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1st July 2023
Windsurfing: Levington Wind Direction: W Wind Stength: 10/20 Surf / Sea State: river chop Air Temperature: 20 Sea Temperature: Weather: sunny periods Max Speed: 19.56 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 41.50 mile (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Saturday 1st July - Windsurf **** River Orwell at Levington - sunny
periods.
Foil - 19.56 knot max, 18.03 knot ave, 10.61 knot hour, 15.22 knot mile,
66.71 km., 14.03 knot alpha.
Starboard Freeride 150 and a Evolution Freeride foil with a Sailworks Retro
7.5.
July started well for me and I got three more covers on some local
magazines including Spotlight on Felixstowe and a couple of In Touch mags.
We now have a run of westerly winds so I was keen to get out on the River
Orwell at Levington, sadly the Landguard weather station (HHA) is down so
was not sure what the wind was doing but went anyway dropping Mag off on
the way for her daily walk. Arrived at the Marina at 9.10 and the light
rain had moved away but there was a stormy looking sky over Felixstowe as a
huge container ship docked at the last berth and two ferries were heading
out of Harwich:) With high tide at 10.38 there was plenty of water nut the
wind looked fairly light so set up my foil and rigged the 7.5 which was OK,
as always when river sailing the wind strength can vary a lot, today
between 10 and 20 knots! The strongest wind was on the corner, over at
times but heading down to Felixstowe docks the bigger sail keep me flying,
although there was some slogging waiting for a gust. I am not keen on
foiling with a big heady rig but I lasted over 4 hours covering 41 miles, I
am now absolutely knackered! It was great fun buzzing the many yachts,
there was also a couple of coasters to avoid and it was pleasant when the
sun was out. Gybing with the big sail was OK and for a lot of the session
the tide was going out but I had no problem getting back to the marina!
With the tide dropping I decided to call it a day and landed by the marina
entrance and discovered my board bag had blown away somewhere into the
marina, fingers crossed Jamie will find it on Monday! Pack up, shower and
home for a cuppa before we have a quick trip to Lidl. Might have another
session tomorrow as we are with our Granddaughter on Monday!
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