I've been told it's the most common fracture. Mine was a "straightforward" distal radius fracture (English: thumb-side forearm bone fractured just below the wrist). No operation or re-setting was necessary.
And yet after 6 weeks in plaster + 2 weeks after the plaster was removed my wrist still hurts a fair bit and I can only bend it half of it's original range. Seen specialists - they say all is good, just need time.

if anyone had a similiar fracture i'd like to hear about your experience, IN PARTICULAR, HOW LONG DID IT TAKE TO RECOVER TO NEAR ENOUGH TO NORMAL TO GET BACK ON THE WATER??? Did you do anything to recover faster? Did your wrist regain its original bending range AND HOW LONG DID IT TAKE?