Session Details

Thursday 6th August – Windsurf *** River Orwell at Levington – sunny periods and hot

Foil – 19.42 knot max, 17.83 knot ave., 7.34 knot hour, 14.88 knot mile, 33.36 km., 13.63 knot alpha.  

Starboard Freeride 150 and a Tushingham Bolt 6.50m.

After a good session at The Manor in Felixstowe yesterday the wind has turned wnw today meaning a trip to Levington and with low water at 11 my plan was to head over to the marina early arriving at 8.15, Mag came so she could walk here and we took breakfast :) We parked and were greeted by an unusual site as half a dozen motor cruisers were making their way up river from Felixstowe docks. The tide was dropping so after setting up my board I placed it by the marina entrance and it looked breezy enough for my 6.5 which I rigged. I ate half my breakfast but I am not good eating early so left it for later and headed out sailing straight out of the marina entrance and was soon up and flying in a good breeze, the wnw wind is cross off meaning the best wind is probably on the corner which is where I spent a lot of the session, heading further down the river a few times but you lost the wind. Once again it turned into a gybe feast doing 45 today and not going in the river once :)  It was nice to be out with several yachts from the Netherlands and Germany, also the East Anglian dinghies were also out taking kids for a trip on the River! I had no trouble making it back upwind even during the lulls when I couldn’t get flying and I did quite a lot of tacking as the runs were short. I had been out well over two hours so I decided to call it a day and flow in up the marina channel with the tide probably at its lowest just as Mag got back from her 4 mile walk up and around Levington Creek. I finished my breakfast then walked for a shower before having a cuppa with Mag with some yummy Lidl bread sticks before packing up and heading for home!

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