Having an ear infection for 2 weeks and having already missed the Round Hayling Race (lucky miss by all accounts) I was desperate to get out on the water !!! So still deaf in my right ear :( I wrapped up with hat,gloves,2 wetsuits !!! and with the wind dead offshore took the longboard for a cruise to Orford lighthouse (10 miles) and back !!! I good reach down and a choppy beat back but just great to be out again :) and I might get the short board out tomorrow !!!