Keith W Robertson <news_at_fachwen.org> wrote: >We are actually planning a long sea crossing of about 16 hours, and we were >interested to find how we felt - and after 12 hours of paddling. As it >turned out we were quite fresh and felt we could have handled another 4 >hours without undue stress... I guess an efficient forward paddling style >is quite useful! >Keith 16 hours in unprotected water may feel a wee bit different to 12 hours in the inner sound ;-) Where you wanting to go which takes 16 hours anyway? Rona/Sule Sgeir? North Ronaldsay - Fair Isle - Sumburgh? St Kilda by scenic route? Sule Skerry Ardnamurchan - Barra? Ullapool - Stornaway Irish Sea Crossing? North Sea? Colin 57º17'N 2º4'W *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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