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Member#: 8820 Location: Registered: 24-02-2010 Diary Entries: 2
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29th May 2023
Windsurfing: The Dip-Felixstowe Wind Direction: NE Wind Stength: 18/22 Surf / Sea State: confused mess mainly :( Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: cloudy start then sunny Max Speed: 26.71 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 33.25 mies (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Monday 29th May - Windsurf **** The Dip at Felixstowe - cloudy start then
sunny.
Fin - 26.71 knot max, 25.19 knot ave, 15.84 knot hour (year PB), 20.23 knot
mile (year PB), 53.28 km., 14.68 knot alpha.
F2 282 Ride with Tushingham Thunderbird 6.5m and 36 fin.
The NE just keeps on blowing, stronger today so I was looking for a rare
trip out on my fin gear today. With low water at 1.18 I was in no hurry so
managed my exercises, indoors as cloudy and cool in the garden, I then
headed down to The Dip for the second day running and was lucky to get a
parking space in the little windsurfing car park as this must have been the
best turnout at Felixstowe this year! For once fin sailors outnumbered the
rest but there was 3 foilers and a winger out too with several kitesurfers
coming later nearer low water. With a constant 20 knots most of the lager
sailors went for around 6.5 which was OK for the session which was matched
with a 115 lt. board. NE was the best direction, especially at low water
but things have changed and not for the better sadly, there used to be an
area of pretty fairy flat water closer in leading to some rolling swell but
movement from the shingle bar has changed things being nowhere near as
smooth and out to sea with the wind against the tide it was just a confused
mess which made gybing very difficult. As usual I went for a fast hour to
start and was amazed to get a PB for the year, best mile too, nothing
special as I don?t fin sail much these days as foiling has taken over as it
is much easier on an old body! Still, I stuck it out for a couple of hours
plus covering over 30 miles for the second day running so couldn?t have
been that bad but definitely not the conditions I like! With the wind
seeming to increase it was time to call it a day especially as the tide was
about to turn so changed and did my other hobby, taking a few pics of the
sailors out as Mag arrived walking along the prom with lunch. We enjoyed it
in the sun sheltered behind a groyne with the sun now out, we also got to
catch up with several people we haven?t seen for ages:)
Photo Album here
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