1. Get some transport. My current car won't support the carrying of large board-like objects,being a convertible saloon. Good for some times in one's life, but not all.
2. Acquire some windsurfing buddies. This is because some of them are bound to be better than me, so I can learn from them. In addition, I am sailing as much as possible on the sea, and it's not wise to do that alone. Finally, everything is better shared rather than kept to oneself, except perhaps communicable diseases.
3. Get some new windsurfing equipment. My old board sits forlornly in the garden, acquiring a fine algaeic patina, and providng a wonderful home for spiders in the footstraps. My old mast has now been sawn into three delaminating sections, although it was replaced with a new carbon mast a couple of years ago. In Dahab I've been sailing modern lightweight "wider-style" boards, that are more stable for smaller volume and plane more easily. Time for some of that methinks...
At least the old board and the new mast make an ideal practice set-up. Once I have negotiated space on the lawn, I can practise my tack and gybe footwork. Many thanks to Cribby's online articles by the way, they've added a lot of purpose and structure to things.
