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23rd June 2025 Windsurfing: Levington Wind Direction: WNW Wind Stength: 15/25 Surf / Sea State: river chop and smooth Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: sunny periods Max Speed: 18.60 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 24.50 mile (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise) Monday 23rd June – Windsurf **** River Orwell at Levington – sunny periods and hot. Foil – 18.60 knot max, 17.23 knot ave., 12.66 knot hour, 15.66 knot mile, 39.77 km., 14.94 knot alpha. Starboard Freeride 150 and a Evolution Freeride foil with a Tushingham Storm 5.2. With a good breeze from the west and sunbshine forecast I headed over to Levington arriving at the Marina at 8.40 wanting to get out before the 10.30 high water! The tide was pretty high so I quickly set-up the foil board and with the wind actually blowing wnw a fraction off it is hard to judge the strength but with white water out on the Orwell it looked fairly breezy so took a chance with my 5.2 which proved OK for the two hour session! I was up and flying straight away and with a lot of water in the river there was a good swell running, in fact it is fairly lumpy in this direction which is’nt a problem when foiling! I slowly made my way down to the corner being able to gybe each side of the river where the water was smoother:) I did manage a few longer runs down towards the docks but the better wind was on the corner. I did have to avoid a couple of coasters heading to Ipswich, saw a couple of old barges and a few yachts but generally it was pretty quiet with me being the only foiler out today as most had gone to the River Stour! Nothing fast today because of the swell but some OK mile runs with some cool gybing, getting knackered I decided to head back, there was a large area of floating weed by the launch beach which I had to wade through and I once again upset the Oyster Catcher nesting on a section of old Marina pontoon but I quickly carry my gear past to avoid too much disturbance! Back, shower and home by 12.30 to spend the afternoon with the Granddaughter, the lovely Maeva:) We even go for a nice walk along the prom spotting one of the large painted hares down by the pier! Top day:) Photo Album here |
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