[Paddlewise] Day Three

1/13
Went out today for a last minute paddle with my friends Barb and Ken. A
beautiful day, although a stiff off-shore wind was cause for concern. Before
we headed out, Barb showed me the new GP Duane Strosaker made her, which I
think looks better than some of Beales I've seen. It stayed in its GP sock
though, as Barb is still tinkering with it.

Ken was limited to a liquid diet for a medical procedure tomorrow, so we
took it easy and only paddled to BAR. It was nice to have my old back band
on the new boat, held on as it might be by rust and a prayer. This was
actually only the Lollygagger III's first time out of the harbor and she
handled it just like Lollygagger II. Imagine that!

I headed back behind BAR to check things out thinking that the tide was too
low for a pass, but a surge of water came around giving me enough clearance
over the big rocks, so I headed through. It was quite squirelly inside the
arch and I thought for a moment I was going to initiat my pristine gelcoat
with a new BAR souveneir, but managed to tame the pesky side current. On the
other side, Ken was completing an offside roll and we held a short roll
practice. I knocked off a couple shakey rolls and Ken had varying success
with his offside, but none on the good.

We headed back for the harbor for a bit more rolling, but on the way ran
into Carol Fallon paddling with Scott Hilliard. I'd never met Scott, before
though we've chat in emails a couple times, so it was nice to meet him. We
spent some time rolling at Pirates Cove and I showed K&B I can do a less
extende paddle roll. The water was cold though and we both decided to quit
while we were ahead. On our way back to the beach, we ran into Chuck
Freedman, whom Ken hit up for free medical advice on whether white wine
qualifies under the "clear liquids" diet. Suffice to say, Ken came away
happy.

It was a nice, easy day on the water and I got to keep up my rolling success
for the year. Just think, if I quite paddling now, I could be perfect on the
year!

Mark
www.sandmarks.net
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