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Member#: 550 Location: aber Registered: 19-02-2004 Diary Entries: 141
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24th August 2021
Windsurfing: The Manor-Felixstowe Wind Direction: ENE Wind Stength: 15/24 Surf / Sea State: lumpy mess Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: sunny Max Speed: 25.17 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 35.50 mile (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Tuesday 24th August - Windsurf *** The Manor at Felixstowe – sunny.
Fin – 25.17 knot max, 23.90 knot ave ., 13.95 knot hour, 18.01 knot mile,
57.08 km ., 14.86 knot alpha.
F2 282 Ride with Tushingham Lightning 7m and 36 fin.
With the wind today ENE I decided against another trip to Bradfield in
Essex as went there yesterday and hope to go again on Thursday so thought I
would try The Manor for a fin or foil depending on the wind strength?
Normally I would have gone to The Dip with the wind in this direction but
with hight water at 13.48 which means there is no beach therfe, in fact
high water is probably best avoided here in Felixstowe! So, morning at home
doing my exercises in the garden in wall-to-wall sunshine as summer makes a
welcome return. Then Mag and I have a walk along the busy prom and
conditions at sea were looking very good with definitely enough wind to
fin! After lunch I hitched the trailer arrived at Squiz Lane at the end of
the prom arriving at around 1.45 and it was packed, the sea high and very
lumpy with fisherman in the launch groyne. Ian then arrived and we decided
to check out The Manor car park and at least there was some beach to launch
from so we decided to stay there as Chris Stephens arrived. I put my
trailer on the grass by the boat compound and parked on the road by the
caravans. I then took my 115 lt, Ride to the beach with my wind gauge which
was reading around 17 mph so not overly windy, it always seems more with
the wind onshore. Ian rigged 5.6, Chris 6 and I went for 7m which proved OK
for most of the session, a fraction under to start and then well powered as
the wind picked up with the other sailor’s changing to 5m. I went for my
usual hour at the start and to be honest the sea was horrendous, so bumpy
not my idea of fun. Tom was also out with 7m on a wide modern board which
was hard going, at least my old Ride handles the sea fine. I had 8 runs out
to the shipping channel over a mile out where it got particularly messy and
then sailing back you were heading straight into some steep chop but at
least the sun was out! Feed – up of the battering I came ashore as Ian
and Chris were changing down for a drink and a snack and debated packing up
but with the tide now dropping the sea improved slightly. Going fast was
next to impossible so you just played with the lumps and bumps looking for
something suitable to gybe on! So not my best session to be honest I am not
a big fan of fin sailing here at Felixstowe because if the tides and messy
sea. Still perhaps it was not as bad as I am making out as I was sailing
over three hours covering 35 miles:) Day off tomorrow before another breezy
day on Thursday with several more windy days to follow all from the
North!
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