Tony, fellowcountryman, I really like your concern about my adventures at the north sea this time of year.

But look to it from my site: I'm 65, not as strong anymore as I used to be, I have on each site a torn shoulder labrum. Which cannot be repaired anymore by surgery.
Still I can manage to sail singlehanded at sea with a lot of tricks and technique. Besides that I windsurf already 35 years at sea, summer and winter time and my specialty has always been storms.


So, I feel at home alone at sea in cold water between big waves. And my real problems are my shoulders, and my wornout knees and tendinitus arms. And hence my urge to open this thread.