It was a beautiful sunny afternoon on Friday so I decided to drive home from town via Silverknowes and look out over the bay. There was a strong North-Easter piling the waves in from the North Sea. In amongst the white horses there were three wind-surfers and a kite-surfer.
Although I had seen kite-surfers before (on Lake Geneva in September 2006) they had been far off in the distance. This one was very close, and looking down from the hillside gave me a wonderful view.
The photo above shows the surfer creaming along across the wind. But I was amazed to to see that at the end of each run he was able to maneuver the kite to lift him right out of the water, as you can see in the photo below.
I only watched for 10 minutes or so, but it certainly brought back my enthusiasm for sailing again. It's a pity I'm so busy I hardly have time to Blog, never mind sailing or golfing!
you will burn out, m'dear... go play some golf and get yerself off sailing, pronto!! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm working on it - definitely! This level is OK for now - but not for long! Conference soon - I'll get a rest - if my next and last essay is finished by then!
ReplyDeleteGood to see you'r keeping busy. Your boss deserves praise. At the first look I thought it was you wind surfing, but on reading the acount I realised you wished it was you.
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