My Dad lives in Ontario, Canada, and is retired.  He has always enjoyed anything to do with water having been a keen sailor in the past, and has two windsurfers which he uses on Lake Ontario during the summer.  During the winter he tends to X-country ski, snow-shoe and generally keep very active.

About two years ago I got an email out of the blue which said that he was thinking of buying a canoe and described the ‘Indian’ style canoe that he was thinking of getting.  I thought, ‘oh, the windsurfing must be getting a bit much’ and emailed back a gentle question to that effect.  I got the following reply:

“No, on some days it isn’t windy.”