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5th November 2016 Windsurfing: Levington Wind Direction: NW Wind Stength: 10/20 Surf / Sea State: river chop Air Temperature: 9 Sea Temperature: 13 Weather: cloudy Max Speed: 25.17 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 17.40 (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise) Loads of wind forecast for days to come but mainly North which is not the best of directions over this way with the best local option being the River Stour at Bradfield or Wrabness. At 9.30 the wind was still NW but not that strong maybe gusting to 15 kts so didn't fancy a 20 mile trip to the Stour so opted to go to Levington on the River Orwell and sail the tide in. NW is slightly off from the right so you can sail on the wide bend in front of the marina, there was no white water but I took a chance with 8.5 on my big xantos and set off near the marina entrance. The set up was OK as usual river sailing the wind is up and down but I had nearly two hours out planning a lot of the time, the wind threatened to become too much but the big gusts didn't last and then the wind turned more to the north making it very gusty so beat back to the van to warm up. The sun came out and it rained at the same time, very pretty so I decided to pack up. I had covered over 17 n/miles and didn't get cold with a top speed of over 25 kts with a 23 kt ave., not bad for the lumpy river. I was looking forward to posting the speeds but my old GPS failed again :( time to us my new one I think. Do I make the trip to the Stour tomorrow ??? it depends if anyone else goes as I don't fancy sailing by myself! Photo Gallery here |
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