Sunday 13th - Windsurf **** River Orwell at Levington – mainly cloudy.

Foil – 18.04 knot max, 16.96 knot ave ., 11.13 knot hour, 13.65 knot mile , 35.60 km ., 14.22 knot alpha.

Exocet RF AST 91 with Slingshot Hover Glide 76 with Tushingham Thunderbird 6.5m.

The wind just keeps blowing with this being my 4th session this week and with the wind mainly from the south it meant loads of short runs and have never gybed so much, getting on for 400 so am now officially knackered but it has improved my turning skills, well most of the time:) With low water at 1.12 I arranged to meet fellow foiler Robert who has been away for the week canal walking at 9.30 having found the glove I lost yesterday on the way home! There was loads of water with even some glimpse of sunshine with the forecast rain not arriving until I got home at 1.30! With a couple of fingers playing up in my right hand I did not want to rig big and there looked enough breeze to go for my 6.5 again with lighter Robert rigging his 6m. It proved OK until the end of the session when the wind went a little patchy but I had been out over two hours by then so it was time to call it a day! After a dodgy start dropping in quickly I sorted it out as I beat down river towards the docks which was slow going upwind as the runs were fairly short and as I was gybing both ends I was not making much ground but it does not matter as getting the gybes sorted is the main aim! Nothing over fast today again as southerly seems to be a slow direction as a good swell was running as wind against tide, I tried pushing it a few times and eventually broke 18 knots but went in a couple of times when I breached! Hopefully a few days off before a run of easterlies later in the week when both Levington and Bradfield are sailable! Packed up, shower and home for lunch with Mag who had been busy in the garden:)

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