RE: [Paddlewise] Eddy currents and down river racing

   PeterO, I'm getting the feeling that you are not really racing.
   You are trolling for tuna. Unfortunately/fortunately for you, you
   are a babe magnet, and are easily distracted. And you have indeed found
   beauty in kayak racing. Well done down under. Actually, you may well
   have invented a new sport. Now we need a catchy name for it.

   Brad

Quoting rebyl_kayak <rebyl_kayak_at_energysustained.com>:

> The first time I did the Hawkesbury it was at very short notice (3  
> days) at the behest of a young and beautiful woman who had no  
> partner for her borrowed double Pittarak and we only got 3/4 of the  
> way, my fault entirely , the boat was so short I couldn't get a  
> decent paddle stroke in and my shoulder packed up. Nevertheless we  
> both enjoyed the event and the young woman subsequently went on to  
> ski across the north pole with the first perhaps only group of women  
> to do so.
>
> The second time I was determined to finish and paddled a rudderless  
> single Pittarak, finding allies in two beautiful young women who ran  
> the local gym and who volunteered to be my land crew without any  
> begging on my part!

> The third time I paddled in a rudderless Kahuna.  During the race I  
> met a most charming and beautiful older woman who was also paddling  
> that race, she was about 80 or so and a peer of Oscar Speck.
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