Awesome Day!

Jus came back from an awesome day of sailing...went down to my club to be greeted by 2 knots of winds, left the place with 14 knot gusts;)

Anyways...twin wiring, with a lot of flying...can be amazing fun....not so fun is getting dragged behind the boat when a wave hits and pushes u over....(note to self: need to get shoes)

Speaking of shoes...I seem to have stepped on some barnacles whilst bare foot pulling the hobie up a ramp...and my feet still hurt from the cuts..and so on...They dont seem like deep cuts...but are barnacles at all THAT bad? (ow).

later

The best cure i have found for barnacle cuts is to stay in the salt water, it seems to help them heal faster and keep them from getting sore, but maybe that is just my excuse to stay on the boat longer. btw, where are you sailing out of?

_________________
The pessimist complains about the wind, the optimist expects it to change, the realist adjusts the sails.

I sail out of Oman...

beautiful seas...great beaches...and amazin weather!:) just a little low on the wind side...but still can have its great days....never is it TOO windy to go out:)

The perfect place for a learner...generally not a lot of surf, and decent winds

Sea water has all sorts of nasty critters that can infect your cuts.

Best thing to do is use some antiboitic ointment on them (Neosporin) and cover them for a couple of days with Band-Aids until they seal up. If you go sailing, cover the Band-Aids with duct tape to keep them on and change them when you're done for the day.

I have spent my summers in the sounds of NC for 17 years and in the past ten years or so I have developed a real aversion to wearing shoes, obviously i receive more than my fair share of cuts and i cant remember the last time i wore a bandaid, muchless a bandaid over a cut with neosporin and covered by Duct tape and i still have all of the appendages I started out with, they could all fall off tommorow but untill they do I'm gonna keep right on leavin my cuts open in the water, but thats just my opinion

_________________
The pessimist complains about the wind, the optimist expects it to change, the realist adjusts the sails.

haha i know wot u mean:S

I just put some lemon juice on the damn thing (the first aid kit at the club was inadequete...) and ive just come back from a night of camping in the desert...so its all ok:)