Thursday 23rd July- Windsurf **** - The Manor, Felixstowe – sunny periods.

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

Foil – 18.44 knot max, 16.75 knot ave ., 8.65 knot hour, 15.80 knot mile (PB), 38.17 km., 7.55 knot alpha.

The wind Gods keep on giving and we had Felixstowe sailors all over the country, Hastings being the furthest but others at Bradfield, Levington (now open but costs £60 to sail but we can use the showers with the yachtie types), Nacton Shores, Alton Water and Lowestoft! I couldn’t see any point travelling anywhere when The Manor which is a mile and a half from my house works great for foiling So after yesterdays full on session I again agreed to meet Robert who really has caught the foiling bug and is learning in the open sea, good on him, at The Manor again after dinner. I arrived at two and managed to get a parking spot and the wind was a tad stronger today, the side shore SW gusting to 20 knots so went with my 6.5 which was pretty spot on most of the time although it did drop off at the end! I set off from the beach, easy launch here too and I didn’t have to walk far with the tide being high only just turned! I headed off broad again covering three miles quickly downwind in quite a big sea, this is definitely my favourite direction to foil. I have pretty much sussed downwind while upwind is a work in progress but I am working on flying on the beat, not easy when the sea is big but getting there. It was good fun heading back upwind and after bearing off broad to get flying it is amazing the angles you can sail and I am only on a freeride foil! On nearing The Manor I spotted Rob out but the wind was going patchy! Just short of our launching beach I had to tack and head out and had the best run of the day, flat out for two miles in a sea that had gone very smooth, just fantastic getting a PB mile in the progress:) After a few runs out to the Wadgate Post it was time to call it a day as the wind dropped and I had to wobble back, so two great days of foiling! And more wind coming for the weekend!

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