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7th August 2024
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: 19.71 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 26 miles (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Wednesday 7th August – Windsurf *** River Orwell at Levington –
sunny periods.
Foil – 19.71 knot max , 18.19 knot ave, 8.62 knot hour, 15.58 knot
mile, 41.99 km., 14.30 knot alpha.
Starboard Freeride 150 and a Severne 1000 with a Tushingham Storm 6.5.
With the wind offshore to start with today it was a trip over to Levington
Marina to make the most of the 2.30 high tide. I had time to do my
exercises in the garden before heading off at 11 stopping just short of the
marina to take some pics of a couple of fields of sunflowers:) I was first
to arrive and with the wind gusting to 20 knots it looked like a good test
for my borrowed Severne 1000 foil and to be honest there is very little
difference to my Starboard freeride foil in terms of speed and sailing. I
was on the water quite awhile before I was joined by two more foilers and a
couple of wingers. When I first went out I thought I had rigged too big
with 6.5 but things calmed down and it became fairly gusty, typical of
Levington! I did manage a couple of long runs down to the docks but patchy
conditions made me head up the river but it was slow going getting there in
the up and down wind! Gybing was not too bad but I did hook into my harness
a couple of time half way round and ended up in the water with my sail on
top of me! I had a few good runs back to the marina as the wind picked up
but it was short lived so time to call it a day, so definitely better than
my last two sessions but still not the best and we have two more days of
wind!
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