RE: [Paddlewise] Rough Seas

From: PeterO <rebyl_kayak_at_iprimus.com.au>
Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 22:19:42 +1000
Steve wrote,
> ... Is it possible to paddle and have a dry face
> and/or chest?

G'Day

Not possible in Sydney at the moment. Even in the middle of a country wide
drought Sydney still manages to put on a 24 hour torrential downpour. Last
weekend found me lifting the boat to the waters edge then thinking "Only a
person with water on the brain would think of going out in this downpour" so
I turned and took the kayak back to the boat house. At this point my
pigheaded self said "Don't be such a wimp, get back to the water". Once
paddling though, it was magical, rain mist blowing in shrouds across the
cliffs, arrowheads of water spiking up like tufts of grass, soggy fairy
penguins diving, a large and gentle swell easing the boat forwards. And the
strangest currents and eddies.

Well worth it.

All the best, PeterO



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