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Member#: 484 Location: Worcester Registered: 27-12-2003 Diary Entries: 4
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7th November 2021
Windsurfing: Levington Wind Direction: WNW Wind Stength: 15/30 Surf / Sea State: big and smooth Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: sunny Max Speed: 18.35 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 23.25 mile (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Sunday 7th November - Windsurf **** River Orwell at Levington Marina –
sunny.
Foil – 18.35 knot max, 16.94 knot ave., 10.42 knot hour, 14.19 knot mile,
37.17 km., 14.58 knot alpha.
Exocet RF AST 91 with Slingshot Hover Glide 76 with Tushingham Thunderbird
6.5m.
With several Felixstowe sailors heading over to the River Stour at
Bradfield but with the wind supposed to be WNW which is good for Levington
I decided to stay local especially still being under the weather I didn’t
fancy the drive, also this gives Mag a chance to bike over for lunch later,
so win win all round:) Arrived at the marina at 9.45 with the tide already
up and in fact it just got higher and higher, in the end we have never seen
it so high! With the wind cross off it is a job to judge the wind but there
was white water in the middle of the Orwell where the squibs were having
some great racing. It was also a nicer day today with loads of sunshine and
despite wearing my hat and gloves I was not cold at all! With the foil
board set up sail choice was a bit of a lottery but went with 6.5 as
yesterday and that proved OK even in the end when it must have been gusting
to 30 knots and if I hadn’t already been out for a couple of hours would
have changed down to 5.2! The WNW does put a big swell on the corner which
is great for playing on and smooths out down towards the docks but the wind
gets less. It was great being out with all the racing squibs and yachts in
some challenging conditions especially sailing into the sunshine. It was
fun gybing too, some worked well while others ended in a dip in the water:)
With the wind increasing I was tempted to try the fin but stuck with the
foil and loved it, not a fast day but super fun running down the big swell.
I then beat back to the launch beach and had a few runs back and forth
gybing in the flatter water each side of the river. After two hours it was
beginning to take its toll so I called it a day just before one. Leaving my
kit to dry I went to have a shower and then took my camera around the
marina to get some high-water pics as Mag arrived on her bike. She said she
was lucky to get through as the river had breached Loompit Lake, fingers
crossed the trout survive! Mag and I were just starting a yummy chicken
sandwich when I noticed a small fishing day boat broken free from its
moorings being blown down the river as the tide had just turned. I went and
told the guys washing down the local rescue boat but they said there was
loads of boats on the river so were not bothered! In the end we think the
boat may have washed up over by Trimley Marshes so hopefully did not make
it to Felixstowe docks, several yachts heading back to Levington also
completely ignored it, I thought one of them would have towed it in! Then
it was time to head for home, Mag spotted a couple of deer in the woods on
the way out of the marina< I stopped but they had disappeared:( The Mc
Donalds rubbish dumped on the entrance to the marina was still there so we
stopped again to pick it up, the world is full of complete idiots, cant
believe that people stupid enough to throw rubbish out of their windows
have actually enough intelligence to feed themselves!
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