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What a top month July has been for windsurfing with 14 sessions breaking 20 kts 9 times and covering approx.270 n/miles !!! . Three sessions stand out - a top day when I windsurfed around Hayling, a top day in the Solent sailing to the Isle of Wight and a top day at Felixstowe covering 43 n/miles including a 17 kt hour - not bad for bumpy Felixstowe :)

Back to today, didn't get back from work until gone 4 :( and I think the wind had been blowing well most of the afternoon, by the time I got to The Dip Mark Smalling had already rigged 6.6 but the wind had dropped so had gone with 7.8 and with wind gusting go 22 mph rigged my 7.8 and took my 133 to the water. By the time I had my suit on the wind had dropped again :( I decided to try the sail but on the 147 lt and I was way under powdered and after a couple of runs and with Mark rigging 8.7 I came ashore and rigged 9.4. This is the first time I have used the big sail on this board in the sea and it worked fine :) There was only about 10 mph on the water and you had to flounder out, if you tryed to plan you lost too much down wind, I sailed out through the bumpy water by the red and white bouys before turning and you could plane back to the beach by running down the waves. So it was a 1 star evening sailing out and a 3 star session on the return to the beach - still a good windsurfing month :)