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Member#: 516 Location: Registered: 23-01-2004 Diary Entries: 1
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6th April 2024
Windsurfing: Levington Wind Direction: SW Wind Stength: 10/24 Surf / Sea State: river chop and smooth Air Temperature: 16 Sea Temperature: Weather: Mainly cloudy but very mild Max Speed: 18.86 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 19.25 mile (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Saturday 6th April – Windsurf *** River Orwell at Levington –
Mainly cloudy but very mild.
Foil – 18.86 knot max ,17.67 knot ave, 10.50 knot hour, 15.29 knot mile,
31.00 km., 15.26 knot alpha.
Starboard Freeride 150 and a Evolution Freeride foil with a Tushingham Bolt
5.5.
With Storm Kathern supposed to bring strong winds this afternoon and very
mild, maybe 20 degrees I decided to head over to Levington for a foil on
the Orwell to try out my replacement Starboard Freeride foil, a big thank
you to neil H for sorting me out, also I donn’t think my dodgy left elbow
is up to a bumpy open sea fin session! I headed down to the small wood at
the end of our road first to take some weather pics, sadly none were chosen
for the TV, Mag then continued onto Lidl. I arrived at the marina around 10
just as David C was heading out onn his race foil gear with 8m. The tide
was nice and high with a good breeze from the SSW/SW so with the foil board
set up and winds gusting to 20 knnots I took a chance with my 5.5 even
though it has become a real pain to rig as the mast get caught near the top
and I have to play about with a sail battern to get it too the top! By the
time I had my wetsuit on the wind had eased, David was flying well with big
kit but to start with I struggled and it took my several runs for the wind
to build enough to get going and then I didn’t need anymore sail than 5.5
especially as the river chopped up as I beat down towards the docks getting
some OK gybes, nothing fast just pleasant sailing. As it was lumpy I
decided to try the flatter water towards PIN Mill but the wind was very
patchy so decided to call it a day. My sail was not set great so I
tightened the battern tension and was sorting out the harness lines when I
nnoticed the rope had broken and I was sailing on the webbing so put on a
new set. Then pack up shower and home to find Mag having a major spring
clean and with a glimpse of sun through the clouds I decided to do my
exercises in the back garden while the cats charged around!
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