Windsurfing

[Hawkeye]

Shit. I think I need to get the board and Tiger out of mothballs. Those pics have stirred up the memories..

[spudchucka]

Definitely need booties though! There are shefish called "razor fish". Imagine a scallop embedded in rock on it's side. Slices staight to the bone.

One of the worst experiences I've had windsurfing was at Bailey Road in taranaki. The wind had been cranking, some mates and I had a great time for a few hours. The wind started to drop and I ended up wallowing around for about an hour trying to get back to shore. I ended up about half a Km down wind and had to carry my gear back over boulders and through rock pools. By the time I got back to my car I had dozens of Kina spines broken off in the soles of my feet. After the three hour drive home I found that they had already become infected and my feet were swelling up like balloons. My wife spent the next few days picking out the spines and squeezing out massive volumes of puss. I could hardly even stand for the next three or four days. I'd never sail in a rocky area again without boots on after that.

[dnos]

Wow, there are a bunch of ppl on here into it eh. I kept looking out the window yesterday it was nice and windy up here, but i have to stop myself going out when i have the flu - cos it really wasn't a good idea last time.
I can't wait til daylight saving begins so i can get some afternoon sessions in.

[Whynot]

dam, all this talking about dinghy racing makes me want to get back into it .....
used to race one of these a few years ago
in fact i think we beat these guys a couple of times

[Hillbilly]

[QUOTE=spudchucka;750019] The wind started to drop and I ended up wallowing around for about an hour trying to get back to shore. QUOTE]

Had that happen too. My mate and I were 3/4 across Lake Macquarie and the wind dropped. Lake Macquarie is a salt water inlet 4 times the size of Sydney Harbour. There aren't any beaches either. So we had to swim for 2 hrs with our gear in tow right on dusk. We never saw any sharks even though there are supposed to be Bull Sharks in the lake.