sums up my windsurfing come back after 25year, arms are shot, drank a lot of sea water, done far more water starting practice than I had in mind, got a hole in th top of my foot from kicking the fin while trying to water start BUT the couple of runs where I actually got it together, hooked in, in the straps, 8.6overdrive m1 16 gusting 25knot made it all worth while.
truth be told I could of really done without the gust, if they didn't slam in into the water I ending up going way faster than I would of liked.
As for the board, this short wide thing is going to take some getting use to, 30cm shorter and twice as wide as what I last used.