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3rd July 2018
Windsurfing: The Dip-Felixstowe Wind Direction: NE Wind Stength: 18/22 Surf / Sea State: smooth in - rough out Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: Sunny and hot :) Max Speed: 26.02 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 58 miles (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Tuesday 3rd July – windsurf ***** +++++ The Dip, Felixstowe. sunny and
hot :)
F2 Ride 282 with Tushingham Lightning 7.0 m.
26.02 knot max.,24.85 knot ave., 15.10 knot hour, 20.84 knot mile, 92.70
km., 15.40 knot alpha
After two poor sessions in a row I was keen to have a good one so when I
woke at 5.15 I checked the wind, 20 knots at Landguard and windy and sunny
all day I decided to get up, have breakfast and head down to The Dip to
make the most of the tide. Mag came with me, helpful as she could unlock
the gate, it was a beautiful morning as Mag set off on the prom walk home
as I checked my wind gauge. With 18/20 I rigged what I first set- up
yesterday, my new Tushingham Lightning 7m with my favourite F2 Ride 282 and
today it was absolutely perfect from start to finish:) With this being my
7th session in a row I had no particular plan as a bit knackered but
started off going for an hour time to make the most of wind against tide
aiming to sail out to the Ferry SC racing bouy past the red and white bouy.
The water close in was smooth but big out so not really fast but lovely
sailing conditions and I had it all to myself for hours, a couple of
kitesurfers had a sort session but the windsurfers didn’t turn up until
eleven:( This board is a dream to gybe and it took me an hour to fall in,
disappointed with the alpha’s as I was flying around close in right next
to the beach and using the big swell out, I must be doing something wrong
as cant get a really fast one, must get some advice from the GPS site! I
did my usual routine beat out well past the red and white bouy, turn and
sail to kite beach then sail broad until the big sea before heading up
again. I tried for some fast mile runs but it was difficult to keep the
speed up as the sea got bigger out. I was out an hour and a half covering
24 n/miles when I came in for a well-deserved snack being on the water
since 7. Slightly refreshed I headed out again to add a few more miles in
hope of some company, but no windsurfers in sight on another perfect wall
to wall sunshine day, I tried sailing into the flat water in the River
Deben where the kiters were but the water is just too shallow so I headed
out to sea again. I came in dead on my feet after another hour and was
actually going to call it a day until I checked my GPS to discover I had
done 34 N/miles so talked myself into trying for 40! So, I went out again
by which time the tide had turned and it was a fraction harder staying
upwind and you needed to be well powered and the 7m was ideal today. The
sea in front of kite beach was now steep short chop which you had to sail
slowly through before speeding up. I was actually joined by three
windsurfers, Peter Ling, Tom Alexander and Daz and stayed in the end to I
had exceeded 50 n/miles and in the end covered 58 miles and Felixstowe
doesn’t get any better, looks like no wind now for a week, we have been
very lucky here in the East as not much wind elsewhere in the country and
my poor old body is in dire need of a rest and my face has never been so
brown! So, 7 sessions in 7 days covering 430 km. :)
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