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    Posted: 07 Apr 14 at 1:26pm
Well if you must damage yourself Lionel, October is far better timing than March.

From the dangerous position of no medical knowledge whatsoever, I'd suggest

  1. Choose your day, I'd be more wary of launching into an easterly surf than an offshore
  2. Strap it up
  3. Make that crew of yours do all the hard hiking!
  4. You are hereby exempted from more than a derisory effort when it comes to moving boats up or down the massive Porthpean slope (or the beach)
  5. Exaggerate the limp after sailing, to reinforce point 4 to all
  6. Gardening, hoovering and other silly pastimes are forbidden
  7. On days you feel sailing would be too risky, do someone's duty and free them to sail - but letting them know they will owe you one (but take extreme care getting into the RIB)
Get well soon

And if all else fails, you could always nip around the corner and get a ride in a Troy

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Ha ha Clive.  Even at 67, I'm still far too young for a Troy but points 3,4 & 5 are all very valid, yes I like them.  In fact all those suggestions seem fine to me.  I am hoping to go out this Wednesday for my first sail.  The wind looks like a nice 9-10 knot westerly, so a nice flat sea and some longish reaches sound just fine.  For anyone else interested, my boat in question is a Tasar, so quite light, quite fast, very comfortable and stable.  In fact a Tasar has all the ingredients necessary for a life at Porthpean
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The great thing is that you feel like sailing. I had a week in hospital about a month ago and came out fixed but with gout (from blood thinning drugs?), a painful arm from stent insertion and three different colds in succession. I have sorted my boat ready to go but some how I just don't feel like it until the weather warms up a bit.
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Bird breeding season has never fitted in so well, I don't think I would have been as long suffering and calm if everybody else was out sailing and I was watching, amazing the way my recovery and the 1st. May coincides!!!???? Still back to the stretching.
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Originally posted by transient

Originally posted by laser193713

Is this not the sort of question you should be asking a doctor, not a load of people you don't know on the internet!?  Ouch


........no wonder so many people lurk

That wasn't intended to sound like a cheap answer! People react to recovery in very different ways. I just don't think this is the kind of question I would ask any of you, no offense. Good to share stories though as is being done, however let the professionals get you back on the water safely, not us idiots  LOL
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Originally posted by laser193713

... however let the professionals get you back on the water safely, not us idiots  LOL

given the reputation of the NHS in some parts, think I'll stick with the idiots thanks.  Wink LOL
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You know what I meant! A good private sports physio is hard to beat!
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Originally posted by fab100

  1. Make that crew of yours do all the hard hiking!
  2. You are hereby exempted from more than a derisory effort when it comes to moving boats up or down the massive Porthpean slope (or the beach)
  3. Exaggerate the limp after sailing, to reinforce point 4 to all

Clive 


Ahem! 'That crew' of his also lurks Clive! Tongue I shall warn everyone else to be on the lookout for exaggerated limping too!   
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porthpean really could do with a "boat escalator"
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Originally posted by Father Jack

Originally posted by fab100

  1. Make that crew of yours do all the hard hiking!
  2. You are hereby exempted from more than a derisory effort when it comes to moving boats up or down the massive Porthpean slope (or the beach)
  3. Exaggerate the limp after sailing, to reinforce point 4 to all

Clive 


Ahem! 'That crew' of his also lurks Clive! Tongue I shall warn everyone else to be on the lookout for exaggerated limping too!   

I was relying on it, Ken!
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