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24th May 2008
Windsurfing: Felixstowe-Dip Wind Direction: NE Wind Stength: lots Surf / Sea State: Bad chop then rolling Air Temperature: 17 Sea Temperature: 13 Weather: sunny Max Speed: 26.2 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 41.8 (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Got down around mid-day and rigged a 6m and sailed almost continually for a
couple of hours, donwhauling as the wind increased. Sea was OK for a while
then got quite big chop as it approached high tide and made sailing a bit
hectic. Had a break for some tea and sandwich wating for the tide to turn,
but as the wind increased change board and sail down to 5.2; glad I did as
wind was quite strong and had to downhaul to max. Sailed off the spit where
some wave faces were nice to ride down. It was OK turning close to shore
but had to sail out to the buoy to get something not a complete mush. About
2 hours after high tide teh sea was much nicer and Ok considering the wind
strength.
About 15 windsurfers out, and 5 kiters; nice to outnumber them for once and
nice to see some new faces. A fantastic sail. Averaged 24.5knots over 250
metres and 24knots over 500m, which was pretty good for me considering the
conditions.
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