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Member#: 6644 Location: Registered: 27-05-2007 Diary Entries: 3070
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1st November 2022
Windsurfing: Levington Wind Direction: SW Wind Stength: 10/20 Surf / Sea State: river chop Air Temperature: 14 Sea Temperature: Weather: Mainly cloudy Max Speed: 23.37 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 6.75 miles (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Tuesday 1st November - Windsurf * River Orwell at Levington – mainly
cloudy with some heavy rain.
Fin – 23.37 knot max, 18.03 knot ave., 1.93 knot hour, 0.00 knot mile,
10.66 km., 0.00 knot alpha.
F2 282 Ride and F2 Zantos 295 with Tushingham X – 15 5.8 and 30 fin.
With the wind gusting over 40 knots during the night it was another day to
head over to the River Orwell at Levington, the safer option. With low
water at 10 I was in no hurry to go especially as it was raining too, so
could do my exercises. Then with the rain clearing, we even got a little
sunshine I headed over to the marina to check the conditions, arriving at
1.30. The tide was still fairly low and with the sun out and wind gusting
30 knots with the river smooth it looked promising for a fin session. I set
up my F2 Ride 282 and took a chance with my very little used Tushingham X
– 15 5.8, sadly by the time I had my wetsuit on the wind had dropped :( I
spent a couple of hours wobbling about or sheltering under my sail when the
torrential rain arrived, I got one good gust when the rain cleared but it
quickly dropped and I had a job getting back to the van having to swim
across the marina channel:( I was tempted out again on my bigger Zantos 295
but that was no better if fact I can honestly say this must be the worst
ever session I have had here:( It would have been much better on the foil
but the wind was very on/off! Another supposedly big wind day tomorrow
which could be crap again but I have the dentist at midday so might not
make it:)
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