A healthy dose of humble pie.....

Originally posted by Neal_g you got beat off Dan!!! must be all that chatting to lycra clad, SPD wearing road cyclists on a sunday that caused that

That, & God punishing me for riding a road bike, sailing a dinghy on a lake, using a stand up paddle board, self destructing in all manner of ways...

I shall turn up next week and put him back where he belongs some way over my shoulder way down the clew...

Defi Wind an extension of the old North One Hour classic we used to run for meatheads that can't think, Speedsailors love it. Unfortunately we don't quite have the reliability of the Mistral (the French wind) with which to guarantee the annual participation.

There was a year the Hayling event had that sort of wind, but it's very unusual, particularly at that time of year.

And anyway you'd fall off at the gybe and get in everyones ways, probably be fin slashed to death and I'd get the blame for encouraging you.

Originally posted by Neptune Originally posted by iGRF That's not a race, it's a muppet dash out to a buoy and back, no upwind, no downwind, no tacking, one gybe... Perfect for a windsurfer then... or perhaps even a kite board!

That's not a race, it's a muppet dash out to a buoy and back, no upwind, no downwind, no tacking, one gybe...

A lottery as to wether you get knocked off in the melee to clear the beach..

Having said that I did do it once and proved the total superiority of the longboard over boards with just fins, but honestly it's a victory not even worth the taking, I couldn't do it to even you....

Windsurfing's the real world, got to encourage youngsters..

All I do is set the bar, take the piss if they can't jump it, but you have to acknowledge it when they do..

It's your turn now..