Dinghy Sailing - It can make you go blind.

Floaters, ignoring the obvious connotation we all have from time to time, there's just a greater incidence now, what happened to me was during a fairly windy race and I was a bit stressed, even shouted rude words at a lass in a 470 when she sailed over the top of me in very windy gusty conditions I seem to recall which is un characteristic, (not the shouting, the word I used).

I'd got what I can best describe as mini lightning flashes going on in my right eye and they wouldn't go away as I strained to check the mark to see if I was on the layline and it happened just as she came past. That must have been the moment of initial detachment or the beginning of what followed which can best be described if you are contact lens wearer as the continued sensation of having bits of broken soft contact lens hanging around in your eye.

Naturally as I do with most things I ignored it until it became clear it wasn't going to go away and now I know. It's depressing in that it is the age relatedness of it and the being told to slow down, no exercise, which in previous experience of stuff going wrong with you rarely helps.

So I am I guess looking for 2nd opinions and scouring t'internet. I shall still go out if it's light, but windy day stuff is clearly beyond me for a while and what caused the problem in the first place, or go back to crewed boats, where the humping and windy stuff is easier and shared.

 

Mind you, staring at a computer screen with a slight smile, waiting for forum trolls to take the bait is DEFINITELY bad for the eyes

 

Take care xxx