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Member#: 602 Location: Herefordshire Registered: 22-03-2004 Diary Entries: 8
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28th September 2021
Windsurfing: The Manor-Felixstowe Wind Direction: SW Wind Stength: 18/22 Surf / Sea State: lumpy mess Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: sunshine and showers Max Speed: 24.16 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 30.25 mile (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Tuesday 28th September - Windsurf **** The Manor at Felixstowe – sunny
periods and showers.
Fin – 24.16 knot max, 22.95 knot ave ., 16.57 knot hour, 21.85 knot mile,
48.57 km., 14.51 knot alpha.
F2 282 Ride with Tushingham Lightning 7m and 36 fin.
The wind just keeps blowing with days and days more to come, the only shame
being the tides are limiting our venue choice a little. Not keen to travel
too far with all the trouble getting fuel! The direction today was SW and
low water just past 10 the same sailors from yesterday were heading to The
Manor at Felixstowe so after doing my exercises I headed down taking Mag
with me so she could walk home, managing to park in Squiz Lane:) The clouds
were clearing now with the sun making an appearance, there was over 20
knots of wind on the guage and the sea looking lumpy I decided to fin again
for the second day running. Of the other three sailors a few groynes up,
one was on the fin while two were foiling although I think everyone ended
on the fin in the end. I was hoping to visit an old friend this afternoon
so it was quicker to set up my fin, using my favourite F2 Ride 282 today
and took a chance with my Lightning 7m but to be far my 6.5 would have been
a better choice especially with the sea for the best part being a lumpy
mess! As usual when I sail here, I set off to sail the mile and a half out
to Wadgate post where the sea was really big so going fast was out of the
question today but still managed an OK hour. The Manor break started to
work, a really nice area of shallow water out by Wadgate with waves and a
large section of smooth water, always nice to sail in:) I sailed out to say
hello to the only yacht I saw out sailing in the challenging conditions and
on my 8th run out I went for a fast mile but it was knackering on the back
leg not helped by the messy sea. I headed back for a snack, took some pics
and had one last run out to make 30 miles for the session before heading
home with plenty of time to shower and get ready for an afternoon out.
Tomorrow there is a fresh breeze forecast but maybe too much North in it,
our go to venue for this direction high water is probably too late so might
take a chance with Levington again, at least I can get a hot shower
after:)
Photo Album Here
I was wondering if you would like to take a minute to vote for my pic in
this year’s Felixstowe Photo Competition. My picture is FFF in the
seashore section – all votes are greatly appreciated:)
Felixstowe photo competition – vote
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