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29th March 2024
Windsurfing: Levington Wind Direction: Wind Stength: 10/28 Surf / Sea State: river chop and smooth Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: cloudy with some rain Max Speed: 20.57 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 26.50 mile (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Friday 29th March – Windsurf *** River Orwell at Levington –
Cloudy with some rain.
Foil – 20.57 knot max, 19.38 knot ave, 14.05 knot hour, 17.25 knot mile,
42.622 km., 16.14 knot alpha.
Starboard Freeride 150 and a Naish Nalu 4.7m.
Looked like another good day with a ssw and as I have the second cold this
month I once again headed over to Levington as was not up to an open sea
session. With Maeva coming I headed over to the marina around 10.30 so I
could get back to see her and with the cross on wind gusting over 25 knots
I rigged my 4.7 with Chris Stephens coming for his first session of the
year, finning with 5m with Andy M winging, Micheal G and Robert foiling
with 4m. We were having a chat when we got a spell of rain which messed up
the wind briefly but that cleared and I headed out, it was not as good as
Wednesday, the 4.7 was ok in the gusts but the wind was patchy and I would
have been better with my 5.2 or even the 5.5. I did try beating towards the
docks but the wind was not constant enough for the small sail so stayed in
front of the marina getting a few OK runs up towards Pin Mill making some
OK speeds, breaking 20 knots a few times and getting some good gybes. I did
hit a submerged mooring bouy hard and was lucky not to break something! I
still managed to sail over 26 miles despite the up and down wind, then home
to have an hour with the lovely Maeva.
Then at 5 I drove down to Felixstowe Ferry for an hour for the Grand
Opening of the curiosity kiosk, an old red phone box that features some of
my photos and had a nice time:)
Photo Album here
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