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5th April 2022
Windsurfing: Levington Wind Direction: WNW Wind Stength: 15/25 Surf / Sea State: river chop Air Temperature: 13 Sea Temperature: Weather: Mainly cloudy Max Speed: 18.97 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 33.50 mile (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Tuesday 5th April - Windsurf *** Levington – mainly cloudy.
Foil – 18.97 knot max, 17.47 knot ave., 8.68 knot hour, 14.48 knot mile,
53.74 km., 14.17 knot alpha.
Exocet RF AST 91 with Slingshot Hover Glide 76 with Tushingham Storm 5.2
and Lightning 6.5m.
Back at Levington for the second day running to make the most of a good wnw
breeze, mild too, with high water at 3.12 I had time to do my exercises
arriving at the marina at 11.30. There was plenty of water to launch but
with the wind wnw, a fraction off it was difficult to judge the strength
but with loads of water in the middle I was lured into rigging my 5.2 and
with Robert and Michael about to rig 4.5 I set off as Guinee pig to see how
windy it really was? I know straight away I had rigged too small, which
kind of sums up my day. The others saw me struggling so both upped their
sail choices to 5.2 being lighter than me were flying more. My sail was
fine when the bigger gusts came through and I managed 12 miles with some
nice runs down to Felixstowe docks but it was very up and down and with the
wind in this direction it does seem to chop up the river! Feed up of
floundering I came ashore for a snack and to rig a bigger sail, I choice
6.5 which was OK but felt heavy in the hands and I had a bad day for
gybing, I was getting a few but ended up in the water much more than recent
sessions, definitely felt like a backward step, I think the 5.2 was too
small and the 6.5 too big so if I had rigged 6m from the start I would have
had a better day but I stuck at it for hours covering 33 miles so can’t
have been too bad, shame the sun did not come out much! Another windy day
tomorrow but have a family lunch here at Felixstowe for fish and chips :),
maybe just as well I am missing it as knackered, all that uphauling took
its toll today, fingers crossed I get the sail right next time out!
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