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Member#: 29 Location: Land Locked Registered: 04-08-2002 Diary Entries: 10
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30th October 2020
Windsurfing: Levington Wind Direction: WSW Wind Stength: 15/25 Surf / Sea State: flat Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: Mainly cloudy Max Speed: 19.08 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 23.75 mile (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Friday 30th October - Windsurf **** - River Orwell at Levington – mainly
cloudy.
Foil – 19.08 knot max, 16.63 knot ave ., 9.45 knot hour, 14.06 knot
mile, 38.17 km ., 11.19 knot alpha.
Exocet RF 91 AST with Slingshot Hover Glide 76 with Tushingham Vulcan
6m.
I toyed with going to Point Clear this morning as several mates were going
but couldn’t face the early start and might go there on Sunday so three
of us headed over to Levington Marina. I arrived at 8.40 after dropping Mag
off so she could have a three walk home in the woods. Michael and Robert
were already there and we had to drop off our kit and park away from the
launch area because the marina dredging team were working. All the foil
boards were quickly set up and it was then choosing a sail, there was some
good gusts coming now so, I went with 6m, Michael 5.5 and Robert 5.3 which
proved about right for the session. The sun which was out on arrival soon
disappeared as I headed out into the WSW breeze which h was easily gusting
to 25 knots! I flew across the bay and then had a nice run up to near Pin
Mill where I lost the wind, turning I returned and then started beating up
towards the docks to join Michael for some gybe practice. Michael is now
getting close to flying gybes and I am getting closer but still way short
of doing it so far but it is good fun trying although I am not keen on
running off the board backwards:) I think the key is entering with good
speed but things can go wrong very quick. The river state was perfect for
practising as very flat with the big gusts keeping you on your toes, going
upwind is no problem but going fast downwind is harder as I get a little
nervous when approaching 20 knots! After loads of runs by the docks which
was probably the windiest part, I had another couple of runs towards Pin
Mill, the foil smoothing out the river chop:) After a couple of fast runs
across the bay the wind went patchy and with the tide now turned it was
time to call it a day. Another top shower and home nice and early for
homemade soup with Mag before a quick walk along a pretty busy prom at
Felixstowe:(
PS - Chris Stephens came down and tried 6m on his fin board but the wind
was sadly not good enough:(
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