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18th December 2020
Windsurfing: Levington Wind Direction: SW Wind Stength: 15/25 Surf / Sea State: river chop Air Temperature: 10 Sea Temperature: Weather: cloudy Max Speed: 27.33 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 49.50 mile (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Friday 18th December - Windsurf ***** - River Orwell at Levington Marina
– cloudy and mild.
Fin – 27.33 knot max, 25.45 knot ave ., 16.10 knot hour (spot PB) , 23.27
knot mile , 79.46 km .,17.69 knot alpha.
F2 Zantos 295 with 36 fin and Tushingham Lightning 7m.
The River Orwell at Levington my go to winter venue just keeps giving with
my third 5 Star session in December:) I was hoping it was going to be windy
enough to get out on the fin today as I don’t seem to use it much these
days and with high water at 14.07 which means it was a little late for
foiling and you can fin with the wind in the SSW much earlier. I woke with
my back playing up which did not bode well for a windy windsurfing session
but I took some pain killers and did my back exercises before struggling
into my wetsuit, never easy early in the morning, getting old has few
advantages! With foiler Michael G arriving at midday I went much earlier
and after dropping Mag off at the end of the prom for a blustery walk home
I arrived at the marina at 10.20 with the water still very low. This gave
me time to sort out some kit, I took both my 133 and 115lt boards with 7
and 6m sails. With winds gusting to 25 knots I rigged the 7 for the bigger
board which is better at sailing through the lulls you get from river
sailing! I wanted to get some faster speeds to post on the gps site
especially hour, km and alpha. With the wind SSW when I launched this meant
I had to wade out along edge of the marina entrance channel 150m to find
deeper water. The wind didn’t seem overly windy as I was heading out but
I need not have worried because after a floundering run up river I gybed
and soon found the wind down on the corner. The session then turned into a
gybe feast doing half mile runs across the corner gradually beating down
river and turning in the smoother water both sides, nothing overly fast
just none stop action:) It was not windy enough for mega fast speeds with
the water state a bit lumpy getting 26 knot max at this point but was
pleased to get a 16.10 knot hour, a spot PB and not bad for a gusty river
venue! I had the river all to myself apart from hundreds of Dunlins for the
best part of two hours, the only downside being it was glummy, some sun
would have been nice but I did not get cold and in the end was out for
three hours! I was then joined by Michael G out with 5m on his foil but the
wind was going patchy and I had covered over 30 miles and was thinking of
calling it a day. I did some broad reaches back towards the marina as the
wind swung SW and I managed a few full-on planing runs towards Pin Mill
getting a 23.27 mile which I was very pleased with:) With nearly 50 miles
covered and the wind easing I decided to call it a day. Only two of us out
one fin, one foil we both had another top session with perhaps some more
tomorrow? Pack up, another 5 star shower before heading home for some more
kitten action:)
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