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12th July 2026 Windsurfing: The Dip at Felixstowe Wind Direction: NE Wind Stength: 20/28 Surf / Sea State: lumpy Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: sunny and hot Max Speed: 23.91 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 15 miles (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise) Sunday 12th July – Windsurf *** The Dip at Felixstowe – sunny. Fin – 23.91 knot max (year PB), 22.34 knot ave (year PB)., 6.38 knot hour, 18.39 knot mile (year PB), 24.43 km., 13.59 knot alpha. F2 282 Ride with Tushingham Bolt 5.0 m and 36 fin A fresh breeze from the NE was forecast today and sunshine so The Dip is the best local option with low water at 4.16 I was in no hurry to get down which left me enough time to do my exercises and have breakfast in the garden with Mag. I then did a crazy thing, I loaded my fin board into the van bearing in mind I haven’t used it in t least a year! I left home at 12.20 and the little windsurf car park was nearly full but I was lucky enough to get a place just across the road. I was great to see Craig Hurrell there who hasn’t been for months and after a chat he persuaded me to take the fin board out a very old and tatty F2 Ride 282 of 115 lt. In fact nearly everyone of todays big turnout were on the fin with only 2/3 wingers but loads of kites, someone counted 20! Sail size varied between 4.2 and 6m so I took a chance with my 5m which was OK. It was a tough day for me being so out of practice on a wobberly fin board not helped by a pretty lumpy sea, I cocked up my first launch as a wave rolled over my head but I got away at the second attempt and managed to sail away from the beach but do you think I could get in the back strap going out which made sailing uncomfortable so I had no chance in gybling out, coming in was much better and I actually got in the back strap but I was quickly knackered so came ashore just as Chris Stephens was being helped up the beach after sadly head butting the shingle while landing and took a big hunk out of his head, he got lots of help and even got a cup of tea from the nice lady at the nearby kiosk but it did end his days sailing and he had two sails to de-rig! I then decided to give it another go and had a couple of runs before disaster struck me, my harness line broke, I did try sailing in without one but that was impossible, lucky I carry a spare and managed to get the little racksack off my back and replace it managing to get ashore a few groynes downwind. I took the boom back to the van to replace them with a pair of new ones and walked back to attach it to the mast so I could sail back which I actually did easily as it was still wind against tide and I was beginning to feel more at home and had some cracking runs in, even managed to gybe a few time close to the shore but it does take its toll on my poor old body! Another rest before I decided to give it one last go, really flying back to the beach then on the way out my old mast extension decided to pop out of my mast base and there was no way I could put it back together in the lumpy sea, so after much struggling and losing loads downwind I decided to untie the downhaul and tie to the base and body drag back to the beach and was lucky to get ashore before reaching the rocks at Jacobs Ladder which would have meant I would have to wait and come ashore at The Fludyers! Tome and Luke had noticed I was in trouble when leaving and had come to help, They took my gear back to The Dip in their van, then walking back I meet Mark and Paul who had also come to help, so a big thank you the 4 of you :) So with another fresh breeze for tomorrow and a dodgy mast extension I might give it a miss as windy all week and I have never been a fan of bumpy windsurfing and much prefer flatwater blasting but still a interesting day and lovely to catch up with loads of mates! Photo Album here |
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