well it was exciting trying to hang on ,, havnt been out  on me falcon 51  for a long time  ,,  it worked really well ,,, not that impressed with me  alpa  ,, wind was swapping around then dropping of with very low tide  so had chance to try me new  speed fin out in the shallows and really did stand up to it  even though it was a stubby shorty type  ,,, practicly windsurfer free  this morning bar Michael and a couple of others  ,, i felt so asleep  !