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18th December 2018
Windsurfing: Levington Wind Direction: S Wind Stength: 20/28 Surf / Sea State: river chop Air Temperature: 9 Sea Temperature: Weather: cloudy Max Speed: 29.48 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 20.23 (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Tuesday 18th December – windsurf **** Levington – cloudy.
F2 Xantos 295 with Tuushingham Lightning 6.5 and 38 cm fin.
29.48 knot max., 27.11 knot ave ., 13.28 knot hour, 20.26 knot mile, 37.50
km., 18.43 knot alpha.
After two days of wall to wall sunshine where we enjoyed a night away in
our little VW campervan seeing the amazing seals at Horsey Gap and walking
in the Broads but the wind was back today so I could make up for the
session I lost on the 8th Dec when my clutch went on the way to Point
Clear:( With southerly winds gusting over 30 knots forecast and 9 degrees I
didn’t fancy a open sea session so headed the 6 miles to Levington Marina
even though the wind direction and tide were not ideal. With high water
about 7.30 it was well on the way out when I arrived just after nine on a
cloudy day but luckily the rain is not arriving until much later! After a
quick chat with Levington worker and foiler Jamie I decided to quickly rig
6.5 for the F2 Xantos 295, a bigger board to get through the river lulls. I
wanted to get out while I still had some water so I didn’t have to wade
through mud, so after walking to find Jamie to zip me into my wetsuit I
headed out and soon found deep water. With the wind in this direction,
cross on from the left you could sail diagonally across the river which was
not as flat as it looked before setting off and it was quite lumpy in the
middle! With the wind gusting to nearly 30 knots I had a good couple of
hours, only falling in once, got some cracking gybes in the smooth water at
the edge and searching out the flatter water for the fastest speeds. I was
hairy going fast in the river chop but great fun, my original plan was to
try for a 25 average but soon realised I could do better and in the end
only just missed doing 30 knots with a 27 average and a nice set of gybes.
I had my mitts and hat but did not get cold, the only shame was nobody else
came to join in the fun:( With the tide dropping the runs were getting
shorter but I beat to the bay then sailed across to the far bank in hope of
a good gust in the flatter water there and had some nice broad runs up the
river. With the water going and the wind going a little patchy I headed
back to the van sailing up the marina entrance channel and only had to walk
through a few metres of mud! With the diesel heater on I warmed up, had a
couple of mince pies, packed up and headed home after my 80th session of
the year, the same as last year and it is looking promising for a trip to
Point Clear later in the week before we head off to Liverpool for
Christmas! I had a look at The Dip on the way home, no windsurfers but a
few kiters out on the River Deben, I would be tempted to sail here if I
could sail in the flat river like the kiters do but the runs are too short
and the water not deep enough for windsurfing:(
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