Here comes the Summer
We are getting ready for this summers fun on the water.
Ok so we don't have many palm trees but we do have an estuary centre and a beach location at Orcombe point. Our centres are quite different, let me explain.
The E stuary
is shallow, calm and has flat water perfect for teaching beginners and having relaxed club paddles up the Exe to Lympstone, Topsham, Star cross or the Turf Locks for a cheeky beer. Cheeky beer.
Orcombe point and along to sandy bay has a brilliant paddle along the jurassic coast but, is open sea and many different conditions prevail. Sometimes we get waves, sometimes chop and often Sammy the seal. The paddle to Sandy and back is a great workout but it is for the more experienced paddler.
Windsurfing at Orcombe can be very good. The waves out back can shape up well and you can get a few bottom turns. Back loops are best here because over the sandbar takes too much wind out of sail as the currents can be strong on windy days, but it is unnerving because you are quite a distance from the beach and I am always breaking kit. On a normal day cruising around the bay is idyllic, the back drop of Triassic red cliffs is quite beautiful.
So, as I say, here comes another season of teaching windsurfing, paddle boarding and kayaking and I can't wait for the fun to start. Learn, get fit, have fun in the great outdoors. Why not....
