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Member#: 6644 Location: Registered: 27-05-2007 Diary Entries: 3091
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28th June 2020
Windsurfing: Levington Wind Direction: SW Wind Stength: 10/30 Surf / Sea State: river chop Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: sunny periods Max Speed: 26.06 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 16 miles (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Sunday 28th June – windsurf *** - River Orwell at Nacton Shore – sunny
periods.
F2 Ride 282 with 36 cm fin and 7m X-15 Tushingham sails
Fin – 26.06 knot max, 24.37 knot ave ., 9.71 knot hour, 16.08 knot mile,
25.40 km., 14.37 knot alpha
I was keen to give Nacton Shore on the River Orwell today even though high
was late in the afternoon, so after dog my exercises in the garden I packed
a sandwich headed off around one. The car park was heaving, a nightmare
with a trailer but I managed to park. I then took my lunch down to the
river but the tide was very low having got there way too early! I then read
a chapter of my book and then decided to set my gear ready. Choosing the
right gear is not easy here as there is a wood opposite at Pin Mill which
messes with the wind! In the end I rigged a 7m for my 115 again. Whatever I
picked would not have been right with wind gusting to 30 knots one minute
and 10 knots the next, also it was quite lumpy down the middle of the
river. I would have been better off with my 133 lt. to help through the
lulls! I did have some nice long runs down towards Levington and back.
Nothing really fast as lumpy but at least I learned that in future I will
stick to the marina and hope it opens on the 4th of July. Still I was out
in beautiful surrounding for a couple of hours and one more day of windy
conditions to come, if my poor old body can stand it!!!
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