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Member#: 6644 Location: Registered: 27-05-2007 Diary Entries: 3082
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30th June 2023
Windsurfing: The Manor-Felixstowe Wind Direction: SW Wind Stength: 20/25 Surf / Sea State: lumpy mess Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: cloudy Max Speed: 27.43 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 22.75 mile (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Tuesday 30th June - Windsurf *** The Manor at Felixstowe - cloudy.
Fin - 27.43 knot max, 26.98 knot ave (year PB), 13.32 knot hour, 22.73 knot
mile (year PB), 36.51 km., 13.50 knot alpha.
F2 282 Ride with Tushingham Thunderbird 6.5m and 36 fin.
Today is the start of a run of breezy weather and I was keen to get out for
my 10th session of the year, my best month so far this year before the wind
goes offshore and I will have to head to the River Orwell. With light winds
in the morning I had plenty of time to do my exercises in the back garden,
the sun was out in the morning, it only clouded over as the wind kicked
in:( With the wind SW the Manor was the only option at Felixstowe today
were a few were heading down, I arrived at Squiz Lane with Mag around two
so she could walk home and it did not look that great as the wind was
pretty offshore and looked gusty on the water. I walked up to the Manor car
park but no one had arrived so I waited, Ian, Chris, Peter and Robert
arrived and the wind picked up and was now along the beach so I returned to
my van to set up. The F2 ride 282 and 6.5 were soon on the beach although I
soon found out I could have used 5.6 especially with the sea being a big
lumpy mess:( You were sailing out straight into steep waves making it not
very pleasant, coming in was fractionally better but going fast was
challenging especially being overpowered a lot of the time but I was very
pleased with a year?s best mile and average, not bad considering the
terrible sea conditions. So not my best ever session but loved going board
as often as I dared the the fast mile was great, hopefully will get some
sunshine and calmer conditions on the Orwell tomorrow, fingers crossed!
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