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Recreation
Portland is a Mecca for divers, windsurfers, climbers,
sailors and fishermen. The harbour provides perfect conditions for windsurfing
and dingy sailing with shallow water with a sandy bed and usually windy
conditions. It is common to drive across the causeway at 40+ mph and get
overtaken by a windsurfer. In recent years there has been a growing trend water
skiing behind huge Parafoil kites, these kites can be 5M across and the skiers
are often seen 20 feet in the air.
When the weather is calm people can
often be seen partaking in the gentle sport of parascending
above West Cliff. The launch point is next to the bench at the
look out point near Priory Corner.
Click here for pictures taken 27th Dec 2004.
The diving around Portland is outstanding with countless
wrecks around the coast and the famous wreck of HMS Hood in the mouth of the
harbour, click here
for more information on HMS Hood.
Scuba diving
page, click here.
I am always looking for new material, so if
you have any pictures, stories or anything which you would like to pass on to
others please contact me.
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