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23rd September 2021
Windsurfing: Levington Wind Direction: W to NW Wind Stength: 10/25 Surf / Sea State: river chop Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: sunny and warm Max Speed: 26.16 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 41 miles (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Thursday 23rd September - Windsurf **** Levington Marina on the Rive Orwell
– sunny and warm:).
Foil – 20.14 knot max, 18.97 knot ave ., 10.38 knot hour, 16.69 knot
mile, 44.22 km., 13.54 knot alpha.
Exocet RF AST 91 with Slingshot Hover Glide 76 with Tushingham Lightning
7m.
Fin – 26.16 knot max, 22.99 knot ave ., 9.65 knot hour, 17.98 knot mile,
21.59 km., 16.72 knot alpha.
F2 Zantos 295 with 36 fin and Tushingham Lightning 7m.
Have been looking forward to today for several days now, breezy and sunny,
the first proper wind for ages. The direction was going to cause a problem,
westerly but maybe turning NW so I decided to take a chance and head to the
River Orwell at Levington as west is ideal there and hope it did not go too
north, in fact the main direction today was probably WNW but had everything
between W to NW! which proved OK:) I was expecting a few other sailors but,
in the end, had the whole river to myself as the others went over to the
Stour, I think? I arrived around 9.30 with plenty of water and a good
breeze so quickly set up my foil board and took a chance with 7m which
proved OK for most of the session, you never have the right sail for the
whole session on the river as the wind is gusty. Although it was sunny and
warm, I went with my full autumn wetsuit which was perfect as I waded the
short distance out to the marina entrance channel and was soon flying down
towards Felixstowe docks, as there was a touch of north in the wind the
water was not as flat as if it had been due west but I was surprised to
brake 20 knots and very nearly got a 19-knot average. It was great fun
buzzing the many yachts out, you can creep up on them and surprise them but
they were all very friendly:) I had some fun gybing which is improving
slowly, just need a few sessions here with the wind in the west! You could
fly the whole length of the river on many runs with some really big gusts
coming through but the old 7m Lightning handles them well, it is on its
last legs so am looking for a replacement! With a coaster heading to
Ipswich I stopped by a lovely old yacht moored by the creek entrance down
towards the docks to take a few pics! Then with the tide pretty high, the
wind picked up as did the swell so I decided to head back but not before a
few good runs in the flat water opposite the marina with some good gybes
too:) I was going to stop for lunch but decided to quickly try my fin board
before the tide turned. I had an hour on my new Zantos 295 with the 7m
still running down the big swell sailing in between the moored boats. I was
pleased to hit 26 knot max but was losing too much ground by bearing off so
had to beat back. I had some fun gybing but it was hard work staying upwind
now the tide had turned so decided to call it a day, lucky as the wind was
also dropping! So really enjoyed my day out on the Orwell on both the foil
and fin, then the top shower with only a 6 mile drive home – win win :)
Maybe a foiling day tomorrow, finger crossed!
PS - my 3rd fastest foil average ever :)
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I was wondering if you would like to take a minute to vote for my pic in
this years Felixstowe Photo Competition. My picture is FFF in the seashore
section – all votes are greatly appreciated:)
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