Short afterwork session.
Started at 14:30 from the Punt first upwind to Dwars in den weg. Not enough wind anymore there so continued to Archipel. There we still found some wind to play around.
Floris and I stayed 5 minutes too long there. Half way back the wind veered and dropped. We just made it to Hompelvoet and after a km walk to the most western edge I found the last puff of wind to bring me to shore.
Floris was less lucky and got stuck in the middle between Hompelvoet and the Punt. At 17:10 there was little room for error left so I called the KNRM and within 20 minutes the guys picked him up and brought him ashore.
We always surf with watertight phones in watertight bags and have a stobe light as well in case of emergency.
I can highly recommend this to everyone. It really puts your mind at ease because anything can happen on the water, however well you are prepared or fit you are .
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