Thanks for the tip ! About the harness lines wide out I hear more often that remark. I have to try them out someway closer to each other. I survived 44 years of crashes/catapults/broken masts/fins/ripped sails/etc in windsurfing and know how to deal with that kind of problems (in locations with strong tidal currents !) I always sail with some additional lines , so I can tie down things for emergency repair and sail/drift down to the island. In this case, the starting flood tide would have set me towards my starting point, harness as sea anchor: no problem to get to shore again . In the very worst scenario, I can try to get attention of one of the many vessels on the water. But as mentioned before : self-support is best Regards, Frank Wuis.

Correction: This trip was just after high tide: the ebb current was running for about 2 hrs, that means wind & current in some parts of the fairway straight against of each other.

Wind en getij stroom tegen elkaar in geeft extra golven. In de (diepere) vaargeulen staat meer stroom(tot 3kn) dan op de ondiepere vlakten van de Waddenzee en daar zie je dan ook woeliger water . Groeten Frank Wuis