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The forecast was always a bit miserable with rain and cold so when I arrived at the Dip at 10ish with the tide high and rain I wasn't in any hurry to get out after last Sundays sail in the cold - not much fun and also we have had a little bump in our lovely camper so am a bit fed up :( I had a nice cup of coffee in Roger Vickers campervan and a nice chat with several sailors :) Then Neil Hurrell and Steve Carter were brave enough to rig 6m and go out but although they said it was good I wasn't convinced so watched the action from the comfort of my van.As the tide dropped and the rain stopped I decided to give it ago, I didn't really want to rig a fully cammed sail but have no choice with my 6.6 needing a repair so went for the 7m ,nearly a metre bigger than most but it was fine and was never once overpowdered !!! Things were slow to start but with the tide dropping there was a short section of flatish water over by the River Deben :) you could sail slow in the really rough bit and then bear off toweards the shingle bar and it was really good fun,the sun even managed to show it's face in the end - so not a bad day in the end :)

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Possibly my fastest session at Brog on big kit!

Approx. 3.5 hours sailing and over 80 km.

RRD X-Fire Ltd V6 (122L), Neil Pryde RS:Racing Evo V (8.6m), F-Hot S3 43cm