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Member#: 394 Location: North West Registered: 06-10-2003 Diary Entries: 350
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2nd May 2011
Windsurfing: The Dip-Felixstowe Wind Direction: ne Wind Stength: 25/30 Surf / Sea State: sea big/river flat Air Temperature: 12 Sea Temperature: 10 Weather: sunny Max Speed: 34.68 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 11.13 (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Got back from a wonderful week in the French Alps skiing and walking to
discover I had missed several good days at Felixstowe and my speed buddie
Pete Cutts had just beaten my Felixstowe spot record !!! so with a good
forsecast today and Pete not able to make it,it was my chance to get it
back !!! With high tide at midday there was no point getting out until 2
ish.I got down at one to have a chat with my mates at The Dip and check out
the conditions.They were rigging 4 to 5m on wave boards and I did,nt fancy
my 5.8 x-15 on my Falcon 90 as you had to beat to the Deben river mouth in
a big sea and as I have'nt been much this year and am feeling abit rusty
decided to rig my Naish 4.7 and enjoy the waves !!! on unrolling the sail I
discovered it had a hole in from the last time I used it :( so I had no
choice but to rig my Naish wave 5.6 and being overpowered to enjoy the
waves took a slow beat into the Deben river mouth the sail the short flat
section formed by the shingle bar ar mid to low tide.With the strong out
going tide getting to the start by the rocks was hard and tiring :( but on
my first run down and being abit careful as I was not sure of the depth hit
33+ knots :# the first time I have broken 30 kts in all the years I have
sailed at Felixstowe :# I did approx. doz. runs breaking 30 kts on every
run with a max gps reading of 34.68 :) so I am very pleased, just abit
disappointed I was'nt on my slalom kit as I might have added a couple of
knots !!! The main down side is the course is very shor:# just long enough
for 10 sec runs !!! I managed to sail back to the Dip knackered as it was
blowing strong now with the wave sailors out with 4m in some of the best
conditions I have ever seen at Felixstowe !!! So a good day was had by
all,great to be out in the sunshine even if abit on the chilly side :(
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