BurbleChaz

There was no bloggage yesterday. You can either do stuff, or you can write about it. Yesterday was firmly on the 'doing stuff' side.

After a breakfast (without doughnut) we went to the beach and grabbed a catamaran. There wind was light and offshore. Since the shore is a mountain, this led to frustrating gusty sailing. Still, lots of fun. It was good just to sail a fast boat again.

When Other People had had enough, I went and had a chat with the windsurfing instructor. He gave me another beginner board and a slightly bigger sail - 4.5sq m. I had a happy time with this. Controlled stepping off into the shallows does not constitute a splosh, no matter what Some People say. I didn't fall off at all.

I am starting to get the hang of it. I can usually make the board point where I want, and can turn it around. For some reason all the best gusts happened while I was storming towards the beach. I didn't actually impale any toddlers, but I could have done.

Windsurfer. With neither wind nor surf.

Next, we kitted up for sea and headed down to the marina. After the usual faffing with wetsuit and fin selection, on to the boat and off to reef. This will get blogged when we have the pictures back. Brief overview:

• Fish!
• Even in the tropics, you should dress up warmly
• Fish!
• It is possible to swim slower with fins than without.
• Fish!
• Man Overboard (for exercise)
• Fish!