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> What with winter nearly upon us and the autumn gales wipping up 30 knt
> winds week in week out, sea temperatures plummeting, our local council
> have decided, once out, we stay out.

> And Maui sailors think they have it tough!

> http://SportToday.org/

> Jesus, that article is SO maddening !   Making it law that windsurfers
> must stay at least 200m away from the beach so that they will not hit
> swimmers.

> Questions:

> 1.  Exactly how many swimmers have we hit in the last 30 years ?
> *** all I'd guess.
> 2. How many swimers are going to be in the water when the conditions
> are right for good sailing (25+ knot winds).  Not ***y many.  Even
> the surfers will be in the bar.

> Keep fighting the good fight guys.  This is *not* a dangerous sport.
> We need to make sure people see the differene between windsurfers and
> Jet-skis.

> John.

> > What with winter nearly upon us and the autumn gales wipping up 30 knt
> > winds week in week out, sea temperatures plummeting, our local council
> > have decided, once out, we stay out.

> > And Maui sailors think they have it tough!

> > http://SportToday.org/

> Any specific examples where you have saved swimmers?  In Charleston, SC (US)
> I reckon the authorities have come to rely on windsurfers to watch out for
> drifting swimmers at a place called Sullivans Island. My friends and I saved
> a family of three getting swept out to sea several years ago.

> Alan

> --
> Windsurfing Club: http://SportToday.org/

> > Jesus, that article is SO maddening !   Making it law that windsurfers
> > must stay at least 200m away from the beach so that they will not hit
> > swimmers.

> > Questions:

> > 1.  Exactly how many swimmers have we hit in the last 30 years ?
> > *** all I'd guess.
> > 2. How many swimers are going to be in the water when the conditions
> > are right for good sailing (25+ knot winds).  Not ***y many.  Even
> > the surfers will be in the bar.

> > Keep fighting the good fight guys.  This is *not* a dangerous sport.
> > We need to make sure people see the differene between windsurfers and
> > Jet-skis.

> > John.

> > > What with winter nearly upon us and the autumn gales wipping up 30 knt
> > > winds week in week out, sea temperatures plummeting, our local council
> > > have decided, once out, we stay out.

> > > And Maui sailors think they have it tough!

> > > http://SportToday.org/

> I reckon the authorities have come to rely on windsurfers to watch out for
> drifting swimmers at a place called Sullivans Island. My friends and I saved
> a family of three getting swept out to sea several years ago.

> Alan

> --
> Windsurfing Club: http://SportToday.org/

> > Jesus, that article is SO maddening !   Making it law that windsurfers
> > must stay at least 200m away from the beach so that they will not hit
> > swimmers.

> > Questions:

> > 1.  Exactly how many swimmers have we hit in the last 30 years ?
> > *** all I'd guess.
> > 2. How many swimers are going to be in the water when the conditions
> > are right for good sailing (25+ knot winds).  Not ***y many.  Even
> > the surfers will be in the bar.

> > Keep fighting the good fight guys.  This is *not* a dangerous sport.
> > We need to make sure people see the differene between windsurfers and
> > Jet-skis.

> > John.

> > > What with winter nearly upon us and the autumn gales wipping up 30 knt
> > > winds week in week out, sea temperatures plummeting, our local council
> > > have decided, once out, we stay out.

> > > And Maui sailors think they have it tough!

> > > http://SportToday.org/

> How many people swim off Brighton in the winter?

> > How many people swim off Brighton in the winter?

> Apart from some headbangers who go out on New Years day as a ritual I'd
> imagine the figure is zero.

> I want to know how many swimmers brave the shorebreak when it's blowing?

> Pete