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Member#: 1162 Location: Worcestershire Registered: 09-12-2004 Diary Entries: 19
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16th December 2020
Windsurfing: Levington Wind Direction: S Wind Stength: 15/25 Surf / Sea State: smooth Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: sunny periods Max Speed: 19.98 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 26 miles (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Wednesday 16th December - Windsurf ***** - River Orwell at Levington Marina
– sunny periods and mild.
Foil – 19.98 knot max, 18.36 knot ave ., 10.19 knot hour , 14.06 knot
mile , 41.58 km .,13.47 knot alpha (PB).
Exocet RF AST 91 with Slingshot Hover Glide 76 with Tushingham Lightning
7m.
After giving yesterday a miss, its always good to get your wetsuit dry the
shame four foilers headed once again over to the River Orwell at Levington
Marina. We arranged to meet at eleven but could have sailed much earlier as
there was loads of water, in fact it was a big high so we had loads of
sailing time:) Andy was again first out with the southerly wind stronger
today and he rigged 6.2, Michael 5.5 and Ian 5.6. I have a bit of a hole in
my sail range at the moment with no 6.5 so took a chance with my 7m which I
have used several times in winds gusting 25 knots and once again it handled
the big gusts well but perhaps, I would have got even closer to my gybes
with my 6m! The marina is a bit of a mess at the moment with dredging in
full swing and the big crane has churned things up and it is very muddy. We
have to park a little way from the launch beach so I set up my foil on the
concrete near the bins and rig the sails by the bench near the launch area
which is fine. With the strongest wind down towards the docks I set off
towards Pin Mill but in this direction, it goes patchy so you don’t get
the really long runs like on Monday. The sunshine stayed with us again for
most of the session, I had my hat and gloves but had another long none stop
session staying warm:) After several runs in front of the marina I beat a
little way down the river and really started going for my gybes, entering a
little faster and I am getting closer, in fact got a PB alpha, getting over
13 knots 4 times but did end up in the water a few times, mainly when
pushing it a little too hard! I did have to wait a couple of times to let
two coaster past. We also had a nice selection of waders again, we are so
lucky to have this beautiful venue on our doorsteps, top foiling venue:)
The water level just got higher and higher, in fact I did hit the rock
barrier down by Loompit lake when I sailed too close, that puts me off
getting a £2000 carbon foil! I ended the session trying some fast runs
across the river but I have to work on that although I did miss getting 20
knots by a whisker. I would like to try a faster foil someday to see what
difference that makes but I absolutely love the Slingshot 76! So another 26
miles covered in the mild sunshine with more wind coming for Friday and
Saturday, who knows I might even be able to get out on the fin on
Friday?
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