Rick, What you experienced was a tide rip. It is a pocket of turbulence caused by a shallows that the tide current runs over. It's whitewater, in a sense. Once you get used to the idea, you'll actually find them to be a lot of fun to paddle in. Personally, I take off into them to play whenever I can. Wayne -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Wayne Smith wsmith16_at_snet.net Check out my sea kayaking & homebrewing page: http://pages.cthome.net/wsmith16/home.html *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Feb 12 2001 - 17:38:38 PST
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