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26th October 2019
Windsurfing: Levington Wind Direction: SW Wind Stength: 10/28 Surf / Sea State: river chop Air Temperature: 16 Sea Temperature: Weather: cloudy Max Speed: 28.96 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 41.40 (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Saturday 26th October – Windsurf **** - River Orwell - Levington –
cloudy.
F2 Zantos 295 with 36 fin and Tushingham Lightning 6.5m.
Fin – 28.96 knot max., 26.91 knot ave., 13.91 knot hour, 22.55 knot mile,
76.70 km., 17.79 knot alpha.
With a SW wind 25 gusting to 40 mph and with a high tide around eleven it
was going to be a fairly early start which suited to forecast as it was
supposed to ease down and rain! Several sailors were going to Point Clear
but I have been there a lot this year and although it has been OK it has
been nothing special being gusty and lumpy in the lagoon on several
occasions. Getting a 30 knot average has been impossible for me getting 29
loads of time so I couldn’t face the 80 mile round trip to arrive on the
Green at 8.30 so decided to drive the 6 miles to Levington Marina where the
River Orwell works quite well in a SW:) I arrived at the Marina at 8.30
with plenty of water in the River but the wind didn’t look overly strong?
The Marina dredger had been moored up close to the shore to the right of
our launch spot and several metal pipes had been moved to our parking area,
I had a word with the dredger man and he said it was OK to park so went to
my usual spot. I nearly rigged 7m as the wind was only gusting to 20 mph
but set up my Zantos 295 at 133 lts, I chose a large board to get me
through the lulls and the wind seemed to have increased so I went with my
6.5 which was pretty much perfect for the whole session. You never have the
right size sail for all the session here on the river when the wind was as
light as 10 knots but gusting up close to 30 knots but planning a good
percentage of the time and in fact covered 47 miles helped by the long runs
you can do from Levington Bay towards Pin Mill where the wind went really
gusty! The best water conditions were with the tide coming in or when it
was slack as it really chopped up when the tide turned and the wind went
patchy too! With loads of water in the river you could sail pretty much
anywhere getting some nice gybes in Levington Bay and sailing close to the
bank for up to two miles and the best thing was I had it nearly all to
myself apart from foiler Jamie having a full on foil session but to be
honest it looked hard work especially when the big gust came through and he
was on 4.7! So in the end I was out for the best part of 5 hours doing
loads more miles than I would have done in Point Clear Lagoon being only a
few knots slower and saved me an hour and a half travelling so win win all
round:) Looks like its going to get cooler next week but might get the
chance to get out on the foil? Then when I come ashore Jamie asks if I want
to know the England v New Zealand score and say yes – 19 – 7 what a
great result!!!! I get home making a detour via The Dip where a few are out
but the wind is a little off and the rain has started so I am pleased I
went to Levington:) Maggie had been very busy preparing for decorating and
after a catch up we watched the rugby and to be honest there was only going
to be one winner of that game, England played New Zealand off the park and
were unlucky to have two tries disallowed which would have made the score
really embarrassing for the All Blacks! So fingers crossed they can repeat
that performance against hopefully Wales in next weeks final!!!!
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