9/2/08 I was tardy reaching the Secret Beach for my paddle with Ken and Barb and they were ready to go when I pulled up. The start of school eased the parking situation for us and the day was a hot one. While Ken took to the water, Barb helped me unload my boat and soon we were under way. Barb told me Ken was excited about his new discovery-his new Gath helmet fits in his day hatch. He was suggesting that it showed his day hatch to be of a high volume, but I thought there might be an alternate conclusion!!! Sissies that we are, we just fell into a BAR paddle without any suggestion of paddling farther. It was a beautiful day and I paddled in close to shore despite the long period swells rolling on to the beach. Just past Little Corona, there were a couple surfers catching some nice waves-the first time I've ever seen someone surfing this area. We continued on to BAR where I was up to my usual antics and Ken and Barb played farther out. I called Ken into the cove for some rough water rolling, but just as he showed up, a nasty wave came in and dissuaded us from playing there. We moved out to deeper water where after success rolling with my Ridgeback, I found myself swimming when I missed with my GP. Seemed a good time for a rough water T rescue and I was back in in no time. On the way back in, Barb tested out her new knee pads with a roll outside the jetty and then we headed back inside. Back at Pirate's Cove we continued our wet work and feeling cocky, I decided to try a roll even Duane has never done. Holding both my Ridgeback and my GP, I tried a double paddle roll. It was going good until I lifted my head to celebrate and over I went. Swimming once again, Ken decided to bogart my new roll and now owns the claim to fame of being the first to master it. Once again I paddle in obscurity! After a bit more practice, we headed home. While we were packing up, we were chatted up by a lady who used to kayak back on the east coast and is hoping to get back into it. K&B gave her all the info about the club, so we may be seeing her on the water sometime. Another nice day on the water. Mark Sanders www.sandmarks.net # *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Sep 02 2008 - 18:30:45 PDT
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