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Member#: 145 Location: South Somerset Registered: 20-02-2003 Diary Entries: 17
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16th May 2022
Windsurfing: The Dip-Felixstowe Wind Direction: W to SW Wind Stength: 12/20 Surf / Sea State: flat Air Temperature: 21 Sea Temperature: Weather: cloudy start then sunny and warm Max Speed: 21.19 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 26.50 mile (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Monday 16th May - Windsurf ***** The Dip, Felixstowe to Woodbridge –
sunny periods.
Fin – 21.19 knot max, 18.17 knot ave., 7.34 knot hour, 15.66 knot mile,
42.62 km., 7.85 knot alpha.
Fanatic Cat with Tushingham Lightning 8.5m and 39 fin.
As I am still waiting for my new foiling kit to arrive it gave me another
chance to take my much-loved Fanatic Longboard out for an adventure:) The
tide and wind direction combined to make ideal conditions for a trip up the
River Deben to Woodbridge. With the wind between W and SW gusting to 20
knots, with high water at Woodbridge at 1.18 it gave me time to do my
exercises in the garden as the breeze filled in. I arrived at my start
point, The Dip around 11, still pretty gloomy with the wind well off but
looked good to go. Longboard quickly on the beach as there was not much
showing and rigged my 8.5 once again. I set off with a full range of safety
equipment, Mobil phone, yhf radio, a rucksack of spares and snacks. It was
a wobbly run to the River Deben and a incoming yacht got fairly close but I
made it to the flatter water and managed to stay pretty much on the same
tack the whole way. First stop Ramsholt for the for selfie of the day
before continuing past the Rocks to Waldringfield for yet more photos. Past
Kyson Point, snicking through a shallow channel shortcut and was soon at
Woodbridge, stopping just short of the famous tide mill to more pics and my
snack. It was very near high water when I arrived but the tide was still
coming in but there was enough wind to make against it and it had turned by
the time, I approached Ramshot and the clouds broke and I was treated to
another amazing big Suffolk sky, just stunning. You forget what fun
longboard sailing is especially on somewhere as beautiful as the Deben :) I
was gradually increasing my speeds by bearing off in a few gusts but still
needed the track forward with some plate too. I was hoping for some better
speeds on the last long straight leading to Bawdsey and my best speeds were
through the moorings near Felixstowe Ferry. I landed on Bawdsey beach for
my last selfie of the day with the skies back up river amazing:) I made the
most of the better winds here by sailing back up river a couple of times
for some fast reaching and broke 21 knots for the second session in a row.
I then decided to brave sailing around the corner past Felixstowe Ferry SC
where the wind is very patchy and the tide very strong. As it was going out
fast, I had no problem and instead of following the river I veered left of
the shingle bank. After a lumpy section it calmed down and I tacked by the
red and white bouy, making The Dip in one tack. I had been on the water 3
hours 30 minutes covering 26 miles and was pretty knackered but worth every
aching muscle :) Not looking windy for the rest of the week but maybe
reaching 26 degrees tomorrow so I can relax in the sun and recovered:)
PS – the day started well as I got a big pic of the old boats taken at
Pin Mill last week in the local paper :)
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