Thursday 19th  October  – Windsurf ** River Orwell at Levington Marina  –  mainly cloudy.

Foil – 18.62 knot max, 16.52 knot ave, 4.37 knot hour, 15.70 knot mile, 23.24 km., 11.41 knot alpha.

Starboard Freeride 150 and a Evolution Freeride foil with a Tushingham Storm 6.5 and Retro 7.5.

After missing the last couple of days windsurfing due to our van being in the garage fir a service/mot, several things were picked up and we got quite a big bill but our beloved VW has done nearly 160,000 miles now and is worth every penny! After heading to the nurse for a shingles jab I was keen to get out today even if ther forecast was not great with only marginal winds with rain. Its getting to the time of year when I am not overly keen on open sea sailing so I headed over to Levington to check out the conditions. I arrived around 12 with plenty of water and enough breeze to tempt me into rigging 6.5, sadly that was no way big enough so came in to change to 7.5. I spent ages sailing across the corner waiting for a gust, I got flying in patches but it was not helped by a strong incoming tide! I am not keen on big sail foiling so might be more choosy on the conditions I sail in over the winter, it is heavy in the hands and a pain to gybe. So a pretty crap session but at least it did not rain and the highlight was a fly past by a large number of geese! Tomorrow is looking like a complete washout!!!!

PS – was pleased to get a bike on the BBC weather at lunchtime, been a good month so far:)

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