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1st August 2023
Windsurfing: Levington Wind Direction: W Wind Stength: 10/20 Surf / Sea State: river chop and smooth Air Temperature: 20 Sea Temperature: Weather: sunny periods Max Speed: 21.42 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 34.75 mile (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Tuesday 1st August - Windsurf ***** - sunny periods.
Foil - 21.42 knot max (spot PB), 19.36 knot ave, 13.60 knot hour, 18.28
knot mile, 56.11 km., 15.73 knot alpha.
Starboard Freeride 150 and a Evolution Freeride foil with a Tushingham
Storrm 6.5.
The wind continues to blow and today coming fom the west a good diection fo
Levington so I head over fairly early arriving at the maina at 8.15 with
lots of nice sunshine:) The foil was quickly set-up, sail choice was a
problem as it did not look overly windy on the river so took a chance with
my 6.5 which actually proved ideal for most of the two hour plus session:)
After a slow start the wind arrived and I was soon having long runs down to
Felixstowe docks, I think there might have been a touch of north in it
which seems to chop the river up a little but still super fun whizzing past
the many yachts out on the water, actually getting a spot PB max speed with
some top gybing, in fact the only time I ended in the water was when a
yacht took my wind as I passed ! I had to avoid a large ship with a tug
heading to Ipswich and then on gybing near Loompit lake my UJ broke,
luckily I carry a spare so I was soon up and sailing but with the wind
going patchy I decided to call it a day and headed back to the van as it
clouded over. Then home before visiting an old friend for a cuppa and
cake:)
Although I had no weather pics today I was lucky to get one in todays local
paper, the BIG pic in the August Suffolk Mag and the cover once again on
the Spotlight on Felixstowe :)
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