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7th February 2016
Windsurfing: Levington Wind Direction: sw Wind Stength: 20/35 Surf / Sea State: river chop Air Temperature: 8 Sea Temperature: Weather: sunny Max Speed: 28.45 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 14.92 (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Windsurf **** sunny :)
Didn’t fancy going in yesterday’s strong winds but miserable cloudy day
so collected coal from the beach and watched the rugby, good result for
England with Italy being very unlucky :( Today’s forecast was looking
much better, a little less wind and wall to wall sunshine :) with the wind
a strong sw and only 8 degrees I didn’t fancy an open sea session I
headed to Levington early as it was high ware art about 10. Arriving at the
marina at 9 the onshore wind was lighter than expected so initially untied
the longboard and was going to rig 8.5 but the wind rapidly picked up so I
went with the 7m on the 133. I then put on my lovely Gull winter wetsuit
– toasty warm but with a back zip so I had to walk to the boat yard to
find someone to do the zip up!!! Safely suited I launch off the small beach
by the marina entrance and spend an hour or two sailing across the bay
trying a few broad runs toward the far bay beach but it was pretty lumpy
and going fast was again challenging! I was pleased with my 28 kt. Max and
an ok average, with the tide now dropping and the wind gusting close to 40
kts I had one last run beating up river, gybing in Levington creek and then
going for a mile run which was interesting in the river chop! With the wind
now gusting close to 40 kts and with the tide turned really roughing things
up it was time to head back to the van. There were a couple of other
sailor’s out today Andy Marshall who started rigging near me but a gust
took his 6.2 out of his hands crashing into his trailer putting a big hole
in the middle panel :( he then moved to the other end of the marina, rigged
his new 6m and had a good sail up and down the middle of the river:)
Another sailor I didn’t know went out with a 5.3 but sadly he only had
one run putting a big hole in his sail after a jump:( So I was the only one
out here today who didn’t damage any kit! It’s lovely being out early
sailing in the winter sunshine – nice morning :)
Hike ***
As I got home early we had time to go for a nice walk before visiting step
mum Shirley who is very poorly in Ipswich Hospital:(
So after a top toastie cooked in our new toastie bags Mag and I headed to
Falkenham where we parked by the lovely church. The churchyard was
beautiful, full of snowdrops:) We then walked the mile and a half to the
River Deben in the pretty Suffolk countryside. The highlight of the walk
was the large flock of Brent geese flying overhead :) Then onto the
hospital where Shirley was slightly improved :)
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