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14th August 2012
Windsurfing: The Manor-Felixstowe Wind Direction: sse Wind Stength: 10 Surf / Sea State: flatish Air Temperature: 24 Sea Temperature: 16 Weather: sunny Max Speed: 15 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 18 (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
I wasn't going windsurfing today until a mate, Peter Goodchild rang to say
he was at The Manor end so I took my kit down and we were on the water by 4
ish. We only had about 10 mph of onshore breeze but it was a lovelly
afternoon - sunny and warm :) We reached to the River Deben and landed on
the shingle bar and I remembered why I gave up racing many years ago - fed
up of being beaten by lightweights as Peter on his huge volumed starboard
phantom had the track back and was in the straps while I had to have the
track forward and the plate down to get going !!! We reached back to the
Manor and I had a sail on his phantom and what a top board it is to with a
large tail making getting up and going easy, it could be sailed off the fin
like a shortboard even upwind in light winds !!! I tried it with the track
forward and the daggerboard down but it dosen't rail up like the older
style longboards - so it needs getting used too - would love one but a
£1000 is a bit out of my price range :( We then sailed to the Orwell and
back to the Deben, then the breeze died so we called it a day. Looks like
some good wind for the next few days and I am working :(
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