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Member#: 1810 Location: Registered: 02-04-2006 Diary Entries: 13
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13th August 2011
Windsurfing: Point Clear Wind Direction: sw Wind Stength: 5/10 Surf / Sea State: chop/flat Air Temperature: 20 Sea Temperature: 16 Weather: sunny periods Max Speed: 10.16 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 4.62 (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
An average year for wind and weather continues !!!! and the English summer
disappears without trace :( The forecast looked okay for a trip around
Mersea Island with a force 3+ and a midday high and the rain gone by lunch
!!! I checked the forecast early and decided to take a chance and arrived
at Point Clear an hour later with an hour and a half before high but only
light winds :( I rigged anyway and set off toward Mersea Island heading to
the harbour as I didnt want to risk beating up the river to start with and
get stuck inland in light airs !!! I had made it about a mile along the
coast when the wind dropped to nothing and I knew I wasn't going to make it
:( After a chocolate stop had a wobbly run back to Point Clear and the
decided to explore the lagoon and creeks for their speedsailing
potential,the sun even came out at this point !!! This could be my best bet
for getting 30 kts on the raceboard even if the runs are on the short side
:( I will have to get my mate Peter Cutts to let me know when it is right
again and it will save me the 70 mile trip to the Ray !!! This was the best
part of the day out with hundreds of sea birds and one seal :)
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