Great.. I love it..

DJ

62mac said...

Love the paddle cover, I wonder if the paddle companies have thought about a blade cover only?

mac

I have one from Kialoa.. and there are many others brands out there that do them.

DJ

PB distance today 10Ks round trip[wanted to upload google map ,to hard ,cant work it out] had only explored this creek to about the 3k mark ,had a 2.77.mtr high tide this morning so planed my departure before high and got about 4.5 ks before the change and turned around at 4.9 ks ,the channel had narrowed to about 2-3 meters,3pt turn to turn the old wally around and do the return trip.It will be interesting to do the same trip on a low tide and see how far i can get in comparison.Total distance 10ks,max speed 7.6ks ,moving average 5.5ks,time moving 1hr 49 min, 6min 2 drink stops.Nice to have some numbers to improve on. Nice to do a trip like this ,it makes the Werrona island to Pirie trip at 8 ks look as though it will be easy, and the future ,Pirie to Werrona island and back for a 16 k PBAnd then there's yesterdays little adventure,wont be doing it again until I've got someone on the video camera,Port Pirie has got some white waterMore on that later.

Bridge to nowhere tested,far from conquered,it was a learning experience and i will be a little wiser in picking the good spots next time.Lost count of how many times i went in the drink,the turbulence in that water does some weird things.I would advise you to have some tape or something similar at the ready when you give it a go to put on the nose of your board, i was amazed at how much i got drawn to the rocks,against the flow of the tide and ended up with a few barnacles embedded in the old wally's nose.Twas great fun and wish i had organised for my son to be there for some video footage or at least a few pics.[you wouldn't believe it was me in the pics though ,you haven't seen me with a smile like that on my dial]

edit; what are you doing in the morning Danny,i was hoping for a decent breeze in the morning for a sail,plenty of water at Werrona but im not sure that it will be all that good by the forecast so it might be your time for a light wind sail if your interested.