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12th October 2018
Windsurfing: The Dip-Felixstowe Wind Direction: S Wind Stength: 15/25 Surf / Sea State: lumpy mess Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: sunny periods Max Speed: 25.98 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 8.95 (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Friday 12th October – windsurf ** The Dip - Felixstowe – sunny
periods.
F2 277 Ride with Tushingham Storm 5.25m and 32 fin.
25.98 knot max ., 23.36 knot ave ., 5.50 knot hour, 0.00 knot mile, 16.60
km., 15.46 knot alpha
After three days when the promised forecast wind failed to arrive we
actually got some wind today but still not as strong as expected. After
yesterdays visit to The Dip where the South wind created a large shore dump
at high water so I was not overly keen to go there today and my original
plan was to head to Point Clear but on waking I checked the Felixstowe
web-cam and North Beach looked like Cornwall especially as the tide was low
and a couple of kiters were already out. I decided to stay local as
Southerly at PC is far from ideal arriving second at the beach with the
other sailor out with 5m. With the wind supposed to build I rigged 5.25
with the 277(100lt) and headed out, the best section was the 600 metres to
the River Deben, if you continued out through the rough water further out
to sea it was all but unsailable, huge confused waves which were very hard
to even sail in a straight line. If you were not careful you would end up
several groynes upwind towards the section of beach with no beach just
concrete steps :( So I decided to stay closer to shore but these are not my
conditions and its very tiring, I cant believe I was on the water for three
hours solid covering 96 km on my last session while today after only a few
runs you had to come ashore knackered, it was very hard work, this seemed
to be the opinion of several of the sailors out today. It was a top turnout
with our carpark full, it’s a real shame that the Council in their wisdom
have decided to place 18 beach hut restricting our parking, not one of
their best ideas:( Considering the big sea it was easy to get off the beach
but the wind was up and down and in the end dropped to 15kts and the
sailors out got fewer and fewer with most packing up before high water
which today was 4m+ making getting off the beach and landing difficult. So
only two stars for me although I did have a few nice runs finding some
smoother water with some nice gybing waves by the river. As the wind eased
the sea calmed down but most couldn’t be bothered to rig bigger so packed
up. Most people sailed in short bursts before returning to the beach for a
chat, at least we survived Storm Callum although the really strong winds
were on the west coast! With the wind in this direction there are not many
alternatives with Southend being the best but low water is a little early
to make it worth the 70 mile trip, so who knows what I will do tomorrow,
perhaps anther early visit to The Dip to make the most of low water????
PS - the highlight of the day was a seal playing just off our beach and
loads of Brent Geese arriving from a long flight from Siberia.
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