Wednesday 18 July 2012
Midway Point paddle
wind - 20-30km/h n/w with a very slight outgoing tide in the same direction
Kayak - Grafton Time Bandit
It seems like the strong spring winds have come early. We have had lots of very strong wind in the last week from the west to n/w.
Today's Midway Point circuit was a moderate cruise because I stupidly decided to go for a paddle just after having a bowl of cereal & I felt sluggish. I cruised around the loop at 10.4km/h average in the strong wind in a time of 41.20 for the 7.2km
In the early morning sun, the sea eagles white chest really stood out as it watched me from a gum tree as I paddled below it.
Yay ... my tax return just appeared
in my bank account. After a bit of recent saving as well I have
enough to buy an ocean ski again. I had to sell my Epic v10L to
pay for my bathroom repairs 2 years ago.
[The tiles
started falling off in my shower and I found that there were gaps in the
non-waterproof plaster board behind that had been getting wet. I
removed all the tiles & scraped the wall back, & fixed the holes then
Dad helped as we put in waterproof bathroom wall sheeting then laminex 'lamipanel'.
I had to also fix a crack in the shower base then put lots of coats of
sealing paint on top. It was finished with a lovely new frosted
glass door.]
After selling the V10L I have gone
through withdrawal and missed it. I have been looking at the
available skis for the 'not-very-tall people'. The options are:
Stellar SES
Fenn Elite - Aussie version with the seat closer to the pedals
Epic V10L
Fenn Elite - Aussie version with the seat closer to the pedals
Epic V10L
The other issue is that after my
test paddle of the Fenn Swordfish I loved the secure feeling in rough
weather.
