I often find in the winter here in the NE that when the sky clears up and the sun comes out the wind builds quickly. This may seem obvious to sum but others may see the sun breaking and say hay I'll go for a paddle. Yesterday I went out in just such conditions. When I put in around 10AM the sky dark and gray then around noon the sun can up as I was heading back. Within 30 minutes the head wind seemed 20/30 mph. On a funny side note. I had been out on Saturday with some friends white water paddling and the water in the Delaware was very cold. So on Sunday I decided to take out my Romany because A. I haven't used it much and B. The weather was still nice but I didn't feel like getting really wet. For the second reason I chose a small marina near by because the wooden dock makes things easier or so I thought. As I seal launched off the dock the angle wasn't much causing the stern to hang. This would have been alright if I had the paddle in my hands but It was under my arm. I rolled over while the stern was still stuck. Once over it took a second to get paddle set but I was still hung up. I wiggled back and forth while thinking well I guess staying dry wasn't meant to be. I rolled up not even one forward stroke yet (I pushed off the dock) and my head was wet. Knowing myself well I was waring a dry top. JFF > >Not making excuses for the kayakers but it's possible they may have been >>"surprised" by the winds > >Definitely possible--We launched at 10:00 AM yesterday in fierce winds and >were told that the water had been like glass at 0800. -- *************************************************************************** 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 Dec 10 2001 - 12:46:42 PST
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