hodgy0_2

I have sailed most of the world major venues in places like Maui, Barbados, South Africa, The Canaries, The Dominican Republic, Spain, and Ireland, Tiree.

With exotic names like Ho’okipa, Spreckelsville, Sotovento, Pozo, Tarifa, White Sands, Cabarete Balephuil Bay and Rhosneigr .

But I have just had a fantastic, world class blast at Sunny Hunny (Hunstanton on the Norfolk coast), blue sky, warm sea and a steady 25 knots

Simply awesome, and that’s the beauty of windsurfing, a good day on the water is as good as anywhere in the world

Anyone else out sailing today?

dpb

Yes was out this morning before it got windy ( 40 mph gusting) on a 4.3 , which i managed to trash , its 10 year if its a day so not too gutted

the ghey boy tea baggers were packing at this stage but id been straight back out there on a 3.7 if id had a 400 mast but have only a 430

Looked ace here , ( Seaford , 500 yards from home )

njkmrs

You will have Matteeboy salivating at this one Hodgy !!!!
Dont think he will respond on NSR tho .
Tried to PM you the other day ,your inbox full or something tho.
Regards

dpb

Are you Peterb or Alistair hodgy ?

i feel for you in that windswept hinterland , i reallly do

hodgy0_2

aren’t they just -- board shorts over a wetsuit, what the fvck is that all about

and today i saw a guy wearing a helmet shaped like a baseball cap (in carbon), have these guys no shame!!!!!

was out on a 4.7, really powered up, and it did get windier, and could easily have changed down to a 4.2, but it was a bit of a "splash and dash" as I needed to be back home by 2pm

yeah the mast size thing is a ****, it is difficult to standardise on one size, I have a 430 that takes me from 4.2 to 6.0 and a 400 for my 3.7

anyway good skills dpb

hodgy0_2

neither of those two -- who are they

yes, how I laughed when my wife suggested we move to Cambridge

east coast slop!!!!

dpb

Just a windsurfing forum i go on ( boards)

It could be cross-off heaven up your end for all i konw

hodgy0_2

actually Hunstanton is not too bad -- port tack which is tough as I much prefer starboard tack, but apart from that quite good, and I can be rigged in 90 mins from leaving the house

but tides are an issue

but the east coast has its fare share of crap -- Frinton being the worst

i grew up sailing Wittering and Hayling, so much better on starboard

is seaford near eastborne?

JackClark

Isn't windsurfing going the way of hanggliding? Just a few old men left doing it.

hodgy0_2

yes pretty much Jack

wierd that it never hit the Ipod generation like Kitesurfing has

maybe the learning curve is too steep for winsurfing

alot of windsurfer have moved across too, I have tried it, but always go back to windsurfing

dpb

Windsurfing is too hard to learn /for the youngsters and often not enough wind ..

The middle aged windsurfer gone bad who's switched to kitesurfing is probably fed up with lack of force 5 on his day off , or more usually turned ghey


FACT

markjmd

iTrader: (11)

I only ever went wind-surfing 2 or 3 times when I was younger, what are the odds that I'll become similarly afflicted?

JackClark

I've only had one go at Hanggliding and loved it, more fun than Paragliding, but then I didn't have to rig the thing and transport it.