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Member#: 10933 Location: Registered: 25-12-2011 Diary Entries: 2
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4th June 2022
Windsurfing: The Dip-Felixstowe Wind Direction: NE Wind Stength: 20/25 Surf / Sea State: lumpy mess Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: cloudy Max Speed: 26.98 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 21.50 mile (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Saturday 4th June - Windsurf *** - The Dip at Felixstowe – cloudy.
Fin – 26.98 knot max, 24.79 knot ave., 9.53 knot hour, 20.97 knot mile,
34.47 km., 14.01 knot alpha.
F2 282 Ride with Tushingham Storm 5.2m and 36 fin.
With a good breeze from the NE today I wanted to make the most of low water
which was at 8.30 which is what time I arrived at The Dip. This used to be
the best direction for this spot but things have changed and because the
dip water channel from the River Deben now runs parallel along the beach
towards us it has chopped up the once flat wat close in and the sea out by
the red and white bouy is always confused mush, very big too! Beinf first
there and having misplaced my wind gauge it was a bit of guess work but it
looked pretty breezy so I put the 115 lt. board and rigged my 5.2 which is
small by my standards which seemed to make the most of todays conditions!
It was bad sailing out straight into some very steep chop and turned most
of the time by the red and white bouy, shame it was difficult to find a
wave to turn on:( but the bad sail out was made up by the great ride back
to the beach flat out down some big swells! As I was packing up old
friends, Peter and Sally Ling came down for a chat, lovely to catch up, its
been ages! A good turn out today with the small car park filled to bursting
and I definitely did not need any more sail, with the wind increasing and
the tide getting higher I decided to call it a day. I was home by midday
which gave Mag and I an opportunity to go out for lunch:)
Photo Album here
Saturday 4th June – walk **** – Hemley circuit – sunny and warm.
After this mornings full on windsurf at The Dip in Felixstowe after an
early start I got home at midday and with the sun on out we decided to take
our lunch to Hemley Church. After having some fun brushing our cats, they
love it, I have the scars in my leg to prove it and for the third day in a
row we were treated to the wonderful drone of a Second World War aircraft
flying low over Felixstowe, a Lancaster enroute to Buckingham palace on
Thursday followed by a Spitfire two days in a row, loved it:) We arrived at
Hemley at two and were the only car there enjoying the peace and quiet
watching the House Martins whizzing about with a buzzard too! Then at 2.30
we set off walking down to the River Deben in warm sunshine but with the
breeze still strong from the NE! As we neared the river we heard the
starting gun for the dinghy racing at Waldringfield and there were loads of
boats in the distance:) Walking towards Kirton Creek to turned inland along
one of our favourite paths now full of wildlife including Long tailed tits
and black caps with young plus loads of butterflies in the flowering
blackberry bushes, even better because the only other person we saw was a
man on a mountain bike. My heel was playing up now so this walk was just
about right, then home for scones, jam and cream, good couple of days.
Now surprisingly really enjoying the Queen Platinum Jubilee concert from
Buckingham palace:)
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