Craig had to leave as
he is going surfing in Devon and then Neil went out again so I joined him
in seas that had calmed down. The wind in places was marginal especially in
close but nice to be out in the warm sunshine but was not getting any good
speeds as the sea was still messy. The wind then strengthened was after my
fastest couple of runs I decided to call it a day just as the evening crew
were arriving for a flatter water session! But I have all ready sailed 191
km in three days and have to pace my self for the weekend! Not sure about
tomorrow with winds turning ENE and with high at about 2 the sea could get
big with a dump so might try the River Stour at Bradfield but am not sure
at the moment?
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