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Member#: 718 Location: in my van Registered: 09-05-2004 Diary Entries: 47
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3rd July 2023
Windsurfing: Levington Wind Direction: W Wind Stength: 10/25 Surf / Sea State: river chop and smooth Air Temperature: 20 Sea Temperature: Weather: sunny periods Max Speed: 21.09 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 32 miles (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Monday 3rd July - Windsurf **** River Orwell at Levington - sunny periods.
Foil - 21.09 knot max, 19.36 knot ave, 13.29 knot hour, 17.78 knot mile,
51.59 km., 15.84 knot alpha.
Starboard Freeride 150 and a Evolution Freeride foil with a Naish Evolution
5.6 and Tushingham Storm 5.2.
We wee going to see the Granddaughter today but had a change of plan which
left me fee to head over to Levington once again, nice and sunny too. Mag
said she would take the bus later to Trimley and walk down to the marina
for lunch so I packed a picnic and headed off. I arrived at the marina
around nine with loads of water and about 20 mph of wind, with more in the
middle of the river so I set up my foil board as two more foilers arrived,
Ian and Robert. It looked the same wind as yesterday but choose to rig a
little bigger today, my 5.6 with the others using a 5 and 5.3. I was first
away and thought I had rigged too small but was quickly proved wrong as it
was gusting to 25 knots, I stated to beat upriver but there was a big swell
running down the and the other two headed towards Felixstowe but it did
look patchy towards Felixstowe. We then swopped with the other two sailing
towards Pin Mill while I had some cracking runs down to the docks, flying
most of the time in some big gusts too, the water was much flatter here too
and I managed to break 20 knots 4 times today, with 8 mile runs over 15
knots with some cacking gybes too. The only time I went it is when my foil
beached pushing too hard and I managed to put my hand through my sail. I
had to return to the van to change sails, rigging my 5.2 and did another 15
miles on this. With the wind going a bit patchy I decided to call it a
day, good decision as Mag had arrived, so I quickly showered and had lunch
before heading for home, that?s 4 sessions in as many days so could be time
for a day off!!!
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