Stephen Squirrell (34966km):
3480 days ago  Woke to rain so not in any hurry to get down but at about 11:30 the sun came out but when I checked the wind it was wsw - off at The Dip and Landguard. I checked The Dip first, no good then on to The Fludgers (not my favourite spot) where the Hurrells were in force rigging 6.5/7m but there was no parking so went and looked at Landguard but there were fishermen in both the groynes and the wind was cross off. David Coles had arrived by then and we agreed that the Fludgers was the best bet if we could park. We both managed to squeeze into a space and then it was trying to work out what sail ??? with my 7m dead :( it was 6.4 or 7.8 - it didn't look windy enough for the small sail so rigged big and it was okay until the wind freshened later !!! I spent most of the session beating up to the Manor end which was okay but again the sea was really lumpy :( I thought I would have some fun sailing back broad but the wind had picked up and trying to sail fast in this messy sea was challanging !!! My boom was too low to sail broad at first but moved it up a bit which was better but still over powdered with sailors at The Fludgers now on 6m !!! So I called it a day when I got back as couldn't be bothered to rig another sail and I really need a rotaional sail of 6.5 for bumpy Felixtowe - must check ebay. There were at least 12 out enjoying the wind if not the bumps - not a bad day in the sun again.
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