Team East (Engl-E, Great Britain) - 2017-04-18
Sailor 2 Second Peak (Kts)5 x 10 Second Average (Kts)1 Hour (Kts)Alpha Racing 500m (Kts)Nautical Mile (Kts)Distance Travelled (km)
Stephen Squirrell
24.06(D)
22.05(D)
9.12(D)
12.86(D)
20.26(D)
18.56(D)
Ian Richards
Peter Cutts
Lance Newbery
Ben Tilston
Hotdog
Jamie Bore
Tris Haskins
Rik Jones
benno
Will Trossell
Steve Carter
Trollope
Whitey
plum
matty
Ant
Venga Boy
tccambs
Killer Miller
Alex Lewin
Lewis Limm
Average
Stephen Squirrell (34966km):
2537 days ago
1 categories

The wind was in the North when I checked this morning and cold only 7 degrees so after breakfast took a chance heading over to the River Stour at Bradfield. I didn't fancy an open sea session at Felixstowe probably by myself that’s if the wind did turn to a sailable NE later. I arrived at Bradfield at about midday and was impressed with the recently tarmaced road:) The tide was still a long way out but with the wind onshore it looked flat, a better option would have been Wrabness with the wind more side shore and a shorter walk to deeper water. Still I was here now so rigged 7.8 on the 133 hoping that would be enough. I had my full winter wetsuit but with no one to do the back-shoulder zip up I couldn't use it:( It was a long walk out through deep mud to deep water and the wind had gone lighter, it did fill in a little and I manged to beat away from the shore. You could sail long runs to Wrabness a beat with a reach back, the water was very lumpy and the wind very gusty but I did manage to plan for over a mile on one run when I used the gusts and ran down the back of the swell to keep going. The main plus about sailing here today was you were rarely out of your depth a real bonus as it was cold especially on the hands. After a couple of hours, I headed back to the van for a sandwich just as Keith from Point Clear and the sailor in the Brazilian VW camper (sorry I don't know your name) arrived. The wind seemed to have dropped they rigged 8.4 and 7m, I had another try but failed to get going so called it a day with the other two only planning in patches:( On arriving back at The Dip the wind had turned NE so could have sailed but there was no one out:(



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