Your attitude at a public forum could be improved. Significantly. All will benefit from that.

KUS: I have a real problem with you qualifying my personal experience as bad advice. Boats, people surrounded by land, those factors gave me warm and fuzzy when learning by myself at Cadboro. Got blown to Royal Vic and easy walk of shame back to Gyro. I see numerous others learning, and advanced ...

Why is Cadboro bad advise for a novice? I got to move there, learned to steer and tack and gybe. Went from no experience to covering a few nautical miles in a session. Then came Willows and finally Ross.

Hi Damian,

I am slightly older, 55, was in the same situation as you last year. Not driving, I bought an inflatable 280L with 4.9m sail. Armed with the backpack, bus 11 took me to Cadboro on light days. Fast forward, now I have a beach start, front strap, reliable tack and have survived a few heli ...

Hi, in the article you are quoting Ross was 105 on June 4th. The last two weeks Ross has been less than 70, don't remember the numbers exactly, but it was around 35 two weeks ago. Yes, people still sail. Not a lot of swimmers from what I see. The sportsmen sailors get away from the shore quickly ...

I learned how to windsurf last year in Cadboro, on an inflatable board with a 4.9m sail. I have a wet suit, but was wondering is there a warm(ish) water lake around here that I can go to in the summer months? Beginner-intermediate level, mostly flat water. Chop at Ross seems to be a major suffer ...