Sunday 12th December - Windsurf * River Orwell at Levington – Lovely sunny morning but clouding over in the afternoon.

Foil – 17.75 knot max, 15.95 knot ave., 1.98 knot hour, 11.38 knot mile, 13.84 km., 13.75 knot alpha.

Exocet RF AST 91 with Slingshot Hover Glide 76 with Tushingham Lightning 7.8m.

After a run of cold days, we have a few days of much milder weather with the possibility of a little breeze the only downside being not a great tide at my go to winter venue Levington. It was a lovely start with a sunny morning and with the breeze increasing slightly I headed over to the marina arriving at 10.15 and was surprised just how low the river was considering it was not low water until around midday, did not look like much wind either:( So relaxed in the sun enjoying the view with my camera until Robert turned up. We were in no hurry to go out as looked very light so waited until the tide turned and then decided to give it a go as we were there so set up our foil boards then I rigged 7.8 while lighter Robert went for his 7.5 and to be honest apart from a few gusts it was nowhere near big enough but Robert had some nice runs. With the tide at its lowest point, you can easily launch by the wall to the marina entrance, sadly we both got some mud on our booms which was a pain! With the breeze WSW you could sail straight out of the marina channel to the deep water and then we spent an hour and a half searching for a gust, sadly the sun had now gone, the only thing to get cold was my feet! With the wind all but gone it was time to call it a day and head in, pack up shower and home, not great but at least we got out, the highlight being the large number of geese down by Trimley Marshes, perhaps it might be worth another look tomorrow but not looking great!

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