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6th September 2008
Windsurfing: Felixstowe-Dip
Wind Direction: S
Wind Stength:
Surf / Sea State: roling
Air Temperature: 17
Sea Temperature: 17
Weather: cloud
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On the water around 11am with a few others out with ~5.5m. Forecast to get stronger so rigged 5.2m and it was perfect. Sea was nice with rollers and not too much chop. Had a great hour riding in and out and only fell in once! Came in a couple of times to flatten the sail then bit the bullet and changed down to 4.7m for another hour and half. Sea was getting bigger but still not too choppy and one of the best seas I've seen for that wind in Felixstowe. Coming in down some steep rollers was fantastic with great speed, but GPS broke so who knows what??. Someone counted 16 windsurfers out and a few kiters too. Some nice gybes, a few falls, and a few close calls; one where I dodged someone fallen in near shore and a strong gust blew me downwind so I almost hit a pole at the end of a breakwater; mast hit the pole but apart form a small rip in the luff seems OK.
Great to see so many out and some great rides out and in. I tried my new 76l/53cm and it sails a lot smaller than the 87l. Wind had decreased after the rain when I tried it, and with my weight needs to be well powered up; next time. Eventually sea got more messy as it neared high tide, and as I was tired with a cold I packed in before something broke. Excellent day
Toys Used:
F2 Style 250 87l
F2 Maui Projects Waveboard 76l
Tushinham Rock 4.7
Tushingham Storm 5.25
F2 wave/freestyle 25cm
Mistral wave 22cm

 

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