17-07-2013, 07:27 AM
(This post was last modified: 17-07-2013, 07:35 AM by Radio Fixer.)
Hi Lawrence
The sea is a 10 min walk away and we have several excellent beaches for windsurfing although some folks sail boats and dinghies from them as well. Have sailed dinghies but unless you race (not on if you are working weekend shifts as I was) there is little to learn on those after you have mastered the basic moves. Windsurfing is so difficult and so advanced that its a lifetime sport ...
Probably getting near the end for me at 74, oldest guy on the beach by a fair way. I have kept going by buying the best technology ... the lightest and easiest everything. Plus a lot of fitness stuff (need to do more with some weights for the arms, why do muscles seem to disappear when you get old?) when the wind don't blow which is most of the time (tell that to the wind farm lovers!). As the years have gone by my wind range has contracted, no longer sail the big blows with tiny boards and sails (the greatest buzz) or the F3 with very big kit and my time on the water has contracted hugely.
Had some wonderful times ... and still love a good day
Gary
The sea is a 10 min walk away and we have several excellent beaches for windsurfing although some folks sail boats and dinghies from them as well. Have sailed dinghies but unless you race (not on if you are working weekend shifts as I was) there is little to learn on those after you have mastered the basic moves. Windsurfing is so difficult and so advanced that its a lifetime sport ...
Probably getting near the end for me at 74, oldest guy on the beach by a fair way. I have kept going by buying the best technology ... the lightest and easiest everything. Plus a lot of fitness stuff (need to do more with some weights for the arms, why do muscles seem to disappear when you get old?) when the wind don't blow which is most of the time (tell that to the wind farm lovers!). As the years have gone by my wind range has contracted, no longer sail the big blows with tiny boards and sails (the greatest buzz) or the F3 with very big kit and my time on the water has contracted hugely.
Had some wonderful times ... and still love a good day
Gary
