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2nd September 2024
Windsurfing: The Manor-Felixstowe Wind Direction: S Wind Stength: 8/15 Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: sunny start then cloudy Max Speed: 18.19 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 12 miles (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Monday 2nd September – Windsurf ** The Manor at Felixstowe – sunny
start then cloudy.
Foil – 18.19 knot max, 16.02 knot ave, 6.64 knot hour, 14.50 knot mile,
19.35 km., 0.00 knot alpha.
Starboard Freeride 150 and a Severne 1000 with a Tushingham Storm 6.5.
The forecast for today was sunshine with a 15/20 knot breeze from the
south, it started sunny but clouded over and the wind did not build until
around midday! So I could do my exercises in the back garden in wall to
wall sunshine, I interrupted them to take a couple of pics of Mags
sunflowers and sent them to the TV weather and was pleased to get one on
ITV’s About Anglia:) and by the time I returned to my exercises the sun
had gone, it actually looked like rain! I then had to take my windsurf gear
out of our van and put it back in my trailer and try to sort out a working
boom. Both my lovely MK booms purchased in 2018 need new locking clips
which I have now ordered while my old Chinook Race boom was squeezed with
salt, I managed to free that and that the adjustable outhaul off and change
a couple of ropes so I now have a boom to use with 6.5 being the smallest
sail I can rig! I then had a ride done to The Manor to check the
conditions, the high tide had passed and it was gusting to 15 knots so I
returned to get my kit. Foil with 6.5 were soon set off and I thought I was
in for a good session as I was soon up and flying, sadly after three long
runs out to sea in nice smooth conditions the wind eased and I had to sail
very slowly 2 miles back to shore, one more short run to check the wind
before calling it a day!
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